9 Inner Child Quotes That Will Make You Come Alive

Rajashree Purkayastha
3 min readNov 17, 2022

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Remember, when we were children, we wanted to grow up.

Now, when we grow up, we miss our childhood. Isn’t it?

With uncountable life struggles like:

  • Performing in every array of life
  • Fear of losing the job
  • Layoffs
  • Uncertainties of business
  • Relationship ups and downs
  • Crumbling marriages

…… To mention a few.

We feel suffocation. An unseen burden weighs us down.

And amidst all, the inner child is suffering and asking for freedom. That innocent yet brave part of us which we traded as we grew.

Unaware of the sense of failure, but endowed with a childlike ambition….. to learn, try, do, and win.

Read the below quotes and “keep the child in you alive.”

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

– Jim Henson

Life is simple. We complicate things. Keep in touch with your inner kid to live it more fully.

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

There is an adventure in a child’s soul. They don’t understand fear, except for not finding the parent(s) alongside.

Imagine how lonely the child inside us must feel when we neglect it. Embrace it.

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

Creativity is an art to be explored rather than a skill to be learned. There is no better artist than a child’s heart. Feel like a child and go after your dreams.

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

― Anne Lamott, Joe Jones

Our soul is nothing but the kid that refuses to grow. Listen to it when in doubt. It endures the most as we grow.

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

- C. S. Lewis.

Do you realize if the word fairytale makes you smile or frown? The inner child refuses to grow up or doesn’t get the chance to grow easily. It is looking for a way to release. Listen.

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.

You belong to where you get to bloom. Choose people and an environment where you feel alive. Listen to your inner child and go with the flow.

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.

Bring out the hero/heroine in you. You were dauntless, you are dauntless.

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

- Gilbert K. Chesterton.

Yes, flowers, the sun, the moon, playing in the rain, and finding delight in the little things. Do I need to say more? Enjoy them. Life is but one.

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

- Patricia Hope

A lot of us are healing. Nothing but the wounded kid inside us is the cause of our rage, melancholy, and sometimes defensiveness.

Pamper the child in you. Care for it. And see the power of letting go of the hurts.

The Wrap

Growing older gets easier when we harmonize with our inner child.

So, do the following:

  • Keep dreaming. It’s always early enough to accomplish something.
  • Live in the present.
  • Get creative.
  • Take risk.
  • Fail fast. Learn. Lead.
  • Forgive and move on.
  • Find pleasure in the smallest things
  • Wear a smile. Happiness resides in the collage of your lips.

P.S. Remember, the child is the boss at home and in us. So, Boss Up and take charge of your life.

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