Fifty years from now it will not matter what kind of car you drove, what kind of house you lived in, how much you had in your bank account or what your clothes looked like. But the world may be a little better place because you were important in the life of a child.

Unknown

8.27

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The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

Orlando A. Battista

8.13

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Nobody on his deathbed ever said, "I wish I had spent more time at the office".

Paul Tsongas

8.07

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It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.

Terence

7.94

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Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.

Kim Rohn

7.89

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Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.

Jess Lair

7.83

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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

Carl Jung

7.78

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The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

John Lubbock

7.77

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Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

Charles R. Swindoll

7.74

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Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be.

David Bly

7.65

Current rating: 7.65 | Number of votes: 20 | 4 Comments