First of all- how is it even possible that this is my 20th TT? Time just goes by so quickly.
Anyhoo, on with my thirteening. Last week I had no idea what to write about and a few of you gave me some great ideas. Thanks for your help, I’m going to be all set for the next several weeks.
13 Famous Quotes about Children
- “Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.” Lady Bird Johnson
- “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” Dr. Seuss
- “Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate.” Anonymous
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“Your children will see what you’re all about by what you live rather than what you say.” Wayne Dyer
- “Children need models rather than critics.” Joseph Joubert
- “Making the decision to have a child - it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.” Elizabeth Stone
- “There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.” Erma Bombeck
- “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” Franklin P. Jones
- “If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much.” Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” James Baldwin
- “Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.”
Phyllis Diller - “A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer.” Author Unknown
- “Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.” John Wilmont
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Allison says:
Oh how lovely! And how true is number 7? ::sigh::
My favorite quote about children: “Anyone who says they sleep like a baby obviously doesn’t have one.” and “Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
Happy TT!
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Hootin' Anni says:
#3 is a great one. Whomever said it hit the nail on the head. Too bad we can’t advertise that daily on the tube. Parents, it seems to me anyway, need to learn to be a better role model.
He seems to have been and still is a very strong influence on you….an icon that you tend to follow in his steps –if not physically yourself, you have his memory.
Perhaps he was stronger all those years and felt compelled to do better…after all he had YOU!! What more could a man want? Of course I never knew him…so, it’s just thoughts that crossed my mind as I read your list.
This was a poignant thirteen.
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Hootin' Anni says:
Oh man delete that above. That was for another blog that I just read. GEEZ.
Now…let me start over.
#3 is a great one. Whomever said it hit the nail on the head. Too bac we can’t advertise that daily on the tube. Parents, it seems to me anyway, need to learn to be a better role model.
THEN…what I meant to paste is this:
He seems to have been and still is a very strong influence on you….an icon that you tend to follow in his steps –if not physically yourself, you have his memory.
Perhaps he was stronger all those years and felt compelled to do better…after all he had YOU!! What more could a man want? Of course I never knew him…so, it’s just thoughts that crossed my mind as I read your list.
This was a poignant thirteen. [color me blond! DEEP ROOTED blond!!]
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gdaybloke says:
T13 #20: Forceful Rhythms
Everything I ever knew about Barbie I learned from my daughter…
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Lilibeth says:
My favorites are numbers six and nine, but I really appreciated all of them. Children are great joy and sorrow, fear and pride…we let them go, but the cords are long.
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Carol says:
#4 has always been one of my favorites! Great 13!
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Tammy says:
#11 is very true I picked my mom’s. Happy TT
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Sarah @ pussreboots says:
Very true list. Happy TT.
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bellezza says:
And, my favorite from Proverbs: Train up a child in the way he shall go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. I count on that when I look at some of my seventeen year old’s decisions! I also really liked Jackie O’s quote here.
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Lori says:
Great words of wisdom. Happy TT.
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SandyCarlson says:
No. 5 hits home with me. All of these do, in fact. Load a kid up with love and joy–all the sugar he needs–and let it happen. Thanks for this wonderful list. God bless.
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perpstu says:
What a fantastic list. I might print it out for future use as quotes in my scrapbooks!
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Clara says:
Great quotes! I especially liked #10 “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” James Baldwin
Too bad so many of us forget that when we’re raising our kids.
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Bernie says:
Great list, mine is up at 13 Not So Famous Last Words; Most Americans die peacefully in their beds, but for those who die violently one can only guess what their final words must have been. I think that after you read these you will have to agree that they do indeed sound like they might have been the last words of those who did not go peacefully into the night.
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Karen of Sillymonkeez says:
All very true! Great list this week!!
Here’s mine . . .
http://3garnetsn2sapphires.blogspot.com/2008/07/thursday-thirteen-2nd-edition.html
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happyathome says:
Number 11 is the scary one!
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Chris says:
Great list, happy TT.
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