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Benjamin Spock42 quotes“It’s up to each of us to help create a better world for our children.”
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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock I would say that the surest measure of a man’s or a woman’s maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock Don’t take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don’t be overawed by what the experts say. Don’t be afraid to trust your own common sense.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock Respect children because they’re human beings and they deserve respect, and they’ll grow up to be better people.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock Our greatest hope is to bring up children inspired by their opportunities for being helpful and loving.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock It’s not the words but the music that counts.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock How to fold a diaper depends on the size of the baby and the diaper.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock It’s an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States…
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock Sex education, including its spiritual aspects, should be part of a broad health and moral education from kindergarten through grade twelve, ideally carried out harmoniously by parents and teachers.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.
Benjamin SpockBenjamin Spock I’ve come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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The truth lies beyond all forms of conceptual fundamentalism. What you are is the beyond—awake and present, here and now already. I am simply helping you to realize that.
AdyashantiAdyashanti You know the most important thing the Americans did for Iraq apart from liberating the country from Saddam was helping Iraq reduce its debt.
Ahmed ChalabiAhmed Chalabi Misery needs your conspiracy; it needs your help. Without your resistance misery cannot survive.
AdyashantiAdyashanti My work is about helping humanity.
Agnes DenesAgnes Denes How many times have you prayed or asked or said you needed help, when suddenly somebody showed up in your life? We are all connected through our thoughts.
Agapi StassinopoulosAgapi Stassinopoulos My friends are me and in essence better than me, they help me be better even when they don’t know it.
Aeriel MirandaAeriel Miranda I touch you knowing we weren’t born tomorrow, and somehow, each of us will help the other live, and somewhere, each of us must help the other die.
Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich That a war can be represented as helping a people to ‘feel good’ about themselves, or their country, is a measure of that failure.
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