Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
Bruce Barton
I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.
John J. Plomp
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Mary MacCracken
If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.
Norman Douglas
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
Rabbinical Saying
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
I'm a Mom couldn't help myself
I will admit some of these I just found after reading this thread, and I will save them for the future
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Great thread and wonderful thoughts!