Quotes with mother-child

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  • William Dean Howells A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know he sees it.
    William Dean Howells
    American writer, criticus (1837 - 1920)
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  • Bernadette Devlin Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.
    Bernadette Devlin
    Irish civil rights activist (1947 - )
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  • Carl Gustav Jung An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Mother Teresa Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
    Mother Teresa
    Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary (1910 - 1997)
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  • Bayard Taylor But still I dream that somewhere there must be The spirit of a child that waits for me.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Brad Sherman Circumcision is obligatory for Jewish-born males - it must be performed on the eighth day after birth and is only postponed in the case of threat to the life or health of the child. Muslim parents also circumcise their male children.
    Brad Sherman
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Ben Johnston Commerce is one of the daughters of Fortune, inconsistent and deceitful as her mother. she chooses her residence where she is least expected, and shifts her home when in appearance she seems firmly settled.
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau Endurance and to be able to endure is the first lesson a child should learn because it's the one they will most need to know.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Mother Teresa Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.
    Mother Teresa
    Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary (1910 - 1997)
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  • Sir James Matthew Barrie Every time a child says, ''I don't believe in fairies,'' there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
    Sir James Matthew Barrie
    British playwright (1860 - 1937)
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  • Italo Calvino Everything can change, but not the language that we carry inside us, like a world more exclusive and final than one's mother's womb.
    Italo Calvino
    Italian writer (1923 - 1985)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Lydia M. Child Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of the character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.
    Lydia M. Child
    American Abolitionist, Writer, Editor (1802 - 1880)
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  • Louisa May Alcott Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
    Louisa May Alcott
    American Author (1832 - 1888)
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  • Albert Ellis I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap. Let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges. Let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in the courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Mother Teresa Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
    Mother Teresa
    Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary (1910 - 1997)
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  • Robert Frost Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain has his mother.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Emily Dickinson Nature is our eldest mother; she will do no harm.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Sam Levenson Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.
    Sam Levenson
    American author (1911 - 1980)
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