Orphan Quotes

178 quotes by 149 authors

There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government. — John F. Kennedy
I was born to a woman I never knew and raised by another who took in orphans. I do not know my background, my lineage,… — James A. Michener
Where would the Rockefellers be today if old John D. had gone on selling short-weight kerosene ... to widows and orphans instead of wisely deciding… — S. J. Perelman
I believe that this could very well be looked back on as the sin of our generation...I believe that our children and their children, 40… — Richard Stearns
People who say that only young people voted on the Internet, those who didn't see Pele play, forget that children are not orphans. There's always… — Diego Maradona
Mad, malevolent, and incantatory, The Orphan Palace reads like the hagridden fever dream of one who has not only stared the Abyss in Its black… — Unknown Author
You are in the field to defend the public interest, the financial truth for investors and the funds that should support the widow and the… — Clarence W. Barron
Just love the one in front of you. Take in the orphan, take in the widow. Just love the one in front of you. — Heidi Baker
There is a kind of virtue that lies not in extraordinary actions, not in saving poor orphans from burning buildings, but in steadfastly working for… — Randy Cohen
The Christian who does not feel that the Virgin Mary is his or her mother is an orphan. — Pope Francis
There's something really unique about 'Orphan Black' is that it has a lot of female leads, so it's about a lot of women's stories, but… — Tatiana Maslany
In the United States, if one family out of every four churches adopted a child, there would be no orphans in the country — Kay Warren
I ask the citizens of this Republic whether such a state of things is to be suffered to pass unnoticed, and the hearts of widows,… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Seven years ago when I came, I said to you that I'll teach you how to be healthy, happy and holy and we will build… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in the care of… — Ambrose Bierce
Like no other illness, AIDS tests our ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes - to empathize with the plight of our fellow man.… — Barack Obama
Both of us were orphans. No one would remember what we remembered. The elders that stood as protective shields, as references to our past, and… — Sylvia Browne
Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants. — Yao Ming
The President's policy proposal, known as 'chained CPI,' would re-calculate the cost of living for Social Security beneficiaries. That new number won't keep up with… — Elizabeth Warren
A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his… — Ronald Reagan

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