To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
—H.W. Shaw
Showing posts with label parenthood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parenthood. Show all posts
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Post #3163
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Post #2184
Ambitious parents sometimes try to make lawyers, doctors, preachers and statesmen out of boys nature meant for plowmen. How often do we find misfits! There is nothing more pitiable than to see a man whose mind and heart are completely wrapped up in one thing and yet condemned by circumstances to do another.
—Unknown
—Unknown
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Post #1327
Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
—John Locke
—John Locke
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Post #1011
The words a father speaks to his children in the privacy of the home are not overheard at the time, but, as in the whispering galleries, they will be heard at the end, and by posterity.
—Jean Paul Richter
—Jean Paul Richter
Sunday, September 18, 2011
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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