William Penn

As Puppets are to Men, and Babies to Children, so is Man’s Workmanship to God’s: We are the Picture, he the Reality.

If men be good, government cannot be bad.

Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it.

Never marry but for love; but see that thou lovest what is lovely.

Those who would mend the world must first mend themselves.

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.

I have so much more to go through as a young lady. But oh my God. I feel like I can do anything.

We’re all mad here.

I think every kid needs to get a taste of what it’s like to do that real hard work.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

On the farm, I had chores. I had a calf. We had a herd of cattle in the pasture. We’d go and get me a calf at a cow auction with Amish people, which I would raise. I gave it a bottle every day, in this cute little coop, like a giant dog coop almost. I’ve always been a big animal person.

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents, are their most important role models.

Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

The idea of kids helping other kids is such a great way to introduce children to being involved in charitable causes and volunteer work, setting them on the path to doing good for others throughout their lives.

And let’s be clear: It’s not enough just to limit ads for foods that aren’t healthy. It’s also going to be critical to increase marketing for foods that are healthy.

We all acquire damage as infants and children and we work on removing those scars all of our lives. You won’t heal everything, but what’s important is the work.

Back when we was in school in Mississippi, we had Little Black Sambo. That’s what you learned: Anytime something was not good, or anytime something was bad in some kinda way, it had to be called black. Like, you had Black Monday, Black Friday, black sheep… Of course, everything else, all the good stuff, is white. White Christmas and such.

I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker’s family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.

They say that every child learns from their mother – it’s ingrained from babyhood.

I realized that kids everywhere go for the same stuff; and seeing as we’d done it in England, there’s no reason why we couldn’t do it in America too.