R Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with R. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.”
“Raising awareness about the Deaf culture is a huge cause that I advocate. Because both of my parents are deaf, I am passionate about it in an entirely different way.”
“Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.”
“Raising awareness versus raising alarm;
the public can't be better informed if the information isn't better.”
“Raising awareness, changing the marketplace, effecting spiritual change - whatever it is that you decide is your thing, go for it.”
“Raising Black children — female and male — in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they will probably not survive. And in order to survive they must let go. This is what mothers teach — love, survival — that is, self-definition and letting go.”
“Raising Black children-female and male-in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they will probably not survive.”
Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“Raising boys has made me a more generous woman than I really am. Undoubtedly, there are other routes to learning the wishes and dreams of the presumably opposite sex, but I know of none more direct, or more highly motivating, than being the mother of sons.”
“Raising children changes everything. It's a complete cliché to say that, but it's really true.”
“Raising children has given me a compassionate and gracious heart for all children and people, realizing we don't always know the circumstances behind closed doors.”
“Raising children has made me more patient and selfless.”
“Raising children is a course in vulnerability. We can’t take care of them in the way they deserve until we can treat our inner child the way she deserved all along. We have to look right into the mirror that children hold up to us and be brave enough to not look away, no matter how much that light burns.”
Source: Glitter Saints: The Cosmic Art of Forgiveness, a Memoir
“Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science.”
“Raising children is a journey generously sprinkled with what many view as teachable moments, perhaps none as challenging as those surrounding faith and religion.”
“Raising children is a spur-of-the-moment, seat-of-the-pants sort of deal, as any parent knows, particularly after an adult child says that his most searing memory consists of an offhand comment in the car on the way to second grade that the parent cannot even dimly recall.”
“Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.”
“Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.”
Source: Fatherhood
“Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.”
“Raising children is like baking cookies at high altitudes. The recipe doesn’t work. You must open the oven door and keep checking on the cookies.”
“Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.”
“Raising children is like taking care of garden, if you neglect it harmful herbs will be grow in it.”
“Raising children is not just a mother's job, but a father's privilege.”
“Raising children is the hardest job that there is on the face of the Earth.”
“Raising children is, in a sense, the reason the society exists in the first place. It's the most important thing that happens, and it's the culmination of all the tools and language and social structure that has evolved.”
Source: The Lost World
“Raising children made me determine what I stand for, what I believe in, and who I want to be because, ultimately, I'm who they'll look to as an example.”
“Raising children pushed me to walk the walk and practice life as I preach it.”
“Raising children should mean helping them to become what they already are in God’s eyes.”
“Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.”
“Raising children was not designed for single parents. (Which is why divorce was such a taboo prior to birth control).”
“Raising children who are hopeful and who have the courage to be vulnerable means stepping back and letting them experience disappointment, deal with conflict, learn how to assert themselves, and have the opportunity to fail. If we’re always following our children into the arena, hushing the critics, and assuring their victory, they’ll never learn that they have the ability to dare greatly on their own.”
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, andLead
“Raising children with an emphasis on intrinsic rewards is not a technique, a method or a trick to get them to do what the parent wants them to by subtler means, but a way of life, a way of living with children with real respect for their intelligence and for their being.”
“Raising children, be aware that the piles and piles of laundry will disappear all too soon and that you will, to your surprise, miss them profoundly.”
“Raising crops to feed animals for human consumption requires a lot of land. It takes eight or nine cows a year to feed one average meat eater; each cow eats one acre of green plants, soybeans and corn per year; so it takes eight or nine acres of plants a year to feed one meat eater, compared with only half an acre to feed one vegetarian.”
“Raising ducks should be enjoyable, so choose a breed that you find attractive and interesting.”
Source: Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks: Breeds, Care, Health
“Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.”
“Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult.”
“Raising funds is just the beginning for startups in the crypto industry; the real struggle lies in navigating a volatile market and rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.”
“Raising George Walker was not easy.”
“Raising interest rates might lead to some initial reductions in wealth by lowering asset prices, but it could also take a bite out of your paycheck and dampen your prospects of finding a job. It's a bit of damned if you do and damned if you don't.”
“Raising it overhead, she stepped over the threshold wearing a smile of total, ecstatic fulfillment. “This is the greatest moment of my life!”
Source: How Bad Do You Want It Mastering the Psychology of Mind Over Muscle & 80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower By Matt Fitzgerald 2 Books Collection Set
“Raising kids is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.”
“Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.”
“Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.”
“Raising kids makes most people, including me, grow up at least a little.”
“Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.”
Source: Dad Is Fat
“Raising minimum wage doesn't just benefit the workers behind me, it creates a proven ripple effect that increases wages all the way up the scale. ... Let's get the facts straight, only 20 percent of people making the minimum wage are teenagers. The rest are hardworking adults, many of them with families, and I mean hardworking.”
“Raising of money may indeed change the species, but with so much loss as the foreign pieces were raised unto, above their intrinsick value.”
Source: Tracts, Chiefly Relating to Ireland: Containing: 1. A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions. II. Essays in Political Arithmetic. III. The Political Anatomy of Ireland
“Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.”
“Raising our kids in this way-without television, video games, or even a lot of extra friends-I believe they have gained independence and the ability to entertain themselves and use their own imaginations.”
“Raising our sons is among the most important social imprints we will leave on the world, for they will become the partners, husbands, fathers, friends, lovers, creators, and leaders of tomorrow.”
Source: The Hero's Heart: A Coming of Age Circle for Boys