One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. ~ Maria Montessori
No commitment in the whole world demands quite as much as bringing up children. ~ Janene Wolsey Baadsgaard
Children who die young are some of our greatest teachers. We are allowed to die when we have taught what we came to teach and when we have learned what we came to learn. ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. ~ Franz Kafka
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. ~ Franklin P. Jones
Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day. ~ John Milton
A child does not thrive on what (she) is prevented from doing, but on what (she) acutally does. ~ Marcelene Cox
At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child or a parent. ~ Barbara Bush
This is why I had children: to offer them a perfect dream of childhood that can fill their souls as they grow older. ~ Anna Quindlen