Quotes: Play

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.

- Henry Van Dyke-

It doesn't matter if you win or lose, it's how you play the game.

- Unknown -

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

- Heraclitus -

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

- Joseph Heller -

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 -

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

- Plato -

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

- George Dorsey -

Play has been man's most useful preoccupation.

- Frank Caplan -

I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I love to play.

- Boris Becker -

While here at home, in shining day,
We round the sunny garden play,
Each little Indian sleepy-head
Is being kissed and put to bed.

- Robert Louis Stevenson -

Make a memory with your children,
Spend some time to show you care;
Toys and trinkets can't replace those
Precious moments that you share.
Money doesn't buy real pleasure,
It doesn't matter where you live;
Children need your own attention,
Something only you can give.
Childhood's days pass all too quickly,
Happy memories all too few;
Plan to do that special something,
Take the time to go or do.
Make a memory with your children,
Take the time in busy days;
Have some fun while they are growing,
Show your love in gentle ways.

- Elaine Hardt -

Play is really the work of childhood.

- Fred Rogers -

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

- Chinese Proverb -

Play ( plA )
1. recreational activity; especially : the spontaneous activity of children
2. A particular act or maneuver in a game
3. An act, way, or manner of proceeding