Orphans Quotes

88 quotes by 77 authors

Late children are early orphans. — John Wilmot
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names; but once you know, everything changes. — David Platt
Can we who have had the joy of knowing that we are not orphans, that we have a Father, be indifferent to this city which… — Pope Francis
When we adoptâ€”and when we encourage a culture of adoption in our churches and communitiesâ€”weâ€™re picturing something thatâ€™s true about our God. We, like Jesus,… — Russell D. Moore
The unfortunate are not as miserable as the world imagines. That urchins, the handicapped, orphans, prisoners and others are much happier than people think. And… — Manu Joseph
Something ... made him feel small, not in the way of orphans or beggars or children, but in a good way. In the way of… — R. Scott Bakker
And his good wife will tear her cheeks in grief, his sons are orphans and he, soaking the soil red with his own blood, he… — Homer
To me, my husband was my son's murderer. He was also my daughter's molester. A parasite nibbling on the Holy Book, he was Lucifer, holding… — Tehmina Durrani
We come crawling through these cracks, orphans, lobotomies; if you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything. Whole rotten world come… — Kathy Acker
These esoteric, intellectual debates-I want them to come to New Jersey and sit across from the widows and the orphans and have that conversation, — Chris Christie

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