“Children," Johanna drawled out. "They're such a joy. When you get married and have a family of your own, you'll understand what… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
I dream that I have found us both again, With spring so many strangers' lives away, And we, so free, Out walking… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I'm the granddaughter to Carrie, a sharecropper from Louisiana, crippled at a young age by polio. The granddaughter to Lettie Ruth, a… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
“Developmental issues, such as being adopted or experiencing a significant loss or trauma as a child, are also significant. Children often believe… — Daniel G. Amen Copy Share Image
The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
My daughter, the Butterfly Girl, is 21 years old. She is not married. That third verse, in Butterfly Kisses, where I marry… — Bob Carlisle Copy Share Image
When I was seven and told my mom, 'I'm gonna be a writer,' she said, 'Oh, that's a terrible idea. You'll live… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
Granny bit her lip. She was never quite certain about children, thinking of them-when she thought about them at all-as coming somewhere… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“THERE ARE TIMES when just waking up can feel like the hardest thing anyone could ever ask you to do. The first… — S.J. Bolton Copy Share Image
“Patience is the fair handmaid and daughter of faith; we cheerfully wait when we are certain that we shall not wait in… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I do not believe there is a method better than Montessori for making children sensitive to the beauties of the world and… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what's next,… — Samuel Ullman Copy Share Image
I married a miner myself. I had ten children. I've got seven now; thirty-one grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. And I'm happy to… — Florence Reese Copy Share Image
“We humans do thousand and one thing to impress others and show to the world that we are smart and wise but… — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
Yet here we are, two children and a broken promise later, standing before each other, just the way we stood that day… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Our enemies send other people's children on missions of suicide and murder. They embrace tyranny and death as a cause and a… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
No one can posses an afternoon of rain beating against the window, or the serenity of a sleeping child, or the magical… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Being called 'The Heartbreak Kid', 'Mr. Wrestlemania,' and all those other names doesn't even begin to compare to what it feels like… — Shawn Michaels Copy Share Image
I still do not know what impels anyone sound of mind to leave dry land and spend a lifetime describing people who… — Mavis Gallant Copy Share Image
For my mom, the child that misbehaved the most was kind of like her favorite student by the end of the year.… — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
“I still remember the day I got my first calculator Teacher: All right, children, welcome to fourth grade math. Everyone take a… — Simon Rich Copy Share Image
As a child I was a good boy. Even if I wasn't playing tennis I don't think I'd have done things like… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
“From his shoulder on down, the Rat felt the supple weight of her body. An odd sensation, that weight. This being that… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Children don't mind when something was made - they don't discriminate in that way. I tape very early episodes of 'Rainbow' and… — Peter Kay Copy Share Image
Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“To be free to roam our own consciousness and be responsible for ourselves, a letting go process is required. We have to… — David W Earle Copy Share Image
“In an agricultural society, or during a time of exploration and settlement, or hunting and fathering--which is to say, most of mankind's… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“I was crazy. I was crazy in the way a child is crazy, in the way of someone who believes, with rash… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that… — Columba Bush Copy Share Image
What we face in Canada are multiple overlapping crises. We have the climate crisis, which is screaming down on us - all… — Avi Lewis Copy Share Image
“Destroy us, land and forest takes forever from your children. Walk the circle of life. Have no fear. Together, let us love… — Frederic M. Perrin Copy Share Image
There was a big age difference between me and my brothers - about 10 years - so I was an only child… — Noel Fielding Copy Share Image
But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“You know the drill—your child cruises over to the coffee table and throws the remote control at the dog. But before he… — Denise Fields Copy Share Image
If you catch them at 12 years old, which they are working very aggressively to do and you tell those children that… — Scott Lively Copy Share Image
I can't walk around the house naked any more now that we have a daughter. I'm still OK in underwear, but not… — David Beckham Copy Share Image
A woman should never underestimate the power of the child in the man. Sometimes the child seems to be in the driver's… — Joyce Brothers Copy Share Image
“{ Letter to his brother, 1861 } ... I remain an utter disbeliever in almost all that you consider the most sacred… — Alfred Russel Wallace Copy Share Image
“My daughter Mei-Ying prefers to spend her time riding and practicing Shaolin fighting. No man will marry a woman who can toss… — Sandy Fussell Copy Share Image
![“Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others...I am alienated from my true self. My identity as Abba's child [a child of God] becomes ambiguous, tentative and confused” quote by Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/dbb/brennan-manning-959_ambiguous_whenever-i-allow-anything-but-tenderness_2805528.png)
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