At the end of the day, it can be said without a doubt that children are an incredible blessing. Our quotes reflect this truth well, as each has its own special insight into the world of childhood.

We have gained valuable nuggets of wisdom from each; reminding us to love and appreciate little minds now more than ever.

Kids teach us a lesson of being resourceful, brave, and resilient; so no matter what life throws at them, they continue to bring joy to our lives simply by being themselves. The carefree nature with which they approach life is a reminder for us all to take a step back and enjoy moments in their purest forms – just like a child would.

All these quotes have given us glimmers of hope and understanding when it comes to loving them well.

1. A person’s a person, no matter how small. -Dr. Seuss
2. Adults are just outdated children. -Dr. Seuss
3. There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children. -Nelson Mandela
4. Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. -Lady Bird Johnson
5. Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. -Margaret Mead
6. The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.   -Billy Graham
7. We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. -Stacia Tauscher
8. Children are not things to be molded but are people to be unfolded. -Jess Lair
9. Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. -Charles R. Swindoll
10. It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -Frederick Douglass
11. Children need models rather than critics. -Joseph Joubert
12. Every child you encounter is a divine appointment. -Wess Stafford
13. Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate. -Anonymous
14. Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. -James Baldwin
15. Children are like wet cement whatever falls on them makes an impression. -Haim Ginott
16. History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children. -Nelson Mandela
17. If God places a child before you, and you are too busy to wield either a positive or negative influence…you just did the latter! You communicated that the child doesn’t matter and isn’t important. -Wess Stafford
18. Every child is an artist. -Pablo Picasso
19. Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate. -Anonymous
20. Let us reach out to the children. Let us do whatever we can to support their fight to rise above their pain and suffering. -Nelson Mandela
21. If we nurture the dreams of children, the world will be blessed. If we destroy them, the world is doomed! -Wess Stafford
22. Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn’t. -Jeff Bridges
23. But when adults speak up for the vulnerable and the weak, working and demanding that safety and respect prevail, God’s little lambs are protected and nourished. They know they are not abandoned; they are loved. And the world becomes a little more like heaven as a result. -Wess Stafford
24. Even if people are still very young, they shouldn’t be prevented from saying what they think. -Anne Frank
25. Children are more than we think they are; they can do more than we think they can do. All they need is a vote of confidence from grownups, whom they will ultimately replace anyway. Their dream today will become the realities of tomorrow. -Wess Stafford
26. Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. –Margaret Mead
27. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
28. Old men can make war, but it is children who will make history. -Ray Merritt
29. The child is the beauty of God present in the world, the greatest gift to a family. -Mother Theresa
30. Children are not things to be molded but are people to be unfolded. –Jess Lair
31. A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice, but as yet unstained. –Lyman Abbott
32. Children are our most valuable resource. –Herbert Hoover
33. Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. –John F. Kennedy
34. Children see magic because they look for it. –Christopher Moore
35. Old men can make war, but it is children who will make history. –Ray Merritt
36. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. –Martin Luther King, Jr.
37. The soul is healed by being with children. –Fyodor Dostoyevsky
38. Every child you encounter is a divine appointment. –Wess Stafford
39. Children are like wet cement: whatever falls on them makes an impression. –Haim Ginott
40. Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. –Henry Ward Beecher
41. You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way. –Barbara Bush
42. Children make your life important. –Erma Bombeck
43. Hugs can do great amounts of good, especially for children. –Diana
44. The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. –Orlando Aloysius Battista
45. There is no one in this world that I love more than my very own kids who makes me happy.
46. It is worth every drop of blood and sweat to see you smiling so happily, enjoying your lives.
47. I never want my children to lose their smiles because that is what makes them the best of all.
48. I feel so incomplete without them because I love my kids and they mean the universe to me.
49. My love for my kid is unconditional it means that I will fight for them no matter the situation.
50. I love my kids because they are like tiny rays of sunshine that lights up my darkest days.
51. You are a miracle and you grew up to be the most beautiful set of kids and I just find it cute.
52. No matter what happens to you, just remember that I will always be here to keep supporting you.
53. All I want for my kids is that them to get happy as they grow up and never lose that charm, ever.
54. Though the world is tough it is how much I love my kids that keep me going in this life.
55. I love the way my kids would laugh at the little things because I know that they are carefree.
56. They make me feel like I can become anything that I can be and that’s why I love my kids.
57. I love my kids and I feel that without them in my life the house would be cleaner but emptier.
58. Being a parent is surely a lot of work but it is the kids that make it so much more worth it.
59. One of the best things in this life is to be as happy as I can be and so I love my kids so much.
60. Children more than ever, need opportunities to be in their bodies in the world – jumping rope, bicycling, stream hopping, and fort building. It’s this engagement between the limbs of the body and the bones of the earth where true balance and centeredness emerge. -David Sobel
61. To raise a nature-bonded child is to raise a rebel, a dreamer, an innovator… someone who will walk their own verdant, winding path. -Nicolette Sowder
62. Restore balance. Most kids have the technology, school, and extracurricular activities covered. It’s time to add a pinch of adventure, a sprinkle of sunshine, and a big handful of outdoor play. -Penny Whitehouse
63. Playing together in nature is as much about us as it is about the child. Children get to celebrate and be themselves, while we are reminded of our inner child – the essence of who we are. -Nicolette Sowder
64. Our challenge isn’t so much to teach children about the natural world but to find ways to sustain the instinctive connections they already carry. -Terry Krautwurst
65. A child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth; to see the land as an animal does; to experience the sky from the perspective of a flower or a bee; to feel the earth quiver and breathe beneath us; to know a hundred different smells of mud and listen unselfconsciously to the soughing of the trees. -Valerie Andrews
66. The Mud will wash off but the memories will last a lifetime. -Author unknown
67. We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. -Unknown
68. I sincerely believe that for the child, and for the parent seeking to guide him, it is not half so important to know as to feel when introducing a young child to the natural world. If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil. -Rachel Carson
69. They’re not just playing in nature, they are: Learning, creating, sensing, believing, relaxing, exploring, observing, wondering, connecting, discovering, appreciating, understanding, and experimenting…-Penny Whitehouse
70. Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives. -Thomas Berry
71. Teach children to be kind to everything that lives. -Unknown
72. Let Nature be your teacher. -William Wordsworth
73. When little people are scared of something in nature, it’s our job to hold their hand and show them its beauty and purpose. -Penny Whitehouse
74. It’s a wondrous thing how the wild calm a child. -Unknown
75. If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder … he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in. -Rachel Carson
76. Your children need your presence more than your presents. -Jesse Jackson
77. While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. -Angela Schwindt
78. We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. -Stacia Tauscher
79. Too much love never spoils children. Children become spoiled when we substitute presents for presence. -Anthony Witham
80. Today our children are our reflection. Tomorrow they will be our shadows. Maralee McKee
81. Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. -Margaret Mead
82. What is a home without children? Quiet. -Henny Youngman
83. Hugs can do great amounts of good, especially for children. -Princess Diana
84. The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. -Denis Waitley
85. The first happiness of a child is to know that he is loved. -Don Bosco
86. If a man leaves little children behind him, it is as if he did not die. -Moroccan Proverb
87. If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. Thomas Paine
88. Teach your children they’re unique. That way, they won’t feel pressured to be like everybody else. -Cindy Cashman
89. Seven things every child needs to hear: I love you, I’m proud of you, I’m sorry, I forgive you, I’m listening. This is your responsibility. You have what it takes to succeed. -Sherrie Campbell
90. Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. -Mr. Rogers
91. Our most important task as a nation is to make sure all our young people can achieve their dreams. -Barack Obama
92. Our job is not to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. Our job is to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless. -L.R. Knost
93. A person’s a person, no matter how small. –Dr. Seuss
94. History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children. –Nelson Mandela
95. If we wish to create lasting peace we must begin with the children. –Mahatma Gandhi
96. There is a brilliant child locked inside every student. –Marva Collins
97. Children make your life important. –Erma Bombeck
98. Children are our most valuable resource. –Herbert Hoover
99. Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. –John F. Kennedy

The 100 quotes about kids offer a wealth of insight into the sugary sweetness and unfailing joy that children bring to our lives. Whether celebrating a child’s cuteness or waxing philosophical on their ever-changing nature, every quote perfectly captures how deeply we care for and cherish these little souls.

From celebrations of childhood innocence to wistful musings on its fleetingness, these quotes show us that there will never be enough words to express our love for our children.

May their days be full of discovery and their lives continually blessed with wonder.