Orison Swett Marden Quotes About Children
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Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
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We do not know what we can bear until we are put to the test. Many a delicate mother, who thought that she could not survive the death of her children, has lived to bury her husband and the last one of a large family, and in addition to all this has seen her home and last dollar swept away; yet she has had the courage to bear it all and to go on as before. When the need comes, there is a power deep within us that answers the call.
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Many mothers make the mistake of forever looking for the bad in the child, trying to . . . uproot and drive it out. This is like trying to eject the darkness from a room without opening the shutters and letting in the light. As John Newton said, 'I cannot sweep the darkness out, but I can shine it out.'
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Every child should be taught to expect success
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Play is as necessary to the perfect development of a child as sunshine is to the perfect development of a plant.
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Keep fear out of your child's mind, as you would keep poison out of his body; for fear is the deadliest of mental poisons.
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