"So long as we insist upon defining our identities only in terms of our work, so long as we try to blind ourselves to the needs of our children and harden our hearts against them, we will continue to feel torn, dissatisfied, and exhaustedâ€¦. The guilt we feel for neglecting our children is a byproduct of our love for them. It keeps us from straying too far from them, for too long. Their cry should be more compelling than the call from the office."

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Source : Danielle Crittenden (2009). “What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman”, p.130, Simon and Schuster

Danielle Crittenden

#Children Quotes #Heart Quotes #Office Quotes

“It is by virtue of the atonement that God can maintain His justice and yet demonstrate His mercy...”
“The key to winning is poise under stress.”
“Learn to love the sunrise and sunset, the beating of rain on the roof and windows, and the gentle fall of snow on a winter day.”
“Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.”

Source : David Almond (2013). “Skellig”, p.82, Hachette UK
“The fullness of life comes from an identity built on giving and on joy.”

Source : Mary Pipher (2009). “Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World”, p.160, Penguin
“It had been only through books-at best, no more than vicarious cultural transfusions-that I had managaed to keep myself alive in a negatively vital way. Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books...”

Source : Richard Wright (1998). “Black Boy”, Turtleback
“Acting requires risk, and that's what feeling vulnerable is.”
“I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me.”

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