#children

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#bound #children #commitment #family #father

How true Daddy's words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. ↗

— Anne Frank

#after #character #children #daddy #final

I just can't think how I would go on without children having lost Edith already... It's too upsetting for me to write about them. Naturally, I still hope, and wait, wait, wait. ↗

— Otto Frank

#already #children #edith #go #having

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age? ↗

— Erich Fromm

#age #children #every #feel #only

I love children, and most of my involvement now has to do with children or youth programs. ↗

— David Dinkins

#i #i love #involvement #love #most

Or heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings. ↗

— Walt Disney

#code #diminished #exchange #feelings #freely

It is alleged that half a million Spanish men, women and children fled to France after the Franco victory. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#alleged #children #fled #france #franco

I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say. ↗

— Geronimo

#children #created #darkness #down #god

I have three sons, and I think we're both fierce protectors of our children. ↗

— Jami Gertz

#children #fierce #i #i think #our

A mother does not become pregnant in order to provide employment to medical people. Giving birth is an ecstatic jubilant adventure not available to males. It is a woman's crowning creative experience of a lifetime. ↗

— John Stevenson

#birth #children #empowering #empowerment #pregnancy