"Nothing you 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."

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Source : Garrison Keillor (1990). “Leaving Home”, p.23, Penguin

Garrison Keillor

#Family Quotes #Children Quotes #Single Mom Quotes

“If you donâ€™t have the time to do something right, where are you going to find the time to fix it?”
“The characteristic of a disciple is not that he does good things, but that he is good in his motives, having been made good by the supernatural grace of God.”
“Americans have gotten to know Sarah Palin. They know that she's a role model to women and other - and reformers all over America. She's a reformer.”
“For Beirut it was the civil war, and the dividing of the city - which is something that is shared among Beirut, Berlin and Baghdad. And Cairo is a city that has a scar that was born after many decades of dictatorship - oppression shaped the people's lives, and forced people to grow up accompanied by fear. I belong to a generation that, whether we like it or not, was shaped by this fear of death or loosing the people you love, the threat of war, not allowed to be yourself, forced to be silent - as you watch ignorance occupying everything around you. And this is a deep scar.”
“I am not given to making sense out of life - or coming up with some grand narrative on it - other than to measure it by what you think you want to do in life. As for me, I have done what I had wanted to, to the best of my ability. I am satisfied.”
“It is an everlasting desire to make my dreams come true. And it's getting to the point now where it's like, come on I want my dreams to come true so that I can get on with the rest of my life. Sometimes I think about the rest of my life when I'm done.”
“I just want to go for it. In every aspect of my life and careers, I just want to give it all I have.”
“Nature loves simplicity and unity.”

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