Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
~Pablo Picasso
For decades, I’ve gathered precious insights. Each one I read is like a breath of life. They lift my spirit and remind of the good we can do and marvelous things we can be. I hope this web site’s words and images encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire. I hope these words of wisdom about children gladden your heart.
Treat the world well … It was not given to you by your parents … It was lent to you by your children.
–Kenyan proverb
You are not the child of the people you call mother and father,
but their fellow-adventurer on a bright journey to understand the things that are.
– Richard Bach
Children Learn What They Live
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear,
they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity,
they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn what envy is.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient.
If children live with encouragement, they learn to be confident.
– Dorothy Law Nolte
Two of the greatest gifts we can give our children are roots and wings.
— Hodding Carter
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere in which we are permitted to remain children all of our lives.
–– Albert Einstein
Succeed and Soar!
Sandra Gould Ford
Life Well Lived offers floral photographs, wise words and invitations to see life as a garden of possibilities. This 60-page book offers lots of space for personal notes, sketches and meditations. Here are opportunities to both enjoy life’s seasons and find enrichment. A great gift.
* 5×8 $14.50 Preview and Purchase.
* 8×10 $19.00 Preview and Purchase.
