Gabriela Mistral Quotes

Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today.

Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say "tomorrow." Their name is today.

Kids are important.

The most wonderful thing in life is to do something for a child because they're children for such a short time. We can't allow ourselves to let them live a miserable childhood.

I've always had a strong love and a sense of care for kids. And the one thing is evident and is so true - the kids are our future.

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

I'm a great lover of children. I never thought that one day I'd actually be a father, but I'm very pleased that I changed my mind. Children are extremely important. They are the future of the world.

Kids may only be 25 percent of our population but they are 100 percent of our future.

Children are not ‘those children’; they are our children.

If plants, and livestock as well, require space and air, sunlight and love, children need them even more. The only real wealth of our country lies in the men and women of the next generation.

Our children are the living messages we send to a future we will ever see... Will we rob them of their destiny? Will we rob them of their dreams? No - we will not do that.

Children are our future and every child deserves to have an environment where they can learn and flourish and gain knowledge.

I believe the children are our future

Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

Children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of parenthood.

We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.

We grow because the clamorous, permanent presence of our children forces us to put their needs before ours. We grow because our love for our children urges us to change as nothing else in our lives has the power to do. We grow (if we're willing to grow, that is: not every parent is willing) because being a parent helps us stop being a child.

To look into some aspects of the future, we do not need projections by supercomputers. Much of the next millennium can be seen in how we care for our children today. Tomorrow's world may be influenced by science and technology, but more than anything, it is already taking shape in the bodies and minds of our children.

It is a pity that, commonly, more care is had--yea, and that among very wise men--to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children.

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

Children, I suppose, are always unfinished business: they begin as part of your own body, and continue as separate as another continent.

Go practice if you please with men and women: leave a child alone for Christ's particular love's sake!

No child's behind left.