children Quotes

The rattle is a toy suited to the infant mind, and education is a rattle or toy for children of larger growth.

It is evident, then, that there is a sort of education in which parents should train their sons, not as being useful or necessary, but because it is liberal or noble.

Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life.

It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's... ...

While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

"Understanding physics is child's play when compared to understanding child's play."

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."

"The little ones still remember how to use the power of their imagination. They are still engaged in the utilization of their imagination, that is one of the reasons that keeps them so exhilarated."