The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.

Quote by John W Holt Jr

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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...

If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to...

If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to...

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...

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...

When television producers say it is the parents' obligation to keep children away from the...

When television producers say it is the parents' obligation to keep children away from the...

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best...

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best...

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and...

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and...

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that...

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that...

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...

A child miseducated is a child lost.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

I've come to the frightening conclusioin that I am the decisive element in the classroom....

I've come to the frightening conclusioin that I am the decisive element in the classroom....

One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a...

One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a...

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...

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up...

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up...

We are missing something. Our youth today is empty. No longer do the children dream...

We are missing something. Our youth today is empty. No longer do the children dream...

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator...

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator...