Inner Child Quotes: 76 Sayings to Rediscover Your True Self

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1. “Your inner child still needs to be loved in order to heal the complete self.

– Karen A. Baquiran

Karen A. Baquiran Quote: “Your inner child still needs to be loved in order to heal the complete self.”

2. “The ever-curious inner child asks the vital questions, like, ‘Why is this important’ and, ‘Will this make me happy?

– Beau Taplin

Beau Taplin Quote: “The ever-curious inner child asks the vital questions, like, ‘Why is this important’ and, ‘Will this make me happy?”

3. “The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.

– Stephen Nachmanovitch

Stephen Nachmanovitch Quote: “The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.”

4. “Perhaps the only contact we’ve had with our inner child for a long time is to scold it, criticize it. Then we wonder why we are unhappy.

– Louis Hay

Louis Hay Quote: “Perhaps the only contact we’ve had with our inner child for a long time is to scold it, criticize it. Then we wonder why we are unhappy.”

5. “The process of reclaiming your wounded inner child is a forgiveness process. Forgiveness allows us to give as before. It heals the past and frees our energies for the present.

– John Bradshaw

John Bradshaw Quote: “The process of reclaiming your wounded inner child is a forgiveness process. Forgiveness allows us to give as before. It heals the past and frees our energies for the present.”

6. “Let us listen to the needs of our inner child that is being tamed and imprisoned by the rules of a grown-up world.

– Erik Pevernagie

Erik Pevernagie Quote: “Let us listen to the needs of our inner child that is being tamed and imprisoned by the rules of a grown-up world.”

7. “Many of us are guilty of not taking enough time to dial into our inner child’s voice.

– Kim Ha Campbell.

Kim Ha Campbell. Quote: “Many of us are guilty of not taking enough time to dial into our inner child's voice.”

8. “Your inner child is waiting for a genuine, heartfelt apology.

– Yong Kang Chan

Yong Kang Chan Quote: “Your inner child is waiting for a genuine, heartfelt apology.”

9. “It sounds corny, but I’ve promised my inner child that never again will I ever abandon myself for anything or anyone else again.

– Wynonna Judd

Wynonna Judd Quote: “It sounds corny, but I've promised my inner child that never again will I ever abandon myself for anything or anyone else again.”

10. “Healing your lost inner child wounding takes time, gentle care, and learning to love and embrace your wounded parts.

– Robert Jackman

Robert Jackman Quote: “Healing your lost inner child wounding takes time, gentle care, and learning to love and embrace your wounded parts.”

11. “The most sophisticated people I’ve ever known had just one thing in common; they were all in touch with their inner children.

– Jim Henson

Jim Henson Quote: “The most sophisticated people I’ve ever known had just one thing in common; they were all in touch with their inner children.”

12. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

– Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso Quote: “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”

13. “I’m happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

– James Broughton

James Broughton Quote: “I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.”

14. “Honor your inner child by losing yourself in simple pleasures.

– Kim Del Valle Walker

Kim Del Valle Walker Quote: “Honor your inner child by losing yourself in simple pleasures.”

15. “I love fantasy; I love imagination – that’s the inner child in me.

– Hannah John-Kamen

Hannah John-Kamen Quote: “I love fantasy; I love imagination - that's the inner child in me.”

16. “We nurture our creativity when we release our inner child. Let it run and roam free. It will take you on a brighter journey.

– Serina Hartwell

Serina Hartwell Quote: “We nurture our creativity when we release our inner child. Let it run and roam free. It will take you on a brighter journey.”

17. “So much of the healing of our world begins in healing the inner child who rarely, if ever, got to come out and play.

– Vince Gowmon

Vince Gowmon Quote: “So much of the healing of our world begins in healing the inner child who rarely, if ever, got to come out and play.”

18. “By connecting your inner child to your internal being, you bring out the hero in you that is inside all of us.

– Kim Ha Campbell.

Kim Ha Campbell. Quote: “By connecting your inner child to your internal being, you bring out the hero in you that is inside all of us.”

19. “When you abandon your Inner Child, you don’t take action to help yourself. Not taking action is avoiding responsibility.

– Margaret Paul

Margaret Paul Quote: “When you abandon your Inner Child, you don’t take action to help yourself. Not taking action is avoiding responsibility.”

20. “When we honor our inner child’s feelings, we release the emotional hurts that we’re still subconsciously carrying around.

– Patricia Hope

Patricia Hope Quote: “When we honor our inner child’s feelings, we release the emotional hurts that we’re still subconsciously carrying around.”

21. “I think my inner child wants to take over the world.

– Mark Foster

Mark Foster Quote: “I think my inner child wants to take over the world.”

22. “Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result; Do it and the child heals.

– Martha Beck

Martha Beck Quote: “Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result; Do it and the child heals.”

23. “Within us, all is a radiant inner child bathed in joy.

– Amy Leigh Mercree

Amy Leigh Mercree Quote: “Within us, all is a radiant inner child bathed in joy.”

24. “Imagination is our inner-child and creativity, its playground.

– Jaeda Dewalt

Jaeda Dewalt Quote: “Imagination is our inner-child and creativity, its playground.”

25. “Launching a startup is the time to find your ever-optimistic inner child again.

– Alejandro Cremades

Alejandro Cremades Quote: “Launching a startup is the time to find your ever-optimistic inner child again.”

26. “I believe that this neglected, wounded, inner child of the past is the major source of human misery.

– John Bradshaw

John Bradshaw Quote: “I believe that this neglected, wounded, inner child of the past is the major source of human misery.”

27. “Inner child work is essential. It’s the essence of growth as a whole person.

– Cheryl Richardson

Cheryl Richardson Quote: “Inner child work is essential. It’s the essence of growth as a whole person.”

28. “Some people think ignoring their inner child makes them seem grown-up. When I see someone ignoring a crying child, I think they’re an asshole

– Jay Bell

Jay Bell Quote: “Some people think ignoring their inner child makes them seem grown-up. When I see someone ignoring a crying child, I think they’re an asshole”

29. “Hello, inner child, I’m the inner babysitter!

– Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett Quote: “Hello, inner child, I'm the inner babysitter!”

30. “It’s very important to realize that the inner child is still there, caught in the past. We have to rescue him.

– Thich Nhat Nanh

Thich Nhat Nanh Quote: “It’s very important to realize that the inner child is still there, caught in the past. We have to rescue him.”

31. “I want a man, but I want a man that also wants to embrace his inner child.

– Paula Patton

Paula Patton Quote: “I want a man, but I want a man that also wants to embrace his inner child.”

32. “Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because the reason can be taken from you.

– Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra Quote: “Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because the reason can be taken from you.”

33. “The child in you, like all children, loves to laugh, to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life.

– Wayne Dyer

Wayne Dyer Quote: “The child in you, like all children, loves to laugh, to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life.”

34. “We’re all five-year-olds. We don’t know how to do this thing called life. Are you faking it?

– Byron Katie

Byron Katie Quote: “We’re all five-year-olds. We don’t know how to do this thing called life. Are you faking it?”

35. “Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.

– Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss Quote: “Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”

36. “So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

– Gaston Bachelard

Gaston Bachelard Quote: “So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.”

37. “When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

– Brian Aldiss

Brian Aldiss Quote: “When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.”

38. “When you feel a child inside of you springing to life, that’s how you know you’re where you should be.

– C. Joybell C.

C. Joybell C. Quote: “When you feel a child inside of you springing to life, that’s how you know you’re where you should be.”

39. “The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.

– Mencius

Mencius Quote: “The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.”

40. “They are not sorry for harming you. So, don’t feel guilty for cutting them off.

– John Mark Green

John Mark Green Quote: “They are not sorry for harming you. So, don’t feel guilty for cutting them off.”

41. “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.

– J.P. Morgan

J.P. Morgan Quote: “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you're not going to stay where you are.”

42. “After a while, the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.

– Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott Quote: “After a while, the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.”

43. “Don’t forget to love her. The little girl you used to be. Perhaps she lies within you. Untucked. Sleeping peacefully.

– Kiana Llanos

Kiana Llanos Quote: “Don’t forget to love her. The little girl you used to be. Perhaps she lies within you. Untucked. Sleeping peacefully.”

44. “He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

– Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Quote: “He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.”

45. “The untreated traumas of childhood become the frustrating dramas of adulthood.

– David Richo

David Richo Quote: “The untreated traumas of childhood become the frustrating dramas of adulthood.”

46. “What we remember from childhood we remember forever – permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen.

– Cynthia Ozick

Cynthia Ozick Quote: “What we remember from childhood we remember forever – permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen.”

47. “The girl you once were, heal for her. The woman you are now, protect her. The queen you were created to be, fight for her.

– Morgan Richard Olivier

Morgan Richard Olivier Quote: “The girl you once were, heal for her. The woman you are now, protect her. The queen you were created to be, fight for her.”

48. “A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.

– Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson Quote: “A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.”

49. “Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

– Heraclitus

Heraclitus Quote: “Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.”

50. “Some day, you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

– C. S. Lewis.

C. S. Lewis. Quote: “Some day, you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

51. “One of the virtues of being very young is that you don’t let the facts get in the way of your imagination.

– Sam Levenson

Sam Levenson Quote: “One of the virtues of being very young is that you don’t let the facts get in the way of your imagination.”

52. “The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age which means never losing your enthusiasm.

– Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley Quote: “The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age which means never losing your enthusiasm.”

53. “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing

– George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw Quote: “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing”

54. “Within every person, there is a child. That child is filled with wonder, creativity, and the belief that anything is possible.

– Catia Hernandez Holm

Catia Hernandez Holm Quote: “Within every person, there is a child. That child is filled with wonder, creativity, and the belief that anything is possible.”

55. “For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be.

– John Connolly

John Connolly Quote: “For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be.”

56. “Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called “All The Things That Could Go Wrong

– Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson Quote: “Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called “All The Things That Could Go Wrong”

57. “The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.”

58. “If you open your heart and become like a child, you will always be blissful, always content.

– Dharma Mittra

Dharma Mittra Quote: “If you open your heart and become like a child, you will always be blissful, always content.”

59. “What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

– Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud Quote: “What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.”

60. “To take care of ourselves, we must go back to take good care of the wounded child inside us.

– Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh Quote: “To take care of ourselves, we must go back to take good care of the wounded child inside us.”

61. “The world doesn’t have to lose it’s magic just because you lost your pigtails.

– Amber Scholl

Amber Scholl Quote: “The world doesn’t have to lose it’s magic just because you lost your pigtails.”

62. “Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten.

– Hugh Macleod

Hugh Macleod Quote: “Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten.”

63. “I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled.

– Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman Quote: “I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled.”

64. “Hold the hand of the child that lives in your soul. For this child, nothing is impossible.

– Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho Quote: “Hold the hand of the child that lives in your soul. For this child, nothing is impossible.”

65. “The most sophisticated people I know – inside they are all children.

– Jim Henson

Jim Henson Quote: “The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.”

66. “I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.

– Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking Quote: “I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.”

67. “We may never know exactly when or how this began, but if we acknowledge this little one, she will somehow know that we are listening to her.

– Bonnie Badenoch

Bonnie Badenoch Quote: “We may never know exactly when or how this began, but if we acknowledge this little one, she will somehow know that we are listening to her.”

68. “Whoever wants to understand much must play much.

– Gottfried Benn

Gottfried Benn Quote: “Whoever wants to understand much must play much.”

69. “Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery.

– Gilbert K. Chesterton

Gilbert K. Chesterton Quote: “Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery.”

70. “The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.

– Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers Quote: “The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.”

71. “We not only need to have a deep respect for children; but also a deep respect for the child in everyone.

– C. Joybell C.

C. Joybell C. Quote: “We not only need to have a deep respect for children; but also a deep respect for the child in everyone.”

72. “Everything seemed possible when I looked through the eyes of a child.And every once in a while, I remember, I still have the chance to be that wild.

– Nikki Rowe

Nikki Rowe Quote: “Everything seemed possible when I looked through the eyes of a child.And every once in a while, I remember, I still have the chance to be that wild.”

73. “In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Quote: “In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.”

74. “Children have neither past nor future;they enjoy the present, which very few of us do.

– Jean De La Bruyere

Jean De La Bruyere Quote: “Children have neither past nor future;they enjoy the present, which very few of us do.”

76. “In my soul, I am still that small child who did not care about anything else but the beautiful colours of a rainbow.

– Papiya Ghosh

Papiya Ghosh Quote: “In my soul, I am still that small child who did not care about anything else but the beautiful colours of a rainbow.”
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