Adoption Quotes · Page 4

Anybody who has tried to adopt before knows that it's quite the roller-coaster.

— Buster Posey

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

— Jodi Picoult

I want to say that, in general, when it works, open adoption is great.

— Jennifer Gilmore

Adoption is a beautiful picture of redemption. It is the Gospel in my living room.

— Anonymous

Big ideas are little ideas that no-one killed too soon.

— Seth Godin

Thanks for not putting me up for adoption unless you're not really my mom...

— Anonymous

People cannot endure inexplicable worthlessness

— John D. MacDonald

The primary purpose of adoption is to provide a home for a child, not a child for a home.

— Virginia Linder

I'd love kids of my own, but if that's not possible I'd definitely adopt. The fact that it's becoming so hard to…

— Michaela DePrince

“The Friends Thou Hast And Their Adoption Tried Grapple Them To Thy Soul With Hooks Of Steel”

— William Shakespeare

“But Nita had always seen having a child as selfish. Why bring another soul into this world, she'd say, when there are…

— Ramez Naam

It takes a huge amount of effort to move from a successful high-tech prototype to broader adoption of an imaging technology.

— Eric Betzig

I finally had my beautiful baby girl. Her name is Michelle Lee. Ugh she's so perfect but unfortunately we're giving up for…

— Lexi

I am convinced, completely convinced, that there was nothing random about [the adoption], she is the daughter I should have.

— Meg Ryan

In Calcutta alone, we have given more than 1,000 children in adoption. I cannot calculate how many babies we get a year.…

— Mother Teresa

Adoption is a wonderful way of becoming a family. If being a biological parent is any better or more rewarding than being…

— Kathleen Silber

An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on; we must take care not to let these sundry…

— George S. Patton

“The adoptee benefits because his collective parents are permitted to grow secure in their particular roles in his life. His adoptive parents…

— Kathleen Silber

“Adoption. A realized fantasy of your parents not really being your parents. Your genes could thrust one arm in the air and…

— Lorrie Moore

When I was growing up I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents. It's not…

— Angelina Jolie

We know that Google Earth and Google Maps have had a tremendous impact on Google traffic, users, brand, adoption, and advertisers. We…

— Eric Schmidt

I do have the most adorable little Chihuahua mix. I adopted him about 3 1/2 years ago from Much Love pet adoption,…

— Torrey DeVitto

Infertility costs an average of about $16-20,000 per procedure, and you don't always get pregnant the first time. I had to go…

— Cindy Margolis

With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you…

— Jennifer Gilmore

The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated…

— Thomas Jefferson

'Go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and your Father, and to My God, and your…

— Gregory Palamas

Ways to be actively involved in the solution: 1. Consider adoption. 2. Be a regular giver of your money to Crisis Pregnancy…

— John Piper

Falling prices are driving renewable energy investment in India, which rose 13 per cent last year and is expected to surpass 10…

— Adnan

We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“Perhaps Moses transferred his perceived abandonment to God. He had yet to come to know God as El Shaddai. “El” means God.…

— Beth Willis Miller

Your constitution guarantees to every citizen, even the humblest, the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property. It promises to all, religious freedom,…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

“Moses needed to learn that God was Jehovah-tsidkenu—the One who is righteous and the source of true acceptance. The staff was symbolic…

— Beth Willis Miller

“If Children are God's Gift then adopted are God's child.”

— Revathi Sankaran

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

— John Stuart Mill

I think adoption is a blessing all around when it's done right.

— Hugh Jackman

It is not imitation that makes sons. It is sonship that make imitators.

— Martin Luther

“I love them both as though I birthed them both, but also as though I adopted them both.”

— Natalie Brenner

I'd love to see the secondary markets become more widespread in terms of their adoption.

— Peter Barris

Adoption is the highest privilege the gospel offers.

— J. I. Packer

There is a natural opposition among men to anything they have not thought of themselves.

— Barnes Wallis