#pare

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#always #curiosity #even #i #life

Ever since I was a little kid, whenever my parents would have company over, I would put on shows, whether they would be magic shows, singing shows, dancing shows, little skits. ↗

— Ellen Muth

#dancing #ever #i #kid #little

I'd hope to reach any kid who feels apart from the group - those who seem to be outsiders, who feel different. Kids who want to reach their parents often don't know how to do so. ↗

— Ellen Muth

#apart #different #feel #feels #group

It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my mother, encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#both #career #college #encouraged #especially

First, I prepare. Then I have faith. ↗

— Joe Namath

#first #i #prepare #then

Whatever kind of seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, a plant of that same kind, marked with the peculiar qualities of the seed, springs up in it. ↗

— Guru Nanak

#field #kind #marked #peculiar #plant

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#created #happy #ignore #nothing #parents

This part of being a man, changing the way we parent, happens only when we want it to. It changes because we are determined for it to change; and the motive for changing often comes out of wanting to be the kind of parent we didn't have. ↗

— Augustus Y. Napier

#being #being a man #change #changes #changing

And I am also here to say that if something were to happen, we are prepared to respond swiftly, to respond effectively, and to respond strongly. That is our tradition as a country. And that is a tradition that we will uphold, regardless of any circumstance because this nation is one that is very, very strong and, indeed, extraordinarily resilient. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#am #any #because #circumstance #country

There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#apparently #being #best #best way #feel