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"My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians."
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"Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life."
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"Don't box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You'll produce either rebels, or very boring people."
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"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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"This is the one thing that I learnt from my father, and I approve of it fully. Abundance is neither good nor healthy for the growth of a child's mind."
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"Your love life is insignificant when it comes to raising your children to be respectable human beings. The moment you see them suffer or lower their standards because of your selfishness, is the day you should realize that nothing matters more than them. You are not just the queen or king of your fairy tale. The real story of your life is the gift of time God gave you with them."
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"In parenting patience is the greatest virtue."
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"Passing their toilet training is the very last thing that some adults did that has made their parents proud of them."
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"Mothers should be very careful what type of boys and men they create, or allow to be created."
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"The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight."
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"It is not that you give birth to a child that matters most. Rather, it is what you birth into them."
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"You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people."
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"I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives."
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"I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends."
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"We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests."
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"My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians."
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"One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989."
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"Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win."
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"I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet."
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"I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment."
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"Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition."
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