Instead of celebrating what makes each child unique, most parents push their children to "fit in" so that they don't "stick out."… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
There is a human longing to go back to other times. We all know how when we were children we asked our… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
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“I had uncovered a widely held but overlooked attachment: our attachment to the view that every problem must have a solution. We… — Sarah Napthali Copy Share Image
It's incredible being a woman. I was, of course, fortunate to have an Irish mother who is an empowered woman. She comes… — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
From the time I was wee big, my mother was one of the first members of Mary Kay Cosmetics. Women going door-to-door… — Robin Wright Copy Share Image
We still wading in the water... Cocaine, blunts, marinating in the water. Lean and took a puff, and then she gave it… — Vince Staples Copy Share Image
You know one scene I always think about is in 'The Godfather', when Marlon Brando's in the hospital. Al Pacino arrives there… — Garret Dillahunt Copy Share Image
“My Parents had early given me religious Impressions, and brought me through my Childhood piously in the Dissenting Way. But I was… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
My parents gave me the gift of irreligion, of growing up without bothering to ask people what gods they held dear, assuming… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. The person who really wants to do something finds… — Diane Moody Copy Share Image
In my divorce, I stood up and said to my ex-wife, 'Hey, I messed up. This had nothing to do with you.… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
So, my brother and I, over the last two years, went back through Scripture and pulled every (passage) we could in relation… — Alex Kendrick Copy Share Image
“Some suppose these parks to have been reminiscences of a tradition of Eden: at any rate a place of the sort was… — G.H. Pember Copy Share Image
“And so I urge you to still every motion that is not rooted in the Kingdom. Become quiet, hushed, motionless until you… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
When I was young, every time I criticized someone, my mother would stand me in front of the mirror and say: 'The… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
My mother missed having dinner with Lyndon Johnson because she couldn't find the right hat to wear. While my father went off… — Emilio Estevez Copy Share Image
Punitive measures whether administered by police, teachers, spouses or parents have well known standard effects: (1) escape-education has its own name for… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
When I was younger, my mother and I, we'd have these crazy, crazy fights. Everyone would storm out mad, and the only… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
Women are more powerful than they think. A mother's warmth is the essence of motivation. If we could liquefy the encouragement, care… — Louise Burfitt-Dons Copy Share Image
“I sound like an idiot. But what else am I supposed to say? My parents are getting a divorce? I'm practically flunking… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2with all lowliness… — Tyndale Copy Share Image
The worst part was that I had things I wanted to tell my mother, too many to count, but none of them… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Even his highly emotional Italian mother didn't believe that true love could blossom overnight. Like his brothers and sisters-in-law, she wanted nothing… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“You think Mother sent us out here to have visions?' Ralph asked. 'Maybe to gain strength and holiness by a purging process',Glen… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Interesting, Miles thought. Like himself, Father Mark, as a child, had been reassured by the imagined proximity of God, whereas adults, perhaps… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“You shouldn’t hold on to things, to neuroses. People-artists-think they have to hold on to their neuroses, their pains, or they won’t… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
I began to associate with Mahatma Gandhi when he came and went in our house - together with my father and mother… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
“My mother was annoyed with me throughout their visit—ostensibly because I wasn’t being a good enough hostess to the cousins, but really… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
Spiritual master is representative of God. Similarly, king is also representative of God. The father is also representative of God. These are… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
Thanks to His Majesty," the magus said, and my father seemed startled at the correction but not displeased. He looked thoroughly satisfied… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Alternate translation: Come brethren, if you have a mind to be ingrafted in the vine, It is a pity to see you… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“I wish I'd been accepted sooner and better. When I was younger, not being accepted made me enraged, but now, I am… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
he hardest obstacle for me has been to find a father. I am the product of three fathers, and my connection to… — Damon Runyon Copy Share Image
“He loved his mother: doesn't that warm your silly, sentimental, twentieth-century heart? He loved his father. He loved his sister. He loved… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for the Bible verses that teach me how important my words are. My words can cause… — Glenn Langohr Copy Share Image
“Great artistic works are often based on solving several psychological problems simultaneously. In literature this is often accomplished by splitting apart the… — Linda Austin Copy Share Image
The irony of primary parent laws is that on the one hand feminists were arguing for women's equal rights to jointly-created career… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
The tendency is to think if you are a professional woman, it's because you've turned your back on the traditional side. The… — Lucille Roybal-Allard Copy Share Image
All my feather stuff is in L.A. at a temperature-controlled stage-storage place. I keep all my good stuff there because if I… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
