Kids Are Tremendous!
By Charlie Jones and Bob Kelly
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Internationally acclaimed motivational speaker and author Charlie “Tremendous” Jones and award-winning author Bob Kelly combine their talents to present this charming look at childhood by some of history’s most famous personalities. Funny, poignant, illuminating—each quotation casts a bright light on those sparkling diamonds we call kids. Sometimes demanding, always questioning—kids are a constant source of joy to adults of all ages. More than simply a collection of quotations, Kids Are Tremendous! includes some sound advice on how to turn your children, grandchildren and other young people in your world into avid and lifelong readers. There’s even a sample contract form you can use to get them moving in the right direction. The late Hodding Carter, journalist and publisher, once wrote: “There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these roots: the other wings.” Give them both by instilling in them a love for reading.
Charles “Tremendous” Jones is a widely respected speaker and author of books on leadership. His bestselling book, Life Is Tremendous, has more than 2 million copies in print. He serves as president of Life Management Services, Inc. and Executive Books. He lives in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Gloria. Bob Kelly is an author and president of WordCrafters, Inc., which provides writing and editorial services for churches, ministries, nonprofits, and businesses. He maintains his own major collection of quotations (400+ volumes, 1.5 million quotes), and can deliver quotes, illustrations or anecdotes on virtually any topic.
Charlie Jones
For decades, audiences worldwide have enjoyed Charlie Jones via audiocassettes, motivational films, books, and seminars. After a successful insurance career, he formed Life Management Services, Inc., and Executive Books, which distributes thousands of his favorite books. He has authored many books, including Life Is Tremendous -- 7 Laws of Leadership, with more than one million copies in print. A member of the prestigious Speakers Roundtable, Jones has been named one of the top fifty speakers of the twentieth century by the National Speakers Association.
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Kids Are Tremendous! - Charlie Jones
KIDS ARE TREMENDOUS!
by
Charlie Tremendous
Jones
and
Bob Kelly
Internationally acclaimed motivational speaker and author Charlie Tremendous
Jones and award-winning author Bob Kelly combine their talents to present this charming look at childhood by some of history’s most famous personalities. Funny, poignant, illuminating—each quotation casts a bright light on those sparkling diamonds we call kids. Sometimes demanding, always questioning—kids are a constant source of joy to adults of all ages. More than simply a collection of quotations, Kids Are Tremendous! includes some sound advice on how to turn your children, grandchildren and other young people in your world into avid and lifelong readers.
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Kids are Tremendous!
Copyright 2008 by Charles Jones and Bob Kelly
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
1: Babies: Bits of Stardust
Babies are bits of stardust blown from the hand of God. Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of birth, for she has held a star.
—Larry Barratto
2: What Is a Child?
A child is the root of the heart.
—Carolina Maria de Jesus
3: From the Mouths of Babes
Out of the mouths of babes comes a lot of what they should have swallowed.
—Franklin P. Jones
4: Childhood: World of Wonder
Childhood is the world of miracle and wonder: as if creation rose, bathed in light, out of the darkness, utterly new and fresh and astonishing.
—Eugene Ionesco
5: Love and Praise: The Perfect Diet
Love your children with all your hearts…Praise them a lot. They live on it like bread and butter and they need it more than bread and butter.
—Lavina Christensen Fugal
6: Teaching Them What Counts
Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.
—Bob Talbert
7: Our Only Future
Kids are always the only future the human race has.
—William Saroyan
8: Discipline: By the Book
Mothers who raise
A child by the book
Can, if sufficiently vexed,
Hasten results
By applying the book
As well as the text.
—Evangelical Beacon
9: Our Best Teachers
When Gloria and I got married and started our family, I thought God gave me children so I could teach them, but I soon learned that God gave me children so they could teach me!
—Charlie Tremendous
Jones
10: You Can Say That Again!
The toughest thing about raising kids is convincing them you have seniority.
—Source Unknown
11: All Those Children
Gloria and I raised six kids, all boys—except four! The reason we had only six is because Gloria doesn’t like kids.
—Charlie Tremendous
Jones
12: Parents: Providing Roots and Wings
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots: the other wings.
—Hodding Carter
13: Girls: Little Bits of Heaven
A man who has only sons and who has never fathered a daughter has lost a little bit of Heaven on earth.
—Irish Proverb
14: Boys: No Experience Needed
One of the best things in the world is to be a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one.
—Charles Dudley Warner
15: Grandkids: God’s Compensation
Grandchildren are God’s way of compensating us for growing old.
—Mary H. Waldrip
16: Youth: Vanguard of Tomorrow
Teenagers are the vanguard of tomorrow. They are a fresh breeze in a stale world.
—Dan Valentine
17: Some Handy
Advice
Never raise your hand to your children—it leaves your midsection unprotected.
—Robert Orben
18: Kids on Wry
Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There’s nothing like having a midget for a butler.
—W.C. Fields
19: God’s Apostles
Children: God’s apostles, day by day sent forth to preach of love, and hope, and peace.
—James Russell Lowell
20: Letter to a Grandson
When my first grandson was still a young boy, I wrote this letter to share with him some of the wonderful life lessons I’ve been learning.
—Charlie Tremendous
Jones
21: Getting Kids to Read
You are the same today as you’ll be in five years except for two things: the people you meet and the books you read.
—Charlie Tremendous
Jones
Agreement
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Acknowledgments
The selections in this book have been drawn from several hundred volumes in our personal libraries, and from other materials we have collected over many years, the sources of which were not always duly recorded. We have made every effort to give proper credit to the original authors of each selection, when known. In the event we have failed to acknowledge the correct source of any of this material, we sincerely apologize, and when such errors, if any, are called to our attention, we will make the appropriate corrections in future editions.
C.J. and B.K.
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Kids Are Tremendous!
Foreword
By Charlie Tremendous
Jones
One of the most Tremendous words in our vocabulary is children.
Just the mention or the thought of children brings to mind so many beautiful memories. As I reflected on the observations so many others have made about children, as recorded in this book, I thought