Best Kids Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“It is good for kids to learn how to work.”

“When the scary subject of race is finally broached, kids want to talk and talk. It's very satisfying.”

“The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them.”

“I never want to work. Even when you're presented with these great opportunities, I think, 'I really love being in my pajamas with the kids.'”

“My kids once said, 'What would you do if you hadn't got us?' I replied, 'I'd be more successful and I'd have more friends, but I wouldn't be as happy.'”

“I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that's a shame.”

“I go to sleep thinking about my kids being spoiled and I wake up thinking about it.”

“We have two kids, my wife and myself.”

“I just want to be there for my kids.”

“I think the world sort of looks to the kids who have potential. These are the kids who are going to do something with their lives, who are going to do something for the world. I don't think it's malicious, but the other kids get lost from that point on.”

“I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me because it's not their profession to do that.”

“I knew I always wanted kids someday.”

“I had a tough life, and I wanted my kids to have better than what I had.”

“You don't have to label yourself, because it's not set in stone. It's so fluid, and there's so much pressure on kids to label themselves and say, 'This is what I am; this is what I like.'”

“You have to give kids from ordinary families a ladder. You have to show them there's a way out.”

“I've been a schoolteacher. I always try to get the kids to finish talking before the next one starts.”

“With two kids it's hard to find down time to write so I often write during their nap time.”

“Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.”

“When vastly wealthy people say, 'I'm not leaving my kids any money,' it's typically not true.”

“I think that the idea of wanting to fight for your kids, but also knowing that your wife is probably better at it, is something that rings very true for me.”

“We used to tie a skipping rope to a pitchfork and try to spear big carp. We never got one. My kids love that story, very 'Lord of the Flies.'”

“I wish I'd a got married sooner. I wish I'd a had kids sooner. I wish I'd a figured all that out sooner.”

“A lot of preachers' kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that.”

“You think it matters to the kids whether they're learning to play on a Steinway or a normal piano?”

“What I try to steer my kids away from is any time there's a pattern, and you can slap any other track on that track, and it would still work.”

“Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know.”

“I was a skateboarder when I was little; I still skateboard. I teach my kids how to skate.”

“We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.”

“My kids don't listen to me when I preach at them. But if I tell them a story they can pull something from, that matters.”

“Kids today are technologically sophisticated. In many families, they are far ahead of their parents.”

“A lot of kids only know 'E.T.' from the digitally-enhanced version.”

“There are only 3 chemical symbols which spell full words. The words are “Be” for Beryllium, “No” for Nobelium and “I“ for Iodine. Multiple chemical symbols can be mixed together to spell over 100 words, though, like Ac Ce S S I Bi Li Ti Es and YOU.”

“Radioactive elements in chemistry can be compared to magical knights of old, wielding powerful transformations to release energy, essential in technologies from nuclear power to medical applications.”

“Metal makes everything magical. Just ask a unicorn. . .preferably one with a metal horn.”

“It was interesting in that we were excluded entirely but after a while we got restless and went inside, where there were some more of us sitting on the steps that went up to the bathroom and bedrooms and this lot was talking among themselves like birds before they fly off in one jaggy but coordinated movement. There were ten of us cousins give or take and the tallest and also the oldest one was Travis. He was twelve. He looked at us with his long, swinging jaw, trying to weigh us up. Time had passed since the last time we’d all been together, his face said, but blood was blood.”

“I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a greater knowledge of the love of Christ than I do, much like standing on one's shoulders in order to get a clearer view of the valley.”

“So many people think that they are not gifted because they don’t have an obvious talent that people can recognize because it doesn’t fall under the creative arts category—writing, dancing, music, acting, art or singing. Sadly, they let their real talents go undeveloped, while they chase after fame. I am grateful for the people with obscure unremarked talents because they make our lives easier---inventors, organizers, planners, peacemakers, communicators, activists, scientists, and so forth. However, there is one gift that trumps all other talents—being an excellent parent. If you can successfully raise a child in this day in age to have integrity then you have left a legacy that future generations will benefit from.”

“The children were overwhelmingly morbid. Not a single adult asked me where butterflies go when they die, but this question was more popular than pixie sticks with the under-four-foot set. I cursed parents for not preparing their children. When I was five, my mother and sister sat me up on the kitchen counter and explained the facts of life: the Easter Bunny didn't exist, Elijah was God's invisible friend, with any luck Nana would die soon, and if I ever saw a unicorn, I should kill it or catch it for cash. I turned out okay.”

“It's hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can't understand. Teaches them that even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitable take their place; that every place has something good - and bad - to offer. It makes a kid grow up fast.”

“when we were kids”

“Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.”

“We hit and we kept on hitting; we were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful — little animals, clawing at what we needed.”

“We hated waiting for grownies to talk about eternity. It seemed so obvious that everything was already eternal. That something made all of it. Something that loved and was beautiful and was cosmically and royally ticked off with what everyone was up to.”

“The parent is protector and trainer, but never the ultimate teacher. Every parent is responsible for teaching their kid basic moral conduct, manners, the difference between love and hate, and right from wrong. However, after maturity, the child must set off to seek knowledge on their own. Religion is never to be forced. And you cannot threaten your child with hell and tell them your religion is the only right way. There is no one right way. The many ways to the Creator are as varied as the colors of a rainbow.”

“We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years but it isn't smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins.”

“I am charging you with the protection of my mother and friends, not to mention keeping my younger self off the Internet. He is as dangerous as Opal.”

“There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about.”

“Georgie, stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place.”

“Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I'd say our afternoon just got booked solid!”

“Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.”

“Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon—perfect.”

“We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.”

“When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.”

“If your kid needs a role model and you ain't it, you're both fucked.”