Magnus Scheving Quotes

Why we play as children is not because it is our work or because it is how we learn, though both statements are true; we play because we are wired for joy, it is imperative as human beings.

We know when children have a place to play they live healthier, happier lives.

To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.

'Tree Fu Tom' is a truly interactive programme because it is designed to help children get up off the sofa and physically move, which is a very important part of children's development.

My goal is to make my kids as happy as possible.

There is something very intriguing about, for example, the sense of accomplishment that a small child has, which you might be able to reduce to aggression and libido, but which might also have some independent existence.

When I was child, I never spoke. Teacher used to write remarks on my note book. My mom sent me to a trainer. I started talking, and it gave me confidence.

A stable and nurturing childhood is essential for the healthy psycho-emotional and spiritual development of a human being. While we may understand what is supposed to happen to us physically, we must begin to better understand what happens to children mentally, emotionally and spiritually as a result of the families into which they are born.

When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. She's happy, she's thriving, she's full of self-confidence. I tell her she's beautiful every day before I send her off to school.

When what we introduce into the children's world of ideas and feelings is in line with the direction of the developmental forces of a given stage of life, we strengthen the entire developing person in a way that remains a source of strength throughout that person's life.

I thrive on having support around me, even if they are not actively doing something. I feel happier, more confident.

When it comes to beauty, I feel that hanging with people you love, laughing, and doing silly things gets your spirits up. We are always prettier when we are happier.

People who play are happier people. And people who don't have access to play tend to be depressed.

Choosing love will bring you great joy and great happiness - that happiness is a choice you make.

Only the soul that loves is happy

Love, and love alone, is capable of giving thee a happier life.

Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.

To me there is no more depressing sight than a five-year-old staring at a screen, unsmiling, mouse in hand. Besides whatever dreadful things this prolonged exposure to screens is doing to their brains, computer games tend to be solitary affairs, and produce little laughter.

Oh yeah, dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy.

When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period.

I think the way kids create is so inspiring. They're drawing a picture? They love the picture they drew; they're not tortured about it.

It's obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect.

I think it's important to be happy before you can make anybody else happy.

So my son is very curious, which is fantastic. He loves school. So I don't have to encourage him too much, but I love to do it because I know it's meaningful and words are powerful.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.