A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager.

Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official.

Let me introduce myself. My name is, uh, Kangaroo... Kangaroo - Captain Kangaroo ... I'm the keeper here of the Treasure House.

One of the big secrets of finding time is not to watch television.

Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.

The best teacher is an entertainer.

Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff.

I enjoy meeting not only contemporary children, but yesterday's children as well. It's nice to talk about the experiences we shared, they tell me, 'You were a good friend.' That's the warmest part.

The children should never be excluded from what I am doing and should never have the feeling of being part of an audience.

It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.

Memory chooses to preserve what desire cannot hope to sustain.

You are the first person who you should treat with humility. Respect yourself and let it overflow to others.

Exercise and get moving to pump up your endorphins and elevate your mood. Take an adult recess.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

I truly believe that compassion provides the basis of human survival.

There's always a threat surrounding the things you love

In the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity.

I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze.

The hour I have long wished for is now come.

True beauty dwells in deep retreats, Whose veil is unremoved Till heart with heart in concord beats, And the lover is beloved.