"Governments do not have the answers. Indeed quite the reversal. A lot of times they not only do not have the answers, they themselves are the problem. If we are committed to helping our world's children, then we must begin to create solutions from the bottom up."

-- Betty Williams

#Children Quotes #Our World Quotes #Government Quotes

“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.”
“I give myself the green light to move forward, and to joyously embrace the new.”
“All music has political dimensions because it suggests a way of being.”
“They were all too tightly bound together, men and women, creatures wild and tame, flowers, fruits and leaves, to ask that any one be spared. As long as the whole continued, the earth could go about its business.”
“As parents, you may confidently rear your children according to Gods Word. While bringing up your children, you are to remember that your children are not your 'possessions' but instead are the Lords gift to you. You are to exercise faithful stewardship in their lives.”
“I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.”
“This world can only give me reminders of what I don't have, can never have, didn't have for long enough.”

Source : Dennis Lehane (2010). “Shutter Island”, p.65, Hachette UK
“So I said to myself, "There but for the grace of God go I," only to realize I was looking in a mirror and had seriously overestimated the grace of God.”

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