i have two lasting bequests to give you my child. one is…

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: one is roots, the other is wings.

— Hodding Carter

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Susan, an only child who never had any roots, and I, a lone wolf who got married 20 years to late, were adopted by…

— Harpo Marx

Two great things you can give your children: one is roots, the other is wings.

— Hodding Carter

A good parent gives their child roots and wings.

— Jonas Salk

I am rich from the bequests other gifted people have seen fit to leave to me.

— Mercedes McCambridge

“All those who are left legacies in my will…will obtain my bequests only on one condition, that they cut my body in pieces and…

— Petronius

There are two gifts we should give to our children: One is roots. The other is wings.

— Anonymous

There are two gifts we should give to our children.One is roots,and other is wings.

— Anonymous

kindnesses have wings and roots ... wings that never droop, and roots that never die.

— Mary Louisa Molesworth

There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

My favourite poem is called 'Roots and Wings' - it's a very moving poem about how if you've got real roots you can fly.

— David Miliband

Behind every successful child is an adult who believed in him.

— Rick Warren

I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,…

— Jacques Lusseyran