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If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.

— Anne Bronte

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I want to make someone walk straight, but I've left my sons nothing but wars.

— Broderick Crawford

Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

— King Solomon

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

— Josh Billings

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.

— Juvenal

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

— Aldous Huxley

A young and vital child knows no limit to his own will, and it is the only reality to him. It is not that he wants at the outset to fight other wills, but that they simply do not exist for him. Like the artist, he goes forth to the work of creation, gloriously alone.

— Jane Harrison

What a child can do in cooperation today, he can do alone tomorrow.

— Lev Vygotsky

When my son first started to take the subway, my husband and I used to follow him to make sure he was all right, and then we had to stop following him and let him do it by himself.

— Julianne Moore

Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!

— Thomas Huxley

Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.

— William Wilberforce

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