"The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness."

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Sydney J. Harris

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Parent Quotes

“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”
“Aubade THE lark now leaves his wat'ry nest, And climbing shakes his dewy wings. He takes this window for the East, And to implore your light he sings- Awake, awake! the morn will never rise Till she can dress her beauty at your eyes. The merchant bows unto the seaman's star, The ploughman from the sun his season takes, But still the lover wonders what they are Who look for day before his mistress wakes. Awake, awake! break thro' your veils of lawn! Then draw your curtains, and begin the dawn!”
“Think before you act and act on what you believe”
“It's the best thing ever - I love being a mom. This is my only child. My career was a priority earlier in my life, but now my son is definitely the priority.”
“History must always be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, not a science but an art ...”
“A mistake is just a temporary pause in your plan.”

Source : Jenna Ushkowitz, Sheryl Berk (2013). “Choosing Glee: 10 Rules to Finding Inspiration, Happiness, and the Real You”, p.109, St. Martin's Griffin
“The rights of children as individuals begin while yet they remain the foetus...Whoever has read the 'Weekly' knows I hold abortion (except to save the life of the mother) to be just as much murder as the killing of a person after birth is murder.”
“You happened to me. You were as deep down as Iâ€™ve ever been. You were inside me like my pulse.”

Source : Marilyn Hacker (2015). “A Stranger's Mirror: New and Selected Poems 1994-2014: New and Selected Poems 1994–2014”, p.66, W. W. Norton & Company

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