"As my mother says, You give back, you don't give up. You can always choose to help others. If you do, it will change you."

-- Susan Ford

#Mother Quotes #Giving Up Quotes

“We oftener say things because we can say them well, than because they are sound and reasonable.”
“I have a theory that no child ever does outgrow its ungratified legitimate desires; though subsequent maturity may bring him to the point where his original desire has reached such astounding proportions that the original object can no longer possibly appease it.”

Source : Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (2012). “The Sick-a-Bed Lady: And Other Tales”, p.215, The Floating Press
“... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This does not mean just to amuse him and let him do what he likes. But it does mean that we have to adjust our minds to doing a work of collaboration with nature, to being obedient to one of her laws, the law which decrees that development comes from environmental experience.”
“Act boldly and unforeseen forces will come to your aid.”
“Latinas' life expectancies are relatively long. When a current retiree hits 65 and begins receiving her benefit check, she can expect to live another 22 years. That life expectancy is higher than white women or men.”
“I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.”
“The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.”
“We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church is clear, and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.”

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