Phillips Brooks Quotes

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.

Let all children come unto me.

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.

Every time a child is saved from the dark side of life, every time one of us makes the effort to make a difference in a child's life, we add light and healing to our own lives.

Giving every child a chance to reach their full potential is the best work anyone can do

Selfishly, working with kids gives me joy - it makes me feel like my life has a purpose. And I thought, Imagine what we can do in the White House, particularly with the kids in the D.C. area, many of whom have never set foot on the White House lawn.

I'm into anything that really helps children.

The truth is that it is our attitude towards children that is right, and our attitude towards grown-up people that is wrong.

I'll be working with kids for the rest of my life.

I love anything to do with kids, anything to better our youth and put a smile on anybody's face is really what I do it for.

Young children were always so important to me. Adults should treat children with more respect. We should put more monies in our schools. I grew up on that side of the coin.

The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.

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

...in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.

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

The social rights of children must be recognized so that a world suited to their needs may be constructed for them. The greatest crime that society commits is that of wasting the money which it should use for children on things that will destroy them and society itself as well.

Amidst protestations of 'Who can be against the children?' too few people are FOR children when it really matters.

Like most parents in the US, they are trying, with a little help from UNICEF, to do the best they can to help their children reach their full potential.

Building a better life for every child is a lot harder than becoming a world champion. Both goals take dedication and commitment.

Millions of children are disempowered and we need to empower them.

I have always admired organizations that help children grow and learn, and organizations that protect and shelter children when no one else does. And I wanted to draw attention to these organizations and recognize the contributions they were making to the country and to our children in particular.

Children cannot eat rhetoric and they cannot be sheltered by commissions. I don't want to see another commission that studies the needs of kids. We need to help them.

The greatest respect is owed to a child.