"What mothers do - they act with love, at least good mothers do! They have a spirit of strong, fierce, protective energy - the way a mother would put her life on the line for her children - we need to put our life on the line for each other."

-- Elizabeth Lesser

#Mother Quotes #Strong Quotes #Children Quotes

“Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.”
“As you begin to live in the present moment, you will experience a subtle but profound change.Â Worrying about the future will cease.Â A deep peace will enfold you, a peace that says, 'all is well.Â There is nothing to fear.Â Everything is unfolding according to plan, and you are being guided each step along the way.”

Source : Douglas Bloch (1988). “Words That Heal: Affirmations and Meditations for Daily Living”, p.2, BookBaby
“Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.”
“A child without an acquaintance of some kind with a classic of literature ... suffers from that impoverishment for the rest of his life. No later intimacy is like that of the first.”

Source : Lizette Woodworth Reese (1929). “A Victorian village: reminiscences of other days”
“The wise man of Miletus thus declared the first of things is water”

Source : John Stuart Blackie (1877). “The Wise Men of Greece: In a Series of Dramatic Dialogues”
“Every color I can think of and nationality, we were all touched by Dr. King because he made us like each other and respect each other.”
“Sound is the vocabulary of nature... noises are as well articulated as the words in a dictionary... Opposing the world of sound is the world of music.”
“There is no caste in blood.”

Source : Edwin Arnold (2016). “The Light of Asia, or the Great Renunciation (Mahâbhinishkramana): Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (as Told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist)”, p.79, Routledge

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