Bright Light Cafe - Quotes

1.	You really shouldn't say "I love you" unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget. Jessica (age 8)
2.	A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten. Doug Larson
3.	Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. Fred Rogers
4.	Children are not things to be moulded, but are people to be unfolded. Jess Lair
5.	Kids are always the only future the human race has. William Saroyan
6.	Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation. C. Everett Koop, MD
7.	Cherishing children is the mark of a civilised society. Joan Ganz Cooney
8.	The greatest natural resource that any country can have is its children. Danny Kaye
9.	When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life. P. L. Travers
10.	Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too. Greg (age 8)
11.	When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments: Tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. Louis Pasteur
12.	If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves. Carl G. Jung (The Development of Personality)
13.	When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth. Billy (age 4)
14.	Dancing feet, waving hands, a swirl, a twirl and a plea for one more cuddle, one more kiss. Valerie Williams (A Child’s Gift)
15.	Babies are always more trouble than you thought – and more wonderful. Charles Osgood (CBS Morning News) Babies In Basket Jade Buy this Pre-Matted Print at AllPosters.com
16.	Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. Thomas Bray
17.	On little feet you wobble forward Searching hands reach out to grab hold Innocent eyes look so surprised Sweet smiles burst forth Your joyful laughter plays at my heart. Stephen Pray (Baby Steps)
18.	We worry about what a child will be tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. Stacia Tauscher
19.	If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. Haim Ginott
20.	If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself. Dorothy Law Nolte
21.	The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face. Jack Handey (Deep Thoughts)
22.	Love is what makes you smile when you're tired. Terri (age 4)
23.	The greatest aid to adult education is children. Charlie T. Jones & Bob Phillips (Wit and Wisdom)
24.	There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep. Ralph Waldo Emerson
25.	Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. Bobby (age 7)
26.	I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. Harry S Truman
27.	There’s nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than inquisitive child. Frank A. Clark
28.	Spend most of your time loving instead of going to work. Dick (age 7)
29.	When everything is astonishing, nothing is astonishing; this is how the world is to children Antoine Rivaroli
30.	When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. James M. Barrie
31.	Making the decision to have a child – it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. Elizabeth Stone Nico Sanders, Marilyn Buy this Pre-Matted Print at AllPosters.com