Quotes About Children...

Quotes and a Verse About Children

"Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to Me,
and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven
belongs to such as these.'"
- Matthew 19:14
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"Children require guidance and sympathy
far more than instruction."
- Annie Sullivan
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"It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally,
and politely, put parents in their place."
- Colette
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"A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Becoming responsible adults is no longer a matter
of whether children hang up their pajamas or put dirty
towels in the hamper, but whether they care about themselves
and others - and whether they see everyday chores as
related to how we treat this planet."
- Eda Leshan
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"A child can always teach an adult three things:
to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something,
and to know how to demand with all his might
that which he desires."
- Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain
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"Children are our most valuable natural resource."
- Herbert Hoover
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"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to
give our children. One is roots; the other, wings."
- Hodding Carter
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"Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up
children; now I have six children and no theories."
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
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"To nourish children and raise them against odds
is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix
bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons."
- Marilyn French
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"Children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious,
sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites,
quick to laugh and cry, extreme in expressing joy and sorrow,
especially about trifles, they'll do anything to avoid pain
but they enjoy inflicting it: little men already."
- Jean de La Bruyère, Les Caractères, 1688
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"Human beings are the only creatures that allow
their children to come back home."
- Bill Cosby
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"Bitter are the tears of a child; Sweeten them.
Deep are the thoughts of a child: Quiet them.
Sharp is the grief of a child; Take it from him.
Soft is the heart of a child: Do not harden it."
- Pamela Glenconner

The Mousetrap...

I hope everyone is having a good weekend! I wanted to thank the
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Here is a nice, little story. I do not know who the author is.
I hope you enjoy the message as much as I did. Have a
good weekend! Val =)


The Mousetrap

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see
the farmer and his wife open a package.

"What food might this package contain?" the mouse wondered.

He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.



Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning, "There
is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!'

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said,
"Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is
of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."





The mouse turned to the pig and yelled him, "There is a mousetrap
in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"

The pig sympathized, but said, "'I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse. There is
nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers."

The mouse turned to the cow and said, "There is a mousetrap
in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"



The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but
it's no skin off my nose."

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected,
to face the farmer's mousetrap... alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house - like the sound
of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what
was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake
whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife.

The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home with a
fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the
farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient.



His wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with
her around the clock. To feed them the farmer butchered the pig.

The farmer's wife did not get well. She died. So many people came
for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide
enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked upon all of this from the crack in
his wall with great sadness.

So the next time you hear someone is facing a problem
and think it doesn't concern you, remember -

When one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

We are all in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for
one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

- Author Unknown -

Joke - The Silent Ride

The Silent Ride

A farmer and his wife went to a fair. The farmer was fascinated
by the airplane rides, but he balked at the $30 tickets.

"Let's make a deal," said the pilot. "If you and your wife can ride
without making a single sound, I won't charge you a thing.
Otherwise, you pay the thirty dollars."

"Good deal!" said the farmer.

So they went for the ride. When they got back the pilot said,
"If I hadn't been there, I never would have believed it.
You never made a sound!"

"It wasn't easy either," said the farmer, "I almost yelled when
my wife fell out."

Joke - How Many Dogs?...

How Many Dogs Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb?

Golden Retriever: The sun is shining, the day is young, we've got our whole lives ahead
of us, and you're inside worrying about a stupid burned out bulb?

Border Collie: Just one. And then I'll replace any wiring that's not up to code.

Dachshund: You know I can't reach that stupid lamp!

Rottweiler: Make me.

Boxer: Who cares? I can still play with my squeaky toys in the dark.

Lab: Oh, me, me!!!!! Pleeeeeeeeeze let me change the light bulb! Can I? Can I?
Huh? Huh? Huh? Can I? Pleeeeeeeeeze, please, please, please!

German Shepherd: I'll change it as soon as I've led these people from the dark, check
to make sure I haven't missed any, and make just one more perimeter patrol to see
that no one has tried to take advantage of the situation.

Jack Russell Terrier: I'll just pop it in while I'm bouncing off the walls and furniture.

Old English Sheep Dog: Light bulb? I'm sorry, but I don't see a light bulb!

Cocker Spaniel: Why change it? I can still pee on the carpet in the dark.

Chihuahua: Yo quiero Taco Bulb. Or 'We don't need no stinking light bulb.'

Greyhound/Saluki: It isn't moving. Who cares?

Heeler/Australian Cattle Dog: First, I'll put all the light bulbs in a little circle...

Poodle: I'll just blow in the Border Collie's ear and he'll do it. By the time he
finishes re-wiring the house, my nails will be dry.

Simplicity Quotes...

Simplicity Quotes

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
- Leonardo da Vinci
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"Manifest plainness; Embrace simplicity;
Reduce selfishness; Have few desires."
- Lao Tzu
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"Most of the critical things in life, which become the
starting point for human destiny, are little things."
- R. Smith
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"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the
unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."
- Hans Hofmann
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"Simplicity is the nature of great souls."
- Albert Einstein
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"I adore simple pleasures. They are
the last refuge of the complex."
- Oscar Wilde
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"If one's life is simple, contentment has to come.
Simplicity is extremely important for happiness.
Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have,
is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing,
and shelter to protect yourself from the elements."
- Dalai Lama
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"Everything should be made as simple
as possible, but not simpler."
- Albert Einstein
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"Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say let your
affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or
a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen,
and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail."
- Henry David Thoreau
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"To find the universal elements enough;
to find the air and water exhilarating; to be refreshed
by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by
the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower
in the spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life."
- John Burroughs
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"Who is rich? He who rejoices in his portion."
- The Talmud
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"Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category
of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache."
- Philip Wylie
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"Live simply that others may simply live."
- Elizabeth Seaton