"A woman will not understand what true dependency is until she is cradling her own infant in her arms; nor will she likely achieve the self-confidence she craves until she has withstood, and transcended, the weight of responsibility a family places upon her -- a weight that makes all the paperwork and assignments of her in-basket seem feather-light."

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Source : Danielle Crittenden (2009). “What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

Danielle Crittenden

#Responsibility Quotes #Self Confidence Quotes #Light Quotes

“From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others”
“Since the universe is infinite, that inspires me with endless ideas.”
“We're all a big hippie family so I got five sisters and a bunch of different mothers. Not really, but my sisters' mothers are all good friends with my mother. We're a big family, 25 people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Bear in mind, my children, that only cowards and those who are weak commit sin and tell lies. The brave are always moral. Try to be moral, try to be brave, try to be sympathising.”
“Life is a mess, Rose said. You can fix the mess human beings make, Rose said, But you can't fix the mess being human is.”

Source : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.254, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“As a building is resistant to forces acting upon it, a person must be equally tenacious in life.”

Source : Source: www.archdaily.com
“If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity.”
“The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.”

Source : J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.128, Moody Publishers

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