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title: "18 Children Families Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Children Families quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Children Families sayings and thoughts."
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> [Adoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maguire-pavao/adoption-is-not-about-finding-children-for-families-it-s-about/)

[Joyce Maguire Pavao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maguire-pavao/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/joyce-maguire-pavao-250744_adoption_adoption-is-not-about-finding-children-f_1679280.jpg)

> [I have made the cause of children and families really my life's work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-have-made-the-cause-of-children-and-families-really-my-life-s-work/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/hillary-clinton-51_causes_i-have-made-the-cause-of-children-and-fa_2889935.jpg)

> [I have tried my entire life to do what I can to support children and families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-have-tried-my-entire-life-to-do-what-i-can-to-support-children-and/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/hillary-clinton-51_children_i-have-tried-my-entire-life-to-do-what-i_2041872.jpg)

> [We must make children and families a national priority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-casey/we-must-make-children-and-families-a-national-priority/)

[Robert Casey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-casey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/robert-casey-17587_children_we-must-make-children-and-families-a-nat_1762259.png)

> [The health and wellbeing of our children, our families, and our communities must be safeguarded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-mcbath/the-health-and-wellbeing-of-our-children-our-families-and-our/)

[Lucy McBath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-mcbath/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/lucy-mcbath-5736_children_the-health-and-wellbeing-of-our-children_1543232.jpg)

> [All over the world, children and families are suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedella-marley/all-over-the-world-children-and-families-are-suffering/)

[Cedella Marley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedella-marley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/cedella-marley-5536_children_all-over-the-world-children-and-families_229595.jpg)

> [I volunteer a lot of my time with an organization in New York called The Center for Children and Families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyra-banks/i-volunteer-a-lot-of-my-time-with-an-organization-in-new-york-called/)

[Tyra Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyra-banks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/tyra-banks-1220_center_i-volunteer-a-lot-of-my-time-with-an-org_878701.png)

> [Our great country is rich and abundant in so many ways. It is totally unacceptable to me that we have children and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ladd/our-great-country-is-rich-and-abundant-in-so-many-ways-it-is-totally/)

[Diane Ladd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ladd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/diane-ladd-23192_abundance_our-great-country-is-rich-and-abundant-i_3104850.png)

> [“M.E. affects children, families and adults in so many different ways and you cannot make assumptions or judgements based just on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-chowdhury/m-e-affects-children-families-and-adults-in-so-many-different-ways/)

[Sonya Chowdhury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-chowdhury/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/sonya-chowdhury-85974_affects_m-e-affects-children-families-and-adults_2433138.jpg)

> [The Lourie Center provides much-needed services for our youngest and most vulnerable children and their families in our region. Their work and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-duncan/the-lourie-center-provides-much-needed-services-for-our-youngest-and/)

[Doug Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-duncan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68e/doug-duncan-92345_children_the-lourie-center-provides-much-needed-s_404578.jpg)

> [The truth is, the greatest tool to lift children and families from poverty is one that decreases the probability of child poverty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/the-truth-is-the-greatest-tool-to-lift-children-and-families-from/)

[Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/marco-rubio-355_children_the-truth-is-the-greatest-tool-to-lift-c_2551328.png)

> [Awareness has changed so that every act for children, every piece of legislation recognizes that children are part of families and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-weissbourd/awareness-has-changed-so-that-every-act-for-children-every-piece-of/)

[Bernice Weissbourd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-weissbourd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/bernice-weissbourd-73707_act_awareness-has-changed-so-that-every-act_399179.jpg)

> [The United States Administration for Children and Families (ACF) spends $46 billion per year operating 65 different social programs. If one goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-horn/the-united-states-administration-for-children-and-families-acf-spends/)

[Wade Horn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-horn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b10/wade-horn-82869_administration_the-united-states-administration-for-chi_2472327.png)

> [What happens to children and families today who sit around the television? They're watching made-up stories. It's not their experience and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-mae-brown/what-happens-to-children-and-families-today-who-sit-around-the/)

[Rita Mae Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-mae-brown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/rita-mae-brown-1111_age_what-happens-to-children-and-families-to_2955926.jpg)

> [Individuality, family, and community are, by definition, expressions of singular organization, never of "one-right-way" thinking on the grand scale. Children and families…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/individuality-family-and-community-are-by-definition-expressions-of/)

[John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/john-taylor-gatto-4736_belonging_individuality-family-and-community-are-b_2429277.jpg)

> [There’s only one thing we can be sure of, and that is the love that we have -- for our children, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/there-s-only-one-thing-we-can-be-sure-of-and-that-is-the-love-that-we/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af1/barack-obama-17_acts-of-kindness_there-s-only-one-thing-we-can-be-sure-of_726893.jpg)

> [“When we are children our families take care of our basic survival needs; they are also our first and most important sources…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-forward/when-we-are-children-our-families-take-care-of-our-basic-survival/)

[Susan Forward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-forward/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/susan-forward-4980_child_when-we-are-children-our-families-take-c_2695512.jpg)

> [“The children mingled with the adults, and spoke and were spoken to. Children in these families, at the end of the nineteenth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-byatt/the-children-mingled-with-the-adults-and-spoke-and-were-spoken-to/)

[A.S. Byatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-byatt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/a-s-byatt-5275_child_the-children-mingled-with-the-adults-and_735328.png)

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