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A hundred years from now...it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child. Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease. -Lisa Alther Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. -Aristotle Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. -James Baldwin Son, when you grow up you will know who I really am. I am just a child like you who has been forced to act responsibly. -Rod Byrnes There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. -Hodding Carter Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; its the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother. -Agatha Christie Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children? -Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator, writer (106-43 BCE) The soul is healed by being with children. -Fyodor Dostoyevsky, novelist (1821-1881) If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? -Ed Dussault My neighbor one night asked me, "How did you become a great motivator? I told him, "If I am such a great motivator, why am I out here walking the dog, instead of the kids?-Wayne Dyer Your children need your presence more than your presents. -Jesse Jackson, clergyman and civil rights leader (1941- ) What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give. -P.D. James, writer (1920- ) The great high of winning Wimbledon lasts for about a week. You go down in
the record book, but you don't have anything tangible to hold on to. But having
a baby -- there isn't any comparison. -Chris Evert Lloyd, tennis player (1954- ) D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children. -W. Somerset Maugham, novelist, dramatist, short-story writer (1874-1965) [Of Human Bondage] Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family. -George Bernard Shaw, dramatist, critic, novelist, and Nobel laureate (1856-1950) It is a shameful thing to insult a little child. It has its feelings, it has its small dignity; and since it cannot defend them, it is surely an ignoble act to injure them. -Mark Twain Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages 20 years. -Changing Times Having children will turn you into your parents.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like
you.
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