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Benjamin Spock

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Benjamin Spock is the kind of thinker who lets the words do the talking — and they talk volumes. Whether reflecting on Parenting or Women, Benjamin Spock brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Discover 13 of Benjamin Spock's most memorable quotes, ranging across Parenting, Women, War, Trust, and Power. One quote that captures their voice: "The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering."

“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.”

— Benjamin Spock

Trust

All Quotes by Benjamin Spock

“When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.”

— Benjamin Spock

Women

“Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is angry inside when children misbehave and they dread more the anger that is rarely or never expressed openly, wondering how awful it might be.”

— Benjamin Spock

Anger

“What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.”

— Benjamin Spock

Best

“What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?”

— Benjamin Spock

War

“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.”

— Benjamin Spock

Trust

“There are only two things a child will share willingly communicable diseases and its mother's age.”

— Benjamin Spock

Age

“I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.”

— Benjamin Spock

Marriage

“The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.”

— Benjamin Spock

Parenting

“All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.”

— Benjamin Spock

Learning

“Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.”

— Benjamin Spock

Happiness