Children And Grandchildren Quotes - Page 2

• I loved their home. Everything smelled older, worn but safe; the food aroma had baked itself into the furniture.

  Susan Strasberg

  Grandma, Home, Grandmother

  Susan Strasberg (1981). “Bitter Sweet”

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• I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self-defense.

  Gene Perret

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Self

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die.

  F. Murray Abraham

  Children, Kids, Fighting

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.

  David Suzuki

  Children, Priorities, Positive Energy

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• If we do not act now to strengthen Social Security, the system that so many depend upon today will be unable to meet its promises to tomorrow's retirees, and it will burden our children and grandchildren with exhaustive taxes.

  Chris Chocola

  Children, Promise, Today

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• Young people need something stable to hang on to - a culture connection, a sense of their own past, a hope for their own future. Most of all, they need what grandparents can give them.

  Jay Kesler

  Past, Grandchildren, Giving

  Jay Kesler (1993). “Grandparenting: The Agony and the Ecstasy”, Vine Books

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• What a wonderful contribution our grandmothers and grandfathers can make if they will share some of the rich experiences and their testimonies with their children and grandchildren.

  Vaughn J Featherstone

  Children, Grandmother, Grandparent

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• To become a grandparent is to enjoy one of the few pleasures in life for which the consequences have already been paid.

  Robert Breault

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Grandpa

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• My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Mother, Children, Thinking

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• I don't intentionally spoil my grandkids. It's just that correcting them often takes more energy than I have left.

  Gene Perret

  Grandma, Grandmother, Grandpa

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo."

  Robert Breault

  Dog, Children, Grandmother

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• We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.

  Christopher Dodd

  Children, Stewardship, States

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• I like to do nice things for my grandchildren - like buy them those toys I've always wanted to play with.

  Gene Perret

  Nice, Grandmother, Grandchildren

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.

  Billy Graham

  Children, Character, Legacy

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• I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

  Tom Coburn

  Dream, Children, Believe

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• There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.

  Victor Hugo

  Love, Children, Father

  Victor Hugo (2010). “The Works of Victor Hugo”, p.1343, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Varicose veins are the result of an improper selection of grandparents.

  William Osler

  Grandma, Grandmother, Grandpa

  The Principles and Practice of Medicine p. 130. Appleton, New York (1892)

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• The work completed during the special session was just the beginning. During those six days we lit a spark that will positively impact the lives of our children and grandchildren, but the full fire is yet to come.

  Joe Manchin

  Children, Fire, Impact

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• Two things I dislike about my granddaughter - when she won't take her afternoon nap, and when she won't let me take mine.

  Gene Perret

  Grandmother, Grandchildren, Naps

  Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways

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• We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live.

  Jim Clyburn

  Children, Responsibility, Healthy

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• We are a nation of immigrants. We are the children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the ones who wanted a better life, the driven ones, the ones who woke up at night hearing that voice telling them that life in that place called America could be better.

  Mitt Romney

  Children, Night, Voice

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 30 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.

  Jane Smiley

  Son, Grandchildren, Like You

  Jane Smiley (1991). “Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas”

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• The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Grandchildren, Grandparent, Debt

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• Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Birthday, Beautiful, Art

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• Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.

  J. Norman Collie

  Grandmother, Men, Grandchildren

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