Your children make it impossible to regret your past. They’re its finest fruits. Sometimes the only ones.Anna Quindlen
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.James Baldwin
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.Plato
My children didn’t choose to be born, I chose to have children. They owe me nothing, I owe them everythingElon Musk
I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.Phyllis Diller
In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.Ann Landers
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.Haim Ginott
We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.Franklin D. Roosevelt
The kids are old enough now - I just want to let them be kids. I don't want to comment on them too much. They're at an age where I just want to let them be kids.Eminem
Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age.Paul Klee
I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh, God, what's this?' I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait.Whitney Houston
Children are so talented. Little children, until about the age of 10 or 11, are just little artists. They need to be given the time and the space and the materials to do their work. That's all they need.Faith Ringgold
I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about.Warren Buffett
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important.Elle Macpherson
Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.Erik Erikson
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.Oscar Wilde
The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.Jackie Kennedy
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.Robert Fulghum
Either have children or become a saint, because eventually, you have to find something you love more than you love yourself.Irvin D. Yalom