Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.
William Penn

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
William Penn

Once I was able to take care of myself and my children, I then wanted to share.
Robert Mondavi

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
Clarence Darrow

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
Pope John XXIII

Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
Clarence Darrow

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.
Honore De Balzac

Finance, like time, devours its own children.
Honore de Balzac

Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in this world.
Jesus Christ

If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.
Billie Joe Armstrong

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.
John Locke

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.
Sophocles

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
Sophocles

Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.
Sam Levenson

Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
Sam Levenson

I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.
Mike Tyson

Children can only take so much, and they deal with it however they can.
Julie Christie

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.
Elizabeth Bowen

The status quo and the media is doing everything it can to fry children's brains and make them grow up maladjusted.
Julie Christie