“We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children.” YearsChildrenOpportunityFeltDifferencesGreaterAchieveSecurityWindowOur ChildrenRetirementPartisansWindow Of OpportunityUnreachable Author:Gordon Smith
“If you want to enter into a state of pure connection with your child, you can achieve this by setting aside any sense of superiority.” IfsWantChildrenStatesAchievePureConnectionsOur ChildrenSettingSettingsYour ChildrenSuperiority Author:Shefali Tsabary
“Our task is to educate our children's whole being so they can face the future and make something of it. To achieve this we need to balance education for careers with education for twenty-first century life.” NeedsFirstsChildrenWholeFacesCareersAchieveCenturyBalanceTasksTwentiesOur ChildrenEducate Author:Ken Robinson
“Our children can achieve great things when we set high expectations for them.” ChildrenAchieveExpectationsOur ChildrenGreat ThingsHigh ExpectationsHappy Children Author:Jeb Bush
“Once parents have a clear idea of their important parenting goals, beliefs, and values, they can then think about specific situations and identify the outcomes they would like to achieve in these situations. How can you be the parent you want to be whether or not your children are behaving as you would prefer?” ThinkingWantChildrenImportantIdeasValuesBeliefParentGoalSituationClearAchieveOur ChildrenYour ChildrenOutcomesBeliefs And Values Author:Timothy Carey
“The civil-rights movement was completely impossible to achieve. But look at what ordinary people were able to do because they were willing to sacrifice their lives to stay with it. They didn't expect a political process to respond to them. They made the political process respond to them. To say "It's so bad I won't bother" is to give up on your children and give up on your future.” PeopleGivingLooksChildrenMadeAblePoliticalProcessRightsImpossibleSacrificeAchieveMovementWillingGiving UpOrdinaryOur ChildrenCivil RightsBotherYour ChildrenOur FutureOrdinary PeopleYour FutureCivil Rights Movement Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“You must find something you want to live for that's bigger than yourself - a mission - whether it's your children, a business, a non-profit, whatever. That pulls you to achieve, which is far more sustainable than to push yourself to. You can only push yourself for so long.” WantChildrenLongAchieveBiggerOur ChildrenProfitMissionsYour ChildrenPush YourselfNon Profit Author:Tony Robbins
“I promise to do everything in my power to achieve energy independence and to do so within ten years and to stop global warming, which says to the American people that we are about the future, about addressing how we create jobs, how we care for our children, how we grow our economy, and how we preserve our planet.” PeopleChildrenCareEnergyEconomyAchievePromiseOur ChildrenIndependenceGlobal WarmingI Promise Author:Nancy Pelosi
“President Abbas, you've dedicated your life to advancing the Palestinian cause. Must this conflict continue for generations, or will we enable our children and our grandchildren to speak in years ahead of how we found a way to end it? That's what we should aim for, and that's what I believe we can achieve.” WayShouldYearsBelieveChildrenEndsFoundSpeakI BelieveCausesPresidentGenerationsAchieveConflictOur ChildrenAimDedicatedPalestinianGrandchildrenAdvancingAbba Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“The teachings of many faiths share much in common. And people of many faiths are united in our commitments to love our families, to protect our children, and to build a more peaceful world. In the coming year, let us resolve to seize opportunities to work together in a spirit of friendship and cooperation. Through our combined efforts, we can end terrorism and rid our civilization of the damaging effects of hatred and intolerance, ultimately achieving a brighter future for all.” PeopleWorldYearsChildrenEndsInspirationTogetherSpiritOpportunityUnitedCommonEffortShareTeachingAchieveEffectsCivilizationProtectCommitmentHatredOur ChildrenIslamTerrorismPeacefulOur FamilyWorking TogetherResolveCooperationIntoleranceBrighterPeaceful WorldSeize The OpportunityBrighter FutureCombined EffortIslam Is PeaceLove Our Family Author:George W. Bush
“I'm going to insist on making sure that we've got decent funding, that we've got enough teachers, that we've got computers in the classroom, but unless you turn off the television set and get over a certain anti-intellectualism that I think pervades some low-income communities, our children are not going to achieve.” ThinkingChildrenEnoughCertainTurnsCommunityTeacherAchieveTelevisionComputerLowsOur ChildrenIncomeDecentClassroomGet OverFundingTurn OffIntellectualismLow Income Author:Barack Obama
“My contention is, first, that we should want more from our educational efforts than adequate academic achievement and, second, that we will not achieve even that meager success unless our children believe that they themselves are cared for and learn to care for others.” WantShouldFirstsBelieveChildrenCareEffortAchieveAchievementOur ChildrenEducationalAcademicAdequateContentionAcademic Achievement Author:Nel Noddings