Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation
C. Everett KoopRead
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Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation
He who hates anyone will endeavor to do him an injury, unless he fears that a greater injury will thereby accrue to himself; on the other hand, he who loves anyone will, by the same law, seek to benefit him.
Hatred which is completely vanquished by love passes into love: and love is thereupon greater than if hatred had not preceded it.
In order to help another effectively, I must understand what he understands. If I do not know that, my greater understanding will be of no help to him... instruction begins when you put yourself in his place so that you may understand what he understands and in the way he understands it.
No pleasure is evil in itself; but the means by which certain pleasures_x000D_ _x000D_ are gained bring pains many times greater than the pleasures.
I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.
What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.
Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents._x000D_ _x000D_ Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.
Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.
The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one's clothes.
I hope you find true meaning, contentment, and passion in your life. I hope you navigate the difficult times and come out with greater strength and resolve. I hope you find whatever balance you seek with your eyes wide open. And I hope that you - yes, you - have the ambition to lean in to your career and run the world. Because the world needs you to change it.
Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part...and that the part should be humbly proud to sacrifice itself that the whole may live.
But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
One can show no greater respect than to weep for a stranger.
Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and, as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many.
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.
Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.
Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of tension and confusion, writers are beginning to realize that books for children have a greater potential for good or evil than any other form of literature on earth.
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