Simply having children does not make mothers.

- John G. Shedd

He who thanks but with the lips. Thanks but in part; the full, the true Thanksgiving. Comes from the heart.

- John G. Shedd

During my short time on earth I have realized that opportunities are seldom labeled.

- John G. Shedd

When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.

- John G. Shedd