Quotes about children
children thinking secret
I think that life has a secret, and children they hold that secret. Maybe it's not given to everybody to discover this thing. Celine Dion
children my-children universe
My child was not only carried by me, but by the universe.
children becoming boundaries
Children are becoming disobedient why, because of the lack of rules boundaries and limitations. Cesar Millan
children struggle heart
We can choose to use our lives for others to bring about a better and more just world for our children. People who make that choice will know hardship and sacrifice. But if you give yourself totally to the non-violence struggle for peace and justice you also find that people give you their hearts and you will never go hungry and never be alone. And in giving of yourself you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love. Cesar Chavez
children men eagles
Across the San Joaquin valley, across California, across the entire nation, wherever there are injustices against men and women and children who work in the fields - there you will see our flags - with the black eagle with the white and red background, flying. Our movement is spreading like flames across a dry plain.
children sacrifice sweat
Our very lives are dependent, for sustenance, on the sweat and sacrifice of the campesinos. Children of farm workers should be as proud of their parents' professions as other children are of theirs.
children sacrifice men
We have suffered unnumbered ills and crimes in the name of the Law of the Land. Our men, women and children have suffered not only the basic brutality of stoop labor, and the most obvious injustices of the system; they have also suffered the desperation of knowing that the system caters to the greed of callous men and not to our needs. Now we will suffer for the purpose of ending the poverty, the misery, and the injustice, with the hope that our children will not be exploited as we have been. They have imposed hungers on us, and now we hunger for justice.
children compassion adults
Compassion should be our animating principle when undertaking instruction with children and adults, since they are made in God's image. Catherine McAuley
children people watches
When you do something that people watch and enjoy as children, that's great because it stays with you, throughout your life. The things you loved as a child stay with you, and so do the people who were in those things. Catherine O'Hara
children heart world
But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes. Carson McCullers
children self littles
There is so much truth in children and so little self-consciousness. It always strikes me that they are so capable of losing and finding themselves and also losing and finding those things they feel close to.
children adversity agency
Our actions today will protect children from the adverse effects of exposure to pesticides commonly used on foods. The agency also is on schedule to meet all deadlines for ensuring safer pesticides use under the new Food Quality Protection Act. Carol Browner
children blood soldier
A soldier never dies. His blood makes the grass green for his children. Carol Berg
children support research
Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support. Carol Bellamy
children health-education looks
In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world's children.
children organization child-labor
New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work.
children rights uganda
Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children.
children two engagement
It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.
children abuse invisible
We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation.
children government needs
UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.
children school government
For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer.
children past influence
Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers.
children exercise rights
Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future.
children rights silent
When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there must be no silent witnesses.
children future emotional
The economic benefits of investing in children have been extensively documented. Investing fully in children today will ensure the well-being and productivity of future generations for decades to come. By contrast, the physical, emotional and intellectual impairment that poverty inflicts on children canmean a lifetime of suffering and want - and a legacy of poverty for the next generation...
children war educational
Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools nearby that educate children, free of charge... It means building a world fit for children, where every child can grow to adulthood in health, peace and dignity.
children real income
The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education.
children humanity interest
...in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.
children powerful rights
A century that began with children having virtually no rights is ending with children having the most powerful legal instrument that not only recognizes but protects their human rights.
children pregnancy responsibility
I think that what scares me more than getting fat during pregnancy is the responsibility of a child Carol Alt
children love-you parent
When you feel your child truly loves you back, it makes you wish you had kissed your parents more.
children light house
When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light Carol Ann Duffy
children childhood
Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away.