Phyllis Diller Quote – The First Twelve Months
“We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve years telling them to sit down and shut up.” – Phyllis Diller
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William D. Tammeus Quote – Human Nature
“You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around — and why his parents will always wave back.” – William D. Tammeus
Read moreAlice Miller Quote – Children Are Messengers
“Children are messengers to us from a world we once deeply knew.” – Alice Miller
Read moreGloria Steinem Quote – The Personal Is Political
“We need to take a leap of the imagination and envision nations as the best kinds of families: the democratic ones we are trying to create in our own lives. A hierarchical family must be changed anyway if we are to stop producing leaders whose unexamined early lives are then played out on a national and international stage—-Changing the way […]
Read moreFranklin P. Jones Quote – Patience
“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” – Franklin P. Jones
Read morePope John Paul II Quote – Domestic Church
“Catholic parents must learn to form their family as a “domestic church,” a church in the home as it were, where God is honored, his law is respected, prayer is a normal event, virtue is transmitted by word and example, and everyone shares the hopes, the problems and sufferings of everyone else. All this is not to advocate a return […]
Read moreFriends will come and go but family remains forever
“Friends will come and go but family remains forever.”
Read moreThich Nhat Hanh Quote – You Are The Continuation
“If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
Read morePope John Paul II Quote – Life of Faith and Grace
“Your life is defined by your fatherly and motherly desire and duty to give your children the best: a loving home, an upbringing, a healthy and positive start on the road of life, now and for eternity. Above all, through baptism you make it possible for your children to become God’s beloved sons and daughters, mystically united with Christ, incorporated […]
Read moreLouise Hart Quote – Our Children
“Our children give us the opportunity to become the parents we always wished we had.” – Louise Hart
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