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title: "5 God Parent Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“Extremes on either side are dangerous and pernicious to parent and child. For remissness will make children careless of all duty to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gouge/extremes-on-either-side-are-dangerous-and-pernicious-to-parent-and/)

[William Gouge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gouge/)

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> [Everything that I will ever accomplish, I owe to God, to my parent's sacrifices, and to the United States of America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/everything-that-i-will-ever-accomplish-i-owe-to-god-to-my-parent-s/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b57/marco-rubio-355_accomplish_everything-that-i-will-ever-accomplish-i_853570.png)

> [Prayer is not adult letters written to Santa Claus, and God is not some parent-like figure up in the sky who's going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/prayer-is-not-adult-letters-written-to-santa-claus-and-god-is-not/)

[John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/)

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> [I was 20 when my daughter was born, and making all these plans during my wife's pregnancy. I was going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiefer-sutherland/i-was-20-when-my-daughter-was-born-and-making-all-these-plans-during/)

[Kiefer Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiefer-sutherland/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f99/kiefer-sutherland-8318_born_i-was-20-when-my-daughter-was-born-and-m_2033022.jpg)

> [“If you believe that your needs were met because you prayed, then you make God the parent who reacts only when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-wantang/if-you-believe-that-your-needs-were-met-because-you-prayed-then-you/)

[Felix Wantang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-wantang/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/felix-wantang-39858_baby_if-you-believe-that-your-needs-were-met_2131229.jpg)

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