“We know that children need help to read, and the best time to start them reading is very young. We believe that when children see adults from all walks of life and from throughout the community reading to them, that is another opportunity for children to see the importance of reading.” KnowsNeedsBelieveChildrenHelpingYoungReadingOpportunityCommunityWalksAdultsImportanceBest TimesNeed HelpWalks Of LifeImportance Of ReadingAnother Opportunity Author:Jane Bown
“Something awful happens to a person who grows up as a creative kid and suddenly finds no creative outlet as an adult.” PersonsHappensKidsOpportunityGrowsCreativeGrowing UpAdultsAwfulOutletsCreative Outlets Author:Judy Blume
“Year Up for me is a year in which the young adults that we serve have an opportunity to move up in their lives and gain the access and opportunity they need to realize their potential.” NeedsYearsMovingYoungOpportunityRealizingAdultsGainsYoung AdultAccess Author:Gerald Chertavian
“When you're a kid going on being an adult, everything radiates so deeply and resonates so passionately, and I like the opportunity to tell those stories.” StoriesKidsOpportunityAdults Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“While you were four, you didn't know anything other than being terrified and scared; you're not four any longer. Now [as an adult] you have to make a choice and recognize that even the abuse that came into your life offers you an opportunity to transcend it, to become a better person and even more significantly, to help someone else not go through what you did.” KnowsPersonsHelpingChoicesOpportunityFourOffersAdultsAbuseScaredTerrifiedBetter Person Author:Wayne Dyer
“What do you eat?" "Baby bunnies." She narrowed her eyes, so I grinned and said, "Adult bunnies, too. I'm an equal-opportunity bunny-eater.” SaidEyeOpportunityBabyEqualAdultsHer EyesBunniesEqual Opportunity Book:Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner) Source: Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)
“Given love and opportunity, every child and adult can recover. All who know this and have the capacity to help others should assist as they can.” KnowsShouldChildrenHelpingOpportunityGivenAdultsCapacityHelping Others Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I was—and am—innocent.” The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis” GivingWritingImportantRealityHappensOpportunityHealingResponsibilityAdultsFaultsHealInnocentSurvivorDeniedAvenuesBassLaura Author:Ellen Bass