Phrases and quotes about children's happiness: the 30 most beautiful
As much as our children make us desperate, they never stop bringing so much joy into the house! One of the most beautiful things to see is their happiness in small things and their innate curiosity that puts anyone in a good mood. Do you want to do like them? Find out how to start on the right foot; in the video below you will find 6 infallible tricks to regain your energy and face the day with a smile!
What children teach us about happiness
It is enough to observe a child to grasp the secret of happiness: it is a recurring thought that is taken up in books, poems and song lyrics!
The children are always spontaneous and full of joy, they never wonder how long their happiness will last and for this reason they live the childhood period to the full. They follow their instincts and spend the day laughing without restraint, because they have no malice and they do not care about the judgment of others, they love to play, dance and sing and do it when they feel like it, in short, they can bring out the best in life even in the most difficult situations.
Perhaps the greatest teaching a child can give us about living happy and carefree is seizing the moment, living the present to the full.
It makes us think that such a small human being is able to find meaning in things more than us adults, right? This is why it is worth taking a moment to look more closely at the world view of children described by great feathers and historical figures, who have tried to step into their shoes.
There are many famous phrases that have as their rotagonists the smiles of childhood and the happiness that derives from it. You can see them as food for thought or simply as a way to admire what surrounds you through the eyes of those who are more pure and naive.
Below are the 30 most beautiful quotes about happy children, choose the one you prefer.
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Famous quotes about children's happiness, to reflect
The little ones are happier than the "grown-ups", but luckily they are able to easily convey all their joy to those around you. Let's discover together some beautiful sentences on this subject thanks to the help of famous writers.
A child can always teach an adult three things:
1. To be happy for no reason.
2. To always be busy with something.
3. To demand with all his strength what he desires.
Paulo Coelho
Observe a child collecting shells on the beach: he is happier than the richest man in the world. What is its secret? That secret is mine too. The child lives in the present moment, enjoying the sun, the brackish air of the beach, the wonderful expanse of sand. It is here and now. It doesn't think about the past, it doesn't think about the future. And whatever he does, he does it with totality, intensely; he is so absorbed in it that he forgets everything else.
Osho
Adults are too serious for me. They don't know how to laugh. Better to write for children, it's the only way to entertain myself too.
Roald Dahl
Children are bright riddles.
Daniel Pennac
Youth smiles for no reason. It is one of his greatest graces.
Oscar Wilde
Thoughts on children's smiles, to rejoice like them
It is said that the smile is contagious and that in particular that of children is truly irresistible, capable of melting even the coldest of men. Even the artists and historical figures seem to agree with this thought, because they have elaborated some beautiful extracts. Here are the most important.
Children have no past and this is the whole mystery of the magical innocence of their smile.
Milan Kundera
Does the smile that trembles on the lips of a child when he sleeps know where someone was born? Yes, a pale young crescent moonbeam is said to have touched the outline of a fading autumn cloud and there was born the smile in the dream of a dew-washed morning.
Rabindranath Tagore
If a child smiles, if an adult smiles, this is very important. If in our daily lives we are able to smile, not only us, but everyone will benefit from it. If we really know how to live, what better way to start a day than with a smile? Our smiles affirm our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an awakened mind.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The smile of a child erases the memories trapped in the soul of those who cannot forgive.
Ada Roggio
There is no flower, in any garden in the world, as beautiful as a child sitting on its mother's lap. In the sky there are shining stars, on the bottom of the seas marvelous pearls, but the beauty of the world is in the smiles of children.
Romano Battaglia
Aphorisms on the carefree childhood
If parents try to ensure their children have a "happy childhood, there is a reason". The first years of life are the most carefree and worry-free, as well as being the ones that can be fully lived. Once they are adults, those little ones will no longer be so full of joy, which is why it is so important to preserve the age of discovery and games! Below you can read a few sentences about the wonder that only a child can experience.
If a child is to keep his innate sense of wonder alive, he needs the company of at least one adult to share it with, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world in which we live.
Rachel Louise Carson
There was a time when you asked questions because you were looking for answers, and you were happy when you got them. Come back as a child: ask again.
Clive Staples Lewis
Let the children be happy in their own way, there is no better way.
Dr. Johnson
It is part of the imperfections and renunciations of human life that our childhood must become alien to us and fall into oblivion, like a treasure escaped from playing hands, and fallen into a deep well.
Hermann Hesse
There is always some old lady who confronts children by making frightening faces and saying nonsense in an informal language full of ciccì and coccò and piciupaciù. Children usually look very sternly at these people who have aged in vain; they don't understand what they want and go back to their games, simple and very serious games.
Bruno Munari
Phrases about children in music and sports
The passion for a sport or a musical genre can be born from an early age; it is therefore not surprising that many singers, actors or sportsmen have to do with small fans. Some of these celebrities have expressed their point of view on the joyfulness of children, while others, having become parents, wanted to dedicate rhymes to their newborn son (Read the lyrics of the most beautiful songs dedicated to children in our article!).
The children, with their playful smiles, show us the divine that is in each of us.
Michael Jackson
You are my first thought that wakes me up in the morning. The last wish that lulls me into the night. You are the deepest reason for my every gesture. The most incredible story I know.
Max Pezzali
There is nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help as much as I can, even if it's just signing an autograph. A child's smile is worth more than all the money in the world.
Lionel Messi
For you and for us, for you, for us I don't know if I'll ever be ready. Try to be ready for us. Listening, you will teach me that you can, that it is worth living.
Luciano Ligabue
The children reveal in their smiles the divine that is in us all. This simple blessing shines straight from their hearts and just asks to be lived.
Michael Jackson
It is for you that the trees are green and the bows in maternity are pink. It is for you that the sun burns in July. This whole city is for you.
Jovanotti
My cub of man, so similar to me, of what I am I would like to give you only the best things and everything I have learned from my mistakes, from the fears I have inside of me.
Eugenio Finardi
Small dedications to those with a big big heart
We conclude our collection of the most beautiful phrases dedicated to the world of childhood with some reflections of writers and philosophers who in a few lines summarize how great a child's love is and how beautiful it is to be amazed by little things.
A baby, like your stomach, doesn't need everything you can afford to give it.
Frank A. Clark
Of children, I love that believing in them with their eyes.
I no longer see that enchanted light in the eyes of adults.
Fabrizio Caramagna
Children's games are not games, and must be regarded as their most serious actions.
Michel De Montaigne
The white flowering of the daisies in the first days of April is what most resembles the hearts of children.
Fabrizio Caramagna
Children learn more from how you behave than from what you teach them.
W.E.B. Du Bois
All adults have been children once. But few of them remember it.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Life is a flame that gradually burns out, but which catches fire every time a child is born.
George Bernard Shaw
The child is not an object of love because he is beautiful, he is beautiful because he is an object of love.
Lidia Ravera
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