Quotes of Marion Wright Edelman

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We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him.

- Marion Wright Edelman

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“ Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. ”

- Dr. Seuss

“ Being love rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. ”

- Ram Dass

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ The only time a man can do the right thing is right now. ”

- John Verdon

“ She was rain to a parched desert She was color to a gray sky She was the beautiful butterfly you longed to possess But I let her fly For fear of breaking her wings! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ Willingness to show we are interested in our children’s needs takes the burden and worries off their minds. It shows compassion on our end, and it builds trust on their end. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. ”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

“ Where wild souls meet wild lovers is where hurricanes are made. ”

- ventum

“ Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Be Brave, Be Bold! Never allow fear to dictate your choices. Use your VOICE & trust in your abilities. ”

- Rosalie Bardo

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ There is a distinct, awful pain that comes with loving someone more than they love you. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can. ”

- Nicholas Sparks

“ We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ When love comes like that, all you can do is surrender, to lay down your arms and submit to the will of those who would love you. For in denying it, you face only regret. ”

- Michael Kilman

“ Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Morning is when the wick is lit. A flame ignited, the day delighted with heat and light, we start the fight for something more than before. ”

- Jeb Dickerson

“ I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalms 116:12 NIV) ”

- Anonymous

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ A life lived in love will never be dull. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ Tomorrow I will run more courageously, more outrageously. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ You left the same way you: with 6 duffle bags and your heart intact. ”

- Gandhi