100 Motivational Quotes For Children (Kids) – BrilliantRead Media (2024)

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Best Thoughts and Quotes for Children 1 – “Never waste a minute thinking of anyone you don’t like.” – Eisenhower 2 – “Only surround yourself with people who will lift you higher.” – Oprah Winfrey 3 – “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” – Dr Seuss 4 – “Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” – H. Jackson Brown 5 – “There is a voice inside of you, that whispers all day long, I feel this is right for me, or I know that this is wrong.” – Best Children Quotes 6 – “You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr Seuss 7 – “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr Seuss 8 – “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” – Roald Dahl 9 – “We know what we are but know not what we may be.” – Shakespeare 10 – “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it ‘The Present’.” – Eleanor Roosevelt 11 – “We grow great by dreams.” – Woodrow Wilson 12 – “Most great learning happens in the groups. Collaborations is the stuff of growth.” – Sir Ken Robinson 13 – “Anything is possible. Anything can be.” – Shel Silverstein 14 – “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ― Albert Einstein 15 – “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” ― Madeleine L’Engle 16 – “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.” – Margaret Mead 17 – “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop 18 – “When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel 19 – “I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” – Pablo Casals 20 – “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau 21 – “Always keep a positive mindset, it will improve your outlook on the world.” – Roald Dahl 22 – “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt 23 – “Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself.” – Luna Lovegood 24 – “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney 25 – “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” – Hans Christen Andersen 26 – “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain 27 – “Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.” – Alice Munro 28 – “Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.” – John Wooden 29 – “We all can dance when we find music we love.” – Giles Andreae 30 – “The more you give away the happier you become.” 31 – “I think I can. I know I can.” 32 – “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus 33 – “Being kind is never wasted.” 34 – “When you know better you do better.” – Maya Angelou 35 – “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt 36 – “You always pass failure on the way to success.” – Mickey Rooney 37 – “Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden 38 – “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream, precedes the goal.” – Pamela Vaull Starr 39 – “No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.” – Wolfgang Riebe 40 – “Don’t doubt your value. Don’t run from who you are.” – Aslan 41 – “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi 42 – “It is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.” – George Burns 43 – “No kid is unsmart. Every kid’s a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it.” – Robin Sharma 44 – “Never be so busy as not to think of others.” – Mother Teresa 45 – “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” – John Holmes 46 – “That best portion of a man’s life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.” – William Wordsworth 47 – “Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.” – Horace Mann 48 – “You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel.” ― Robert Tew 49 – “Your behaviour is a choice; it isn’t who you are.”― Vanessa Diffenbaugh 50 – “One thing I believe strongly in this life is that you just don’t reward bad behaviour.” ― Dr Phil 51 – “If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behaviour.” ― Katharine Hepburn 52 – “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning fromfailure.” – Colin Powell 53 – “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” – Paul Boese 54 – “Children are not things to be moulded, but are people to be unfolded.” — Jess Lair 55 – “Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.” — Wess Stafford 56 – “Children are our most valuable resource.” — Herbert Hoover 57 – “Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun. ” — Mignon McLaughlin 58 – “Anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.” — Fred Rogers 59 – “The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.” — Denis Waitley 60 – “Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.” — H. Jackson Brown 61 – “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” – Dr Seuss 62 – “Children will listen to you after they feel listened to.” – Jane Nelsen 63 – “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” – Kahlil Gibran 64 – “What this world need is a new kind of army – the army of the kind.” – Cleveland Amory 65 – “Do not let the behaviour of others destroy your inner peace.” ― Dalai Lama 66 – “Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.” – Laurence Sterne 67 – “We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behaviour.”― Chen Shui-bian 68 – “Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.” – Auliq Ice 69 – “Threatening people who do not believe as you do is not Christian behaviour.” ― Linda Wood 70 –“Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.” – Tommy Lee Jones 71 – “Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.” – Sydney Smith 72 – “Even though you’re growing up, you should never stop having fun.” Nina Dobrev 73 – “Politeness is … forgetting ourselves in order to seek what may be agreeable to others.” – Wellins Calcott 74 – “A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.” – Cicero 75 – “Nobody loses anything by being polite, but there are a lot of people who are afraid to take the risk.” – Evan Esar 76 – “Friends and good manners will carry you where money won’t go.” – Margaret Walker 77 – “A man never loses anything by politeness.” – Henry Venn 78 – “The only true source of politeness is a consideration.” – William Gilmore Simm 79 – “Politeness is the flower of humanity.” – Joseph Joubert 80 – “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ― Margaret Mead 81- “Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. ” – Albert Einstein 82 – “Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before. ” – Bonnie Blair 83 – “Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.” – Jim Rohn 84 – “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” ― Roy T. Bennett 85 – “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” ― Robert F. Kennedy 86 – “Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.” ― Dalai Lama XIV 87 – “I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. ” ― Oprah Winfrey 88 – “Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.” ― Joyce Brothers 89 – “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way” ― Martin Luther King Jr. 90 – “I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” ― Booker T. Washington 91 – “Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others.” ― Marianne Williamson 92 – “I don’t love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.” – Natalie Portman 93 – “All students can learn and succeed, but not on the same day in the same way.” – William Spady 94 – “There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison 95 – “Nothing is particularly hard if you break it down into small jobs.” – Henry Ford 96 – “When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.” – George Washington Carver 97 – “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi 98 – “Be silly, be honest, be kind.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson 99 – “The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.” – John D. Rockefeller 100 – “The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.” ― Bette Midler References

Best Thoughts and Quotes for Children

1 – “Never waste a minute thinking of anyone you don’t like.” – Eisenhower

2 – “Only surround yourself with people who will lift you higher.” – Oprah Winfrey

3 – “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” – Dr Seuss

4 – “Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” – H. Jackson Brown

5 – “There is a voice inside of you, that whispers all day long, I feel this is right for me, or I know that this is wrong.” – Best Children Quotes

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6 – “You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr Seuss

7 – “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr Seuss

8 – “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” – Roald Dahl

9 – “We know what we are but know not what we may be.” – Shakespeare

10 – “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it ‘The Present’.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

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11 – “We grow great by dreams.” – Woodrow Wilson

12 – “Most great learning happens in the groups. Collaborations is the stuff of growth.” – Sir Ken Robinson

13 – “Anything is possible. Anything can be.” – Shel Silverstein

14 – “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ― Albert Einstein

15 – “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” ― Madeleine L’Engle

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16 – “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.” – Margaret Mead

17 – “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop

18 – “When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel

19 – “I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” – Pablo Casals

20 – “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau

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21 – “Always keep a positive mindset, it will improve your outlook on the world.” – Roald Dahl

22 – “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

23 – “Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself.” – Luna Lovegood

24 – “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

25 – “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” – Hans Christen Andersen

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26 – “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain

27 – “Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.” – Alice Munro

28 – “Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.” – John Wooden

29 – “We all can dance when we find music we love.” – Giles Andreae

30 – “The more you give away the happier you become.”

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31 – “I think I can. I know I can.”

32 – “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus

33 – “Being kind is never wasted.”

34 – “When you know better you do better.” – Maya Angelou

35 – “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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36 – “You always pass failure on the way to success.” – Mickey Rooney

37 – “Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden

38 – “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream, precedes the goal.” – Pamela Vaull Starr

39 – “No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.” – Wolfgang Riebe

40 – “Don’t doubt your value. Don’t run from who you are.” – Aslan

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41 – “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi

42 – “It is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.” – George Burns

43 – “No kid is unsmart. Every kid’s a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it.” – Robin Sharma

44 – “Never be so busy as not to think of others.” – Mother Teresa

45 – “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” – John Holmes

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46 – “That best portion of a man’s life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.” – William Wordsworth

47 – “Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.” – Horace Mann

48 – “You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel.” ― Robert Tew

49 – “Your behaviour is a choice; it isn’t who you are.”― Vanessa Diffenbaugh

50 – “One thing I believe strongly in this life is that you just don’t reward bad behaviour.” ― Dr Phil

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51 – “If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behaviour.” ― Katharine Hepburn

52 – “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning fromfailure.” – Colin Powell

53 – “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” – Paul Boese

54 – “Children are not things to be moulded, but are people to be unfolded.” — Jess Lair

55 – “Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.” — Wess Stafford

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56 – “Children are our most valuable resource.” — Herbert Hoover

57 – “Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun. ” — Mignon McLaughlin

58 – “Anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.” — Fred Rogers

59 – “The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.” — Denis Waitley

60 – “Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.” — H. Jackson Brown

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61 – “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” – Dr Seuss

62 – “Children will listen to you after they feel listened to.” – Jane Nelsen

63 – “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” – Kahlil Gibran

64 – “What this world need is a new kind of army – the army of the kind.” – Cleveland Amory

65 – “Do not let the behaviour of others destroy your inner peace.” ― Dalai Lama

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66 – “Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.” – Laurence Sterne

67 – “We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behaviour.”― Chen Shui-bian

68 – “Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.” – Auliq Ice

69 – “Threatening people who do not believe as you do is not Christian behaviour.” ― Linda Wood

70 –“Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.” – Tommy Lee Jones

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71 – “Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.” – Sydney Smith

72 – “Even though you’re growing up, you should never stop having fun.” Nina Dobrev

73 – “Politeness is … forgetting ourselves in order to seek what may be agreeable to others.” – Wellins Calcott

74 – “A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.” – Cicero

75 – “Nobody loses anything by being polite, but there are a lot of people who are afraid to take the risk.” – Evan Esar

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75 out of 100 inspiration children quotes

76 – “Friends and good manners will carry you where money won’t go.” – Margaret Walker

77 – “A man never loses anything by politeness.” – Henry Venn

78 – “The only true source of politeness is a consideration.” – William Gilmore Simm

79 – “Politeness is the flower of humanity.” – Joseph Joubert

80 – “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” ― Margaret Mead

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81- “Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. ” – Albert Einstein

82 – “Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before. ” – Bonnie Blair

83 – “Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.” – Jim Rohn

84 – “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” ― Roy T. Bennett

85 – “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” ― Robert F. Kennedy

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86 – “Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.” ― Dalai Lama XIV

87 – “I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. ” ― Oprah Winfrey

88 – “Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.” ― Joyce Brothers

89 – “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

90 – “I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” ― Booker T. Washington

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91 – “Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others.” ― Marianne Williamson

92 – “I don’t love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.” – Natalie Portman

93 – “All students can learn and succeed, but not on the same day in the same way.” – William Spady

94 – “There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison

95 – “Nothing is particularly hard if you break it down into small jobs.” – Henry Ford

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96 – “When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.” – George Washington Carver

97 – “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

98 – “Be silly, be honest, be kind.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

99 – “The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.” – John D. Rockefeller

100 – “The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.” ― Bette Midler

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