#raisin

When I stopped performing for 16 years and lived in Michigan and was married and raising my children, I wrote about four or five books. I haven't published them. I just haven't gotten around to it for several reasons. ↗

— Patti Smith

#around #books #children #five #four

I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#act #along #anyone #aspire #between

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#first #funds #given #god #insist

We just moved out of L.A. because I didn't want to be raising my girls in the city. They're in public school now and they're in a normal situation. We're sort of settling into that. It's just a choice. ↗

— Jennie Garth

#choice #city #i #into #just

A lady is as young as the gentleman she feels," said Roy and cackled happily. ↗

— M.C. Beaton

#age #age

Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart. ↗

— Donna Quesada

#consciousness-raising #spirituality #yoga #zen #courage

There is nothing more pathetically sad than a parent who teaches a child not to hit by spanking them. Well, that, and adults who think hitting someone will solve a problem. ↗

— Anitra Lynn McLeod

#raising-children #violence #family

It always gave me a peculiar feeling to catch a glimpse of my parents' lives before I was born. ↗

— Robert Drewe

#parents #raising-children #family

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#child #drop #expected #hat #how

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: "Checkout Time is 18 years." ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#each #i #practical #put #raising