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title: "11 Child Hand Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [A mother holds her child's hand for just a short time, but holds their heart forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krystal-nahdee/a-mother-holds-her-child-s-hand-for-just-a-short-time-but-holds-their/)

[Krystal Nahdee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krystal-nahdee/)

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> [A mother holds her child's hand for a short time, but holds their heart forever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-mother-holds-her-child-s-hand-for-a-short-time-but-holds-their/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [My mission is to put a book in every child's hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/my-mission-is-to-put-a-book-in-every-child-s-hand/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

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> [“Child give me your hand so that I may walk in the light of your faith in me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-kahn/child-give-me-your-hand-so-that-i-may-walk-in-the-light-of-your-faith/)

[Hannah Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-kahn/)

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> [Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/german-proverb/who-takes-the-child-by-the-hand-takes-the-mother-by-the-heart/)

[German Proverb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/german-proverb/)

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> [“When you let go, it wasn't a rock falling to the ground. It was a balloon, rising from a child's hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pleasefindthis/when-you-let-go-it-wasn-t-a-rock-falling-to-the-ground-it-was-a/)

[pleasefindthis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pleasefindthis/)

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> [A child's hand in yours-what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-holmes/a-child-s-hand-in-yours-what-tenderness-it-arouses-what-power-it/)

[Marjorie Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-holmes/)

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> [A child's hand in yours - what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-holmes/a-child-s-hand-in-yours-what-tenderness-and-power-it-arouses-you-are/)

[Marjorie Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-holmes/)

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> [maybe god is a child ‘s hand)very carefully bring -ing to you and to me(and quite with out crushing)the papery weightless diminutive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/maybe-god-is-a-child-s-hand-very-carefully-bring-ing-to-you-and-to-me/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/anonymous-1_agree_maybe-god-is-a-child-s-hand-very-careful_197215.jpg)

> [What feeling in all the world is so nice as that of a child's hand in yours? It is soft. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-holmes/what-feeling-in-all-the-world-is-so-nice-as-that-of-a-child-s-hand-in/)

[Marjorie Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-holmes/)

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> [If you hand an adult a lump of clay, they're likely to respond by fashioning something representative out of the raw material.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-murray/if-you-hand-an-adult-a-lump-of-clay-they-re-likely-to-respond-by/)

[Keith Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-murray/)

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