First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see. Brene Brown
For my children, they spent 15 to 20 years of their life in baseball. And Ruth and I spent so many years of our married life that that was our life. We knew nothing else. Nolan Ryan
From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.Rabindranath Tagore
I am a responsible parent and have always provided for my children. That fact cannot be disputed. I have made mistakes in my life, but failing to care for my children is not one of them. Jamal Lewis
I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children. Tiger Woods
I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children. Kate DiCamillo
I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here! Harlan Coben
I completely appreciate the importance of fathers but millions of children are without loving homes. I think a child is lucky with one parent who truly loves her. Jillian Michaels
I didn't hesitate to kiss my father in public. And that's how I tried to raise my children. We're physical. Payne Stewart
I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed. Kate DiCamillo
I don't differentiate in the way that the genre creators want differentiation to be made. I feel that I have never written children's or YA stories particularly. Robin McKinley
I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play. Beverly Cleary
I feel sometimes that in children's books there are more and more grim problems, but I don't know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them. Beverly Cleary
I find being a mother is a huge advantage. Of course, I'm probably a little more tired than I might be if I didn't have children, but I think they provide me the balance that I need to keep my mind off of lifting. Melanie Roach
I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them to go places - uprightness and strength and courage and civil respect and anything that affects the probabilities of failure on the part of those that are closest to me, that concerns me - I find fault. Branch Rickey
I get a lot of letters. Not only from children but from adults, too. Almost every week, every month, clippings come in from some part of the world where ducks are crossing the street. Robert McCloskey
I give God all the glory. And try to move on. Come home and hug my wife and my children. And thank God for every day that I have with my family. Jayson Williams