Nurturing a child’s sense of personal worth and therefore hope and dreams for a wonderful future is perhaps the most important responsibility of every grownup in a child’s life.

Watch carefully the children around you. In precious moments you will catch a glimpse of your Savior’s face. Listen intently and you will hear his voice. Walk gently among them; his footprints are all around you. Embrace them, for you are embracing him. Respect them, because they are sometimes God’s agents – exactly the kind of instruments he needs. At such times, only a child will do.

I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable.

I have become convinced that if God stands a child before you, for even just a minute, it is a divine appointment.

There is nothing to be intimidated about - it's just another long run where a few more people show up and they happen to wear numbers.

I have become convinced that the more wealth a country accumulates, the more isolated and lonely its people become. The loneliest are usually the children and the elderly. Children learn what they live, and isolation in the ‘village’ is one of the most destructive messages we daily write on the tablets of their hearts.

Just know this: What you will do among children is as close to the heart of God and central to his kingdom as anything we could mention.