Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement among races can virtually disappear.

I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child and children who are victims of neglect abuse or abandonment must not also be victims of bureaucracy. They deserve our devoted attention not our divided attention.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years scold them. By the time they turn sixteen treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

I have a fantastic wife and not only in terms of external beauty. Her priority and mine is our children. That is our choice.

We have magnificent brains but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children.

You too women cast away all the cowards from your embraces they will give you only cowards for children and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave.

The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.

I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.