If you have children in your life, their smiling faces almost certainly dominate your photo collection. From those squishy newborn photo shoots to the rambunctious toddler years and all throughout childhood, those fast-moving memories are all thankfully captured on camera.

It’s a no-brainer to turn favorite photos of your kids, grandkids or niblings into custom Mixbook creations like photo books, calendars and greetings cards. They make perfect gifts and mementos for celebrating the good times as well as offering comfort and encouragement when times are tough. Photo creations often benefit from added words of wisdom, sentiment, or humor. Consider the following fantastic quotes about children to augment your photos.

Funny Quotes About Children

Being able to laugh, be silly, and appreciate the total absurdity of kids can bring you endless joy. One of these funny quotes about children (or these additional funny quotes), might be the most fitting photo caption of all.

“The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable” – Lane Olinghouse
“When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.” – Nora Ephron
“Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.” – P.J. O’Rourke
“Having one child makes you a parent; having two, you are a referee.” – David Frost
"You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance." – Franklin P. Jones.

Inspirational Quotes About Children

In those quiet moments between the chaos, you remember that watching children live, love, and grow can be a true source of inspiration. The young face on that graduation announcement might move mountains. The little kid who’s the star of your adoption photo book could grow up to change the world! It’s difficult to put into words, so why not turn to these inspirational quotes about children from some of history’s best writers?

“Your children are not your children, they come through you, but they are life itself, wanting to express itself.” – Wayne Dyer
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” – Kahlil Gibran
“A child can teach an adult three things… To be happy for no reason. To always be busy with something. And to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.” – Paulo Coelho
“Cherish your children… for they are the footprints you will leave behind.” – Taylor Evan Fulks

Quotes About Children Growing Up

From birth announcements to graduation invitations, adding some meaningful quotes about children growing up can make those milestone markers even more special.

“The point of parenting isn’t to have all the answers before we start out but instead to figure it out on the go as our children grow, because as they do, so will we.” – Bridgett Miller
“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” – Pablo Picasso
“You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they’re going.” – P. J. O’Rourke
“Growing up is losing some illusions, to acquire others.” – Virginia Woolf
“There are no perfect parents, and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way.” – Dave Willis

Quotes About Children Being Born

There’s a reason we celebrate birthdays – the day a baby is born is the pinnacle of emotions for parents and everyone who loves the child. Consider some of these heartfelt newborn quotes for birth announcements, social media posts, baby books and more.

“The first happiness of a child is to know that he is loved.” – Don Bosco
“It’s a good thing babies don’t give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.” – Anita Diamant
“You know what the great thing about babies is? They are like little bundles of hope. Like the future in a basket.” – Lish McBride
“A baby is a wishing well. Everyone puts their hopes, their fears, their pasts, their two cents in.” – Elizabeth Bard

Quotes About Raising Children

Raising children isn’t always easy, and it’s not always photogenic! But the good times and the better snapshots put it all into balance. These quotes about raising children might not help you figure out how to raise children (we’re all just winging it!). But they do make good captions for your Mixbook photo projects.

“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” – John F. Kennedy
“The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.” – Orlando Aloysius Battista
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” – Fred Rogers
“Encourage and support your kids because children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.” — Lady Bird Johnson,
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” – Margaret Mead

Song Lyrics About Children

Song lyrics can be great sources for quotes about children. Take inspiration from the words of these songs about children growing up to share via cards, gifts, or even just messages to friends who also have kids or grandkids.

“May you grow up to be righteous / May you grow up to be true / May you always know the truth / And see the lights surrounding you.” – Forever Young, Bob Dylan
“Don't you ever ask them, Why? / If they told you, you will cry / So just look at them and sigh / And know they love you.” – Teach Your Children Well, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
“Isn't she pretty? / Truly the angel's best / Boy, I'm so happy / We have been Heaven-blessed / I can't believe what God has done / Through us, He's given life to one / But isn't she lovely made from love?” – Isn’t She Lovely, Stevie Wonder
“And I thank you for choosing me / To come through unto life to be / A beautiful reflection of His grace / See I know that a gift so great / Is only one God could create / And I'm reminded every time I see your face.” – To Zion, Lauryn Hill
“I'm gonna watch you shine / Gonna watch you grow / Gonna paint a sign / So you'll always know / As long as one and one is two / There could never be a father / Who loved his daughter more than I love you.” – Father and Daughter, Paul Simon

Ready to Create Your Photo Project?

Quotes about children are great choices for adding meaningful text to add to your creative photo projects. Putting those projects together is a cinch, too, with the fun, free, easy-to-use editor tool at Mixbook.com.

What’s not so easy… choosing which of your approximately 70,000-plus photos of the kids to include!