Child Encouragement Quotes

#1. Poetry and painting have arrived to their perfection in our own country; music is yet but in its nonage [immaturity], a forward Child, which gives hope of what it may be hereafter in England, when the masters of it shall find more Encouragement.

Henry Purcell

#2. I filmed underwater for two days in the open ocean with dolphins.

Kathleen Quinlan

#3. Composing was more difficult than writing things down.

Benjamin Clementine

#4. One's past can't be erased, it can only be learned from, the child taught her.

H. L. Balcomb

#5. A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

John C. Maxwell

#6. He was answered by a long plastic crackle, not a question, but not an instruction either. Softer in tone. Encouragement, maybe. Or reassurance. The one-eyed guy said, "OK, sure," and hung up.

Lee Child

#7. It's not my credentials that qualify me to teach my child. It's my God who made me qualified when I became a mom.

Tamara L. Chilver

#8. Ruth once wrote, "Dear Journal, Never let a single day pass without saying an encouraging word to each child . . .'More people fail for lack of encouragement,' someone wrote, 'than for any other reason.

Billy Graham

#9. To be a light in a child's world, what could be more beautiful?

Marty Rubin

#10. We can change the world one thought at a time, one child at a time, one family at a time, one community at a time, one city, one state and one country at a time.

Bryant McGill

#11. A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water.

Rudolf Dreikurs

#12. If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

John Clare

#13. Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive.

Bill Gates

#14. Encouragement is about drawing forth a child's potential. As we raise and educate our kids on how to be good people, how to work hard, and how to do the right thing, we must find ways to draw it out of them, as opposed to "filling them up" with our words and values.

Kelly Bartlett

#15. It isn't my teaching credentials that qualify me to teach my child. It is my God who qualifies me.

Tamara L. Chilver

#16. Research highlights a striking link between between encouraging child-raising and class. Half of working-class parents' interactions with their 12-18 month-olds were affirming, versus 80% among the affluent and 20% among those in poverty.

Betty Hart

#17. Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.

Corrie Ten Boom

#18. I was lucky to marry Paul. He was a great inspiration, his enthusiasm about wine and food helped to shape my tastes, and his encouragement saw me through discouraging moments. I never would have had my career without Paul Child.

Julia Child

#19. My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.

Natasha Trethewey

#20. Teach the child, not just the curriculum.

Tamara L. Chilver

#21. The festive season isn't just a time to teach children about Jesus and giving, it's also a time to teach your children about those less fortunate. This year, encourage your children to pick a present and give it to a child who has none, or take them to a charity drive.

Soraya Diase Coffelt

#22. Did he know that God loved him from the foundations of the earth? With a power far exceeding the immensity of the cosmos, He turned all His attention to creating that man and declared, "You are My child. I love you.

Nabeel Qureshi

#23. As the flowers are all made sweeter
by the sunshine and the dew,
So this old world is made brighter
by the lives of folks like you.

Bonnie Parker

#24. Every mom is busy, whether you have one child or more than one. You just learn how to manage your time differently as your family grows.

Tamara L. Chilver

#25. Parents naturally want their children to excel in every area of academics and extra-curricular activities, but the reality is- God made each child differently for His purpose. He never intended for our children to excel in everything.

Tamara L. Chilver

#26. For the rest of his life, Oliver Twist remembers a single word of blessing spoken to him by another child because this word stood out so strikingly from the consistent discouragement around him.

Charles Dickens

#27. Notice the difference: A child's disability is the focus in traditional classroom settings, but his abilities are the focus in the homeschool environment.

Sandra K. Cook

#28. My ideals told me that men and women could both go out to work and be truly equal. My children told me something more complicated, something I really didn't want to hear. Their need for me was like the need for water or light: it had a devastating simplicity to it.

Allison Pearson

#29. Each of you is a unique child of God. God knows you individually. He sends messages of encouragement, correction, and direction fitted to you and to your needs.

Henry B. Eyring

#30. Start your child's day with love and encouragement and end the day the same way.

Zig Ziglar

#31. There is an end to every journey.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#32. If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn ... If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive ... If a child lives with encouragement, he learns to be confident ... If a child lives with acceptance, he learns to love.

Dorothy Nolte