“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But, for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” — Fred Rogers, television personality
“Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.” — Lady Bird Johnson, Former First Lady of the United States
“Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity. That is why childhood seems so long. Probably every period of life is multiplied by our reflections upon the next.” — Cesare ...
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” — James Baldwin, novelist and social critic
“Children see magic because they look for it.” — Christopher Moore, writer
“[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.” ― Jim Henson
