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“...parents everywhere desire a better life for their children. It's a near constant: They understand the importance of education and crave it for their children, even as they are well aware of the sacrifice they will have to make.”

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Book:Creating Room to Read

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“The best part, though, was hearing my mother's voice. It was like having her again, coming out from far inside me. It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found. You wouldn't think it could be so, but-as the oldtimers used to say - the world's titled, and there's an end to it.”

Death Loss Parents Dark Tower

Book:The Wind Through the Keyhole

Source: The Wind Through the Keyhole

“I had never confronted my parents with the true feelings I had for them, and I had certainly never expressed the depth of my feeling for my mother, being too selfish to try when I should have.”

Children Parents Mothers And Daughters Fathers And Daughters

Author:Brooke Hayward

“The greatest tribute a boy can give to his father is to say, “When I grow up, I want to be just like my dad.” It is a convicting responsibility for us fathers and grandfathers.”

Parents Billy Graham

Book:Billy Graham in Quotes

Source: Billy Graham in Quotes

“What a comfort it was for me to know that no matter where I was in the world, my mother was praying for me.”

Parents Billy Graham

Book:Billy Graham in Quotes

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“Many parents preach to their children but do not set good examples. Parents want the children to do as they say, not as they do.”

Parents Billy Graham

Book:Billy Graham in Quotes

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“Parenting is the most important responsibility most of us will ever face, and none of us does it perfectly.”

Parents Billy Graham

Book:Billy Graham in Quotes

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“Parents are impelled by the profit motive - nothing more, nothing less. For their attentions, they expected, from me, the immense dividend of greatness.”

Expectations Parenting Parents Illusions

Book:Midnight’s Children

Source: Midnight’s Children

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