"Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven." -Henry Beecher
"An aware parent loves all children he or she interacts with — for you are a caretaker for those moments in time." -Doc Childre
"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children." -Nelson Mandela
"No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure." -Emma Goldman
"Why is it that a child's death amounts to a tragedy, but the death of millions is merely a statistic?" -Patrick McDonald
"If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God!" -Dwight L. Moody
"Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he does not have the drugs you and I have. Let us be the ones to say we are not satisfied that your place of birth determines your right to life. Let us be outraged, let us be loud, let us be bold." -Brad Pitt
"Every child you encounter is a divine appointment." -Wess Stafford
"Nothing that you have not given away will ever truly be yours." C.S. Lewis
"When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed." -Mother Teresa
"The Bible insists that the best test of a nation's righteousness is how it treats the poorest and most vulnerable in its midst." -Jim Wallis
"It's the greatest poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." -Mother Teresa
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing." -Edmund Burke
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -Martin Luther King Jr.
The Last quote I have is from a tombstone inscription in England. "For the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Do all the good you can, To all the people you can, In all the ways you can, As long as ever you can."
Please visit here to read what the Bible says about it.
3 comments:
Well, Ashlin! How on earth have I missed finding out about this blog for so long?! I'll be doing my best to keep up with it from now on. :)
Love the quotes!
Thanks, Michelle.
hi friend!
first, this post is so great, like, great times a million! :)
i volunteer in the summer at a camp for kids that have been in the foster care system - and i love the quote: 'An aware parent loves all children he or she interacts with — for you are a caretaker for those moments in time.'
second, thank you so much for writing that to me on my blog. not preachy or boring at all, very encouraging!! im glad i'm not the only one who gets confused about who God is! {wink} and the verses/quotes were perfect and helped!
third, just from what you told me, that does sound like a long week! i hope that the car got fixed and you got all the boxes and such moved! love to hear more about that interesting week at our next blog coffee date! :) praying that you will be rested this coming week, friend!
Emma
p.s. i was just going to email you but then got to lazy, so please pardon this humungo comment!
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