"Nothing you do for children is ever wasted."

-- Garrison Keillor

#Children Quotes #Single Parent Quotes

“The goal of pursuit of justice must not simply be that justice happens but that reconciliation also happens.”
“I knew that I had done something that no man had been able to do to a champion.”
“I like to imagine the "what ifs" of history.”
“Those with a high level of confidence may have as many or more weaknesses than those with low self-esteem. The difference is this; instead of dwelling on their handicaps, they compensate for them by dwelling on their strengths.”
“To be honest, I've always had far too much freedom. I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against? I've had so much freedom, sometimes it was hard. My parents wanted to protect me, but they had no idea how to. I had to learn as I went and make my own mistakes. I went from being totally unknown and never acting professionally to being in a major movie and being very famous. It all happened so quickly, I didn't have any time to work things out. It's been pretty scary at times.”
“Far in foreign fields from Dunkirk to Belgrade Lie the soldiers and chiefs of the Irish Brigade.”

Source : 1845 The Spirit of the Nation,'The Battle-Eve of the Brigade'.
“The shortest pleasures are the sweetest.”

Source : George Farquhar (1760). “The Works of the Late Ingenious Mr. George Farquhar: Containing All His Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies, Publish'd in His Life-time. In Two Volumes”
“Half the time your kids end up hating you for at least 5 of their teenage years[.] And don't ever expect anything so mundane as a thank you”

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