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"That we shall use every discovery of science in the preservation of our children's health goes without saying; but we shall do more than this - we shall give them a free start, not loading them up with our own ideas and experiences, nor advising them to live according to our lights. We were burned in the fire here and there, but - who knows? - fire may not burn our children, and if we warn them away from it they may end by never growing warm. We will not even inflict our cynicism on them as the sentimentality of our fathers was inflicted on us. The most we will do is urge a little doubt, asking that the doubt be exercised on our ideas as well as on all the mortal things in this world."

"Tiffany jumped when she saw a balloon sail up above the trees, catch the wind, and swoop away, but it turned out to be just a balloon and not a lump of excess Brian. She could tell this because it was followed by a long scream of rage mixed with a roar of complaint: "AAaargwannawannaaaagongongonaargggaaaaBLOON! which is the traditional sound of a very small child learning that with balloons, as with life itself, it is important to know when not to let go of the string. The whole point of balloons is to teach small children this."

"We pretend that we know our children, because it's easier than admitting the truth--from the minute that cord is cut, they are strangers. It's far easier to tell yourself your daughter is still a little girl than to see her in a bikini and realize she has the curves of a young woman; it's safer to say you're a good parent who has all the right conversations about drugs and sex than to acknowledge there are a thousand things she would never tell you."

"Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life."

"Disciplining a child is easier than disciplining a grown person, and forgiving a child's insolence is easier than forgiving a grown person's impudence."

"Don't box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You'll produce either rebels, or very boring people."

"Effective parenting requires being the grown up version of what you want your children to be. Why? Because example is the most compelling superpower."
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"Leaders don't watch things but make things happen-initiate change."

"A burning light(light having oil) will burn to a glowing light which will grow into a shining light to become an illuminator."

"You do not need to be perfect to be the best. Your attitude determines your altitude."

"A critical point: Is an inter-phase between crisis and normalcy, life and death, danger and safety, failure and success.You decide what nextike."

"Every problem has an effect " every deserved curse has a consequence or result, an outcome or effect."

"Joseph went from prison toprime minister from trials to triumph, from scar-weary to stardom."

"Those who never confront obstacles live with delays and postponements."

"Children need love most when they don't deserve it."
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