Today is International Children’s Day.
Here are 10 of our favourite quotes about children and childhood.
The people hardest to convince they’re at the retirement age are children at bedtime. – Shannon Fife
Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next. – Franklin P. Jones
The modern child will answer you back before you have said a thing. – Laurence J. Peter
People who sleep like babies… don’t have one. – Leo J. Burke
Before I got married, I had six theories about bringing up children. Now I have six children and no theories. – John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
If everyone grew up by early indications, the world would be full of geniuses.
The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children. – Duke of Windsor
Every child is proof that God has not given up on the world yet.
There are only two lasting bequests that we can give to our children. The first is roots, the other, wings. – Hodding Carter
Humankind owes to the child the best that it can give. – UN Declaration