"You can make children believe whatever you want, and the children of today are the soldiers and mothers of tomorrow"

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin"

"Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them"

"If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses"

"Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth"

"At the heart of the Reggio Emilia approach is the belief that children are full of potential, competent, and capable of constructing their own learning"

"The soul is healed by being with children"

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today"

"Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as high as possible. No one can do more"