“Few sons attain the praise of their great sires, and most their sires disgrace”
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“Few sons attain the praise of their great sires, and most their sires disgrace”
“Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children”
“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well”
“The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing”
“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
“Children's games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity”
“Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own home. Give love to your children, to a wife or husband, to a next-door neighbor ”
“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself”
“Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children”
“We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.”
“There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course”
“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it”
“Children have more need of models than of critics”
“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man”
“Babies are a link between angels and man”
“Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever fresh and radiant possibility.”
“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives”
“Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back ”
“I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy”
“Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty ”