A little boy in the family is one of the best things to cherish.
Bringing up little boys is truly an experience to treasure as little boys bring with them truckloads of adventure. The journey of nurturing them to adulthood is a truly special one.
To celebrate little boys every, check out these quotes about little boys and the joy they bring us.
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Here are some little boy quotes that will remind you what they are made of: mischief, fun, playfulness, laughter, and lots of love.
1. "You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball."
2. "When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and also join the circus. With the Yankees, I've accomplished both."
3. "You have to have a lot of little boy in you to play baseball for a living."
4. "When I was a little boy, my dream was to play baseball and leave Cuba."
5. "Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you’ve got both, you can play baseball."
6. "I didn’t understand anything about playing baseball. Most of my life, I played with older people on my team, in my league. I learned a lot about life. Everyday in my life, I learned something new from somebody."
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7. "Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others."
8. "I met a boy whose eyes showed me that the past, present and future were all the same thing."
9. "Like the changing leaves of fall, My little boy is now a man."
10. "Children do learn what they live. Then they grow up to live what they’ve learned."
11. "Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like when you're older must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams."
- Joni Mitchell, 'The Circle Game'.
12. "Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact, the family brings up baby by being brought up by him."
13. "There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy’s life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure."
14. "Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional."
15. "I enjoy walking by myself on the same paths where, as a little boy, I delighted in following my father around."
16. "Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing."
17. "Boys do not grow up gradually. They move forward in spurts like the hands of clocks in railway stations."
18. "Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory."
19. "And as he was dreaming, an angel song
Awakened our little boy blue —
Oh! the years are many, the years are long,
But the little toy friends are true!"
- Eugene Field, 'Little Boy Blue'.
20. "When I grow up, I want to be a little boy."
21. "You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers."
22. "A baby is born with a need to be loved—and never outgrows it."
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23. "A boy’s story is the best that is ever told."
24. "Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life."
25. "Goodness will find the little boy. It always has. It will again."
26. "There has never been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between a mother and a son."
27. "It’s the merry-hearted boys that make the best men."
28. "A boy is the only thing that God can use to make a man."
29. "And she loved a little boy very, very much, even more than she loved herself."
30. "Let your boys test their wings. They may not be eagles, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't soar free."
31. "Heaven on Earth is looking at my baby boy."
32. "A boy’s will is the wind’s will, and the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts."
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
33. "A boy’s best friend is his mother."
34. "Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always."
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35. "But boy, you're gonna love seventeen
And boy, you'll do some stupid things."
36. "Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a society that's failing to understand the distinction."
- Christina Hoff Sommers.
37. "The little boy who goes to the store and forgets what his mother sent him for, will probably grow up to be a congressman."
38. "While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about."
39. "And of all the animals the boy is the most unmanageable."
40. "My mother taught me underneath a tree
And sitting down before the heat of day,
She took me on her lap and kissed me,
And pointing to the east began to say. "
41. "Men at any age truly never grow up. All, no matter what importance they may have attained, are still no more than little boys."
- Diane de Poitiers.
42. "A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy."
- Gilbert K. Chesterton.
43. "You can't see the water until you run into it. A little boy took off running through it. He got all muddy."
44. "Mischief, giggles, fun and love, that’s what little boys are made of."
Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for quotes about little boys then why not take a look at these family tree quotes or past, present, future quotes for more great quotes to share with the whole family?
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