Mary Heaton Vorse Quotes

I think everyone wants for their children a world that's better than the one they came up in.

Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well.

Taking a toddler to school is one of the most satisfying moments in my many years in public life. There is no better joy than laying the foundations of a strong future for these little children.... Friends, let us all become partners in this quest for ensuring education for all!

The cause of making the world a better place for children unites us all.

Is it possible that nobody has ever known that there never has been a completely civilized man, and won't be for another thousand years?

No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away.

The history of the world demonstrates that man becomes what we call civilized by increasing his wants.

The major challenge facing us is to elevate our national life to the highest level of civilization and prosperity.

The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops,—no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.

Children are truly the future of this country - our next teachers, they're our next doctors, they're our next police officers, and they're our next Members of Congress. It's our responsibility to do everything that we can to protect them and make sure that children are able to live, learn, and grow up in safe environments.

For too long, Ireland has neglected its children.

Children are our future and if we use them in battle, we are destroying the future. We must reclaim them, every one of them, one at a time.

Today's children will become tomorrow's civilization.

Our message today is one of hope. It is about potential waiting to be fulfilled: the surest way to meet the global challenges we face now and in the future is to make every mother and child count.

Fight to preserve these traits of civilization, that made us go forward.

We are the sowers - our children are those who reap. We labor so that future generations will be better and nobler than we are.

Nothing is more important to our shared future than the well-being of children. For children are at our core - not only as vulnerable beings in need of love and care but as a moral touchstone amidst the complexity and contentiousness of modern life.

All that is great in man comes through work; and civilization is its product.

There is no greater cause than making the world fit for children. I feel very strongly about carrying on the family tradition by working with UNICEF to help improve the lives and well-being of children everywhere.

If you want to do something for your children and show how much you love them, the single best thing-by far-is to support organizations that will create a better world for them and their children.

We're not going to have real security until we invest in our children.

Children are the brightest treasures we bring forth into this world, but too large a percentage of the population continues to treat them as inconveniences and nuisances, when they're not treating them as possessions or toys.

By peace our condition has been improved in the pursuit of civilized life.