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For many children, joy comes as the result of mining something unique and wondrous about themselves from some inner shaft.
For many children, joy comes as the result of mining something unique and wondrous about themselves from some inner shaft.
Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as read more
Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.
Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.
Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.
It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the read more
It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do --or don't do.
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their read more
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.
A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes read more
A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released. -Robert Penn Warren.
Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is read more
Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially trusts life and the processes of life.
What America needs is more young people who will carry to their jobs the same enthusiasm for getting ahead that read more
What America needs is more young people who will carry to their jobs the same enthusiasm for getting ahead that they display in traffic. -M.A. Kelly.