Friday, January 25, 2008

On family

No need we power or splendor, wide hall or dome; the good, the true, the tender - these form the wealth of home. --Sarah J. Hale

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. --Franklin P. Jones

Nothing you ever do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes; and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. --Garrison Keillor

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other, wings.

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. --Carl Sandburg

Making a decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body. --Elizabeth Stone

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