Quotes & Sayings About Spare The Rod Spoil The Child

Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well. — Martin Luther

Spare the rod and spoil the child. — Samuel Butler

I must have been a really tough kid to corral. I got disciplined quite frequently. I guess that would be the best way to say it. The rod, I wore out the rod. You know, Spare the rod and spoil the child? Well, I wore out the rod. — Terry Bradshaw

As a child abuse and neglect therapist I do battle daily with Christians enamored of the Old Testament phrase "Spare the rod and spoil the child." No matter how far I stretch my imagination, it does not stretch far enough to include the image of a cool dude like Jesus taking a rod to a kid. — Chris Crutcher

Spare the child and spoil the rod, I am not sellin' myself to god. — Patti Smith