“Success is a lot of things. In my personal life it is to have my own family with me, to give all my best to let my daughter have a better life than me, better choices.” GivingChoicesMy OwnDaughterMy DaughterPersonal LifeBetter Life Author:Ali Suliman
“We black women must forgive black men for not protecting us against slavery, racism, white men, our confusion, their doubts. And black men must forgive black women for our own sometimes dubious choices, divided loyalties, and lack of belief in their possibilities. Only when our sons and our daughters know that forgiveness is real, existent, and that those who love them practice it, can they form bonds as men and women that really can save and change our community.” KnowsMenRealSometimesFormChoicesBeliefWomenBlackCommunityWhitePracticeDoubtPossibilitySonRacismDaughterMen And WomenSlaveryForgivingLoyaltyConfusionDividedWhite ManBlack WomenOur CommunityOur DaughterDubious Book:Saving Our Sons Source: Saving Our Sons
“The most important thing in my life is to be the best mother that I can be to my daughter and two sons; full of blessings and love. I can guide them, pray for their goals to be achieved, and follow a good path; but ultimately it will be up to them to live their own lives and make their own choices knowing there are rewards and consequences.” I CanTwoImportantLife IsMotherChoicesGoalKnowingPathSonPrayingBlessingDaughterConsequenceAnd LoveImportant ThingsRewardsGuidesBeing The BestMy DaughterBest Mother Author:Ana Monnar
“Yes, we are our fathers' sons and daughters, but we are not their choices. For despite their absences we are still here. Still alive, still breathing, with the power to change this world, one little boy and girl at a time.” WorldLittlesStillsChoicesGirlFatherBoysAliveThis WorldSonDaughterAbsenceDespiteBreathingOur FatherLittle BoysFather SonBoy And GirlPower To ChangeSon And Daughter Author:Daniel Beaty
“I've had no contact with my daughter for years. That's her choice. Anyway, you move on. If people don't want to bother with me, fine. You know, God bless them, and move on.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantYearsMovingChoicesFineDaughterContactBotherMy DaughterBlessKnowing GodGod Bless Author:Anthony Hopkins
“What's important for me is to give my daughters a well-rounded education and a mixture of people in their lives. They'll make their own choices. I think they would be good in show business.” PeopleThinkingGivingWellsImportantShowsWould BeChoicesDaughterBe GoodMy DaughterShow BusinessMixturesWhat's ImportantWell Rounded Author:Diana Ross
“If you expect to be successful and you expect to raise a family while having a career then you will strive for that; if you strive for it then hopefully you will achieve it. So I think for my own daughter, she's going to grow up with a working mom. One that has had to make some painful choices and face some painful realities.” ThinkingRealityChoicesGrowing UpSuccessfulAchieveMomDaughterStrivePainfulHopefullyBeing SuccessfulWorking Mom Author:Sarah Treem
“I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.” WantYearsHomeMotherChoicesThreeFiveSonSucceedDaughterAccomplishmentFive YearsMy DaughterMy SonThree YearsWorkforceFive Year OldsThree Year Olds Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.” IfsMotherChoicesOpportunityEducationSonDaughterMy DaughterMy SonEducateConstraintsConstrain Author:Brigham Young
“For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go with him when he departs to the Havens: for mine is the choice of Luthien, and as she so have I chosen, both the sweet and the bitter.” ChoicesHavensMinesSweetDaughterChosenBitterElrond Book:The Lord of the Rings: The return of the King Source: The Lord of the Rings: The return of the King
“I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else's idea of our happiness - what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, 'Just be happy - go be a cobbler or go live with goats.'” ThinkingIdeasChoicesDecisionWifeCitizensWasteDaughterRaisedNotionActressesGoatsMaking DecisionsGood CitizenJust Be HappyGood WifePreconceived NotionsPreconceived IdeasCobblers Author:Sandra Bullock
“Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most loved, despised! Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon: Be it lawful I take up what's cast away. Gods, gods! 'tis strange that from their cold'st neglect My love should kindle to inflamed respect. Thy dowerless daughter, king, thrown to my chance, Is queen of us, of ours, and our fair France: Not all the dukes of waterish Burgundy Can buy this unprized precious maid of me. Bid them farewell, Cordelia, though unkind: Thou losest here, a better where to find.” ShouldArtChoicesChancePoorVirtueRichStrangeColdKingsDaughterFairsCastsTheeFranceQueensThrownNeglectFarewellChances AreDespisedMaidsDukesKindlesUnkindForsakenCast AwayBurgundyCordelia Book:The Tragedy of King Lear Source: The Tragedy of King Lear
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.” InspirationalMayChoicesHopeFearPositiveInspireDaughterEmpoweringNew YearI Hate YouFamous InspirationalHopes And Fears Author:Nelson Mandela
“You've got a movie where the pro-choice family gives their daughter no choice. The pro-life family murders. What seems to be the good mother, the kind of hippie painter, sweet and cute mother has no love for her daughter really.” GivingKindSeemsMotherChoicesSweetDaughterMurderPainterCuteFamily LifeHippiePro LifeNo LoveGood MotherLove For HerPro Choice Abortion Author:Ellen Barkin
“My own mother fought to make herself more than a possession; she lived her life as a mother who chose when she would have children, and a wife who could earn a living if she so chose. I want my daughters to enjoy that same choice.” IfsWantChildrenMotherChoicesEnjoyMy OwnWifeDaughterProfoundPossessionMy Daughter Author:Mark Ruffalo
“There was no mistake in us making abortion legal and available on demand. That was what we call progress. Just like it was no mistake that we abolished institutional racism in this country around the same time. The easy thing to do is lay low, but then are we who we say we are? Do we actually stand for anything, if what we do stand for is under attack and we say nothing? There is nothing to be ashamed of here except to allow a radical and recessive group of people to bully and intimidate our mothers and sisters and daughters for exercising their right of choice.” PeopleIfsCountryMotherChoicesEasyMistakeProgressGroupsExerciseDemandRacismLowsDaughterLaysAvailableRadicalThings To DoAbortionAshamedBullyIntimidatingEasy ThingsInstitutional Racism Author:Mark Ruffalo
“I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I made. Desperate Housewives is perfect for me. I get to go back to work and still be able to take my daughter to school and pick her up.” FeelsYearsMadeStillsHomeAbleSchoolMotherChoicesPerfectFiveFocusMomPicksDaughterDesperateFive YearsMy DaughterHousewifeStay At HomeBack To WorkStay At Home MomPerfect For MeDesperate Housewives Author:Teri Hatcher