If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to do, he will become more timid, and will use his brains and energy, not to explore the unknown, but to find ways to avoid the…

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The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but...

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but...

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time...

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but...

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but...

Even when we do not create children's fears, when they come to us with fears...

Even when we do not create children's fears, when they come to us with fears...

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object...

Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object...

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to...

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a...

When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a...

If you and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I...

If you and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I...

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.

As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.

Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.

Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and...

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and...

Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy...

Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy...

The golf links lie so near the mill, That almost every day, The laboring children...

The golf links lie so near the mill, That almost every day, The laboring children...

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as...

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as...

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear...

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear...