“She [a mother] never outgrows the burden of love, and to the end she carries the weight of hope for those she bore. Oddly, very oddly, she is forever surprised and even faintly wronged that her sons and daughters are just people, for many mothers hope and half expect that their new-born child will make the world better, will somehow be a redeemer. Perhaps they are right, and they can believe that the rare quality they glimpsed in the child is active in the burdened adult.” PeopleWorldBelieveChildrenEndsMotherBornHalfQualityForeverSonDaughterAdultsWeightBurdenActiveCarrieBoresRedeemerSon And DaughterWronged Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell
“A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.” InspirationalChildrenCompanyBoysAtheismSonAdultsIntelligentAverageTeensTeenageThank You Author:John B. S. Haldane
“My son took many years to learn the simple truth. You cannot love any one person adequately until you have made friends with the rest of the human race also. Adult love demands qualities which cannot be learned living in a vacuum of resentment.” YearsHumansPersonsMadeSimpleRaceQualitySonDemandAdultsHuman RaceMy SonResentmentVacuumsSimple Truths Author:Dorothy Dunnett
“From life, from the apple cut by the flaming knife, what grain will be saved? My son, believe me, nothing remains, Only adult toil, the furrow of fate in the palm. Only toil, Nothing more.” BelieveCuttingFateSonAdultsRemainsSavedApplesMy SonKnivesGrainBelieve In MeToilPalms Author:Czeslaw Milosz
“My highest compliment is when someone comes up to me to say, "My 14-year-old daughter, or my 12-year-old son read your book and loved it." I cannot conceive of a greater compliment than that - to write something that as an adult I find satisfying, but also that manages to reach a curious 13- or 14-year-old.” WritingYearsBookGreaterSonHighestDaughterAdultsCome UpManageCuriousComplimentSatisfying Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“My parents' loss was compensated by the birth of my son Aryan and daughter Suhana. I believe they're my parents. In comparison to them, I behave childishly. My 13-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son behave like my mother and father. They're not my weakness. I love them a lot and give them a lot. I'll give them so much that by the time they are adults they wouldn't want anything.” WantGivingYearsBelieveMotherFatherI BelieveParentLossSonBirthDaughterWeaknessAdultsBehaveComparisonMy SonMother And Father Author:Shahrukh Khan
“I grew up in an era when strange adults would grab me on the street and say: 'Don't do that.' You never see that these days. 'Hi, we took the liberty of spanking your son.' Oh thanks, my hand was getting worn.” HandsLibertyStreetsStrangeSonGrewGrew UpAdultsThanksErasThese DaysWornYour SonSpanking Author:Emo Philips
“My mother told me, 'Son, nobody else but God knows.' And that's what I'm about - reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope. Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That's what I do.” PeopleKnowsGivingKidsMotherStuffCrySonAdultsCancerReachingHospitalsReach OutGod KnowsVisiting Author:Mr. T
“Donald Trump is a man who just absorbs information and people and experiences. And I've witnessed him firsthand with his five children, his 10 year old son, his wife Melania, who's just an incredible first lady for all of us, amazing. God bless her, we're all very luck to have her leadership, as well. And I've witnessed him with his four adult children and his eight grandchildren. He's a family man.” PeopleMenYearsFirstsWellsChildrenFiveFourWifeInformationSonTrumpAdultsLuckIncrediblesEightBlessGrandchildrenGod BlessFirst LadyFamily ManAdult Children Author:Kellyanne Conway