This document contains 11 quotes about children. The quotes discuss how children are impacted by those around them, the importance of believing in oneself and pursuing dreams, and how children have the power to shape the world through their innocence and potential. Children are compared to wet cement in their ability to absorb influences, and the role of parents and education in developing readers and potentially "stupid" adults is noted. The dream of equal treatment regardless of skin color is also referenced.

1. Quotes about children

2. • "A child's life is like a piece of paper on
which every person leaves a mark."~
Chinese Proverb

3. • "All our dreams can come true - if we have
the courage to pursue them."~ Walt
Disney

4. • "BE YOU:
BE-lieve in
YOU-rself"~ Heidi McDonald

5. • "Children are like wet cement. Whatever
falls on them makes an impression."~ Dr.
Haim Ginott

6. • "Children are made readers on the laps of
their parents."~ Emilie Buchwald

7. • "Every child is a different kind of flower
and all together they make this world a
beautiful garden."~ Author Unknown

8. • "How is it that little children are so
intelligent and men so stupid? It must be
education that does it."~ Alexander
Dumas

9. • "I have a dream that my four little children
will one day live in a nation where they will
not be judged by the color of their skin but
by the content of their character."~ Martin
Luther King, Jr.

10. • "In their innocence, very young children
know themselves to be light and love. If
we will allow them, they can teach us to
see ourselves the same way."~ Michael
Jackson

11. • "It is easier to build strong children than to
repair broken men."~ Frederick Douglass

12. • "One teacher can shape a child.
One child can shape the world."~ Author
Unknown