Giving Your Children Wings Quotes & Sayings

As children become increasingly less connected to adults, they rely more and more on each other; the whole natural order of things change. In the natural order of all mammalian cultures, animals or humans, the young stay under the wings of adults until they themselves reach adulthood. Immature creatures were never meant to bring one another to maturity. They were never meant to look to one another for primary nurturing, modelling, cue giving or mentoring. They are not equipped to give one another a sense of direction or values. As a result of today's shift to this peer orientation, we are seeing the increasing immaturity, alienation, violence and precocious sexualization of North American Youth. The disruption of family life, rapid economic and social changes to human culture and relationships, and the erosion of stable communities are at the core of this shift. — Gabor Mate

If I beat my against this desk, maybe things will make sense," Angela murmured. "Or if I beat someone else's head against this desk ... " She eyed Jared speculatively — Sarah Rees Brennan

In a victory speech, I always like to thank the opposition, because without their help and stupidity, I couldn't have won. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in. — Alonzo Mourning

I would give wings to children, but I would leave it to them to learn how to fly by themselves. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I was in a lot of school plays, and it became the thing I did. — Stephen Mangan

Charity is a naked child, giving honey to a bee without wings. — Francis Quarles

In the case of Yugoslavia v. NATO, one of the charges was genocide. The U.S. appealed to the court, saying that, by law, the United States is immune to the charge of genocide, self-immunized, and the court accepted that, so the case proceeded against the other NATO powers, but not against the United States. — Noam Chomsky

It was my dream that screwed up, the stupid hearthside idea that it would be wonderful to follow one great red line across America instead of trying various roads and routes. — Jack Kerouac

Don't be difficult, Bear. It's unattractive. — T.J. Klune

Only resilient flowers flourish in the desert. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I've thought about it more than a thousand times. It was a thousand times worse, so I suppressed it, I suppressed it to death. The moment that I heard that Meahri was leaving, I thought the world was ending because at that moment, I was full of regret. I was avoiding, not thinking, and pretending it wasn't what my heart was hoping for earlier. I'm sorry, because I've made Meahri cry so many times. I'll do well. I'll take care of her forever. Tae-sang, this is my first and last request of you. Just this once, forgive me. — Yoon Sang-hyun

If the administration wants cooperation, it will have to begin to move in our direction. — Mitch McConnell

There's nothing better than being able to give your children wings so they can soar and fly in the direction they want to go in. — Paula Deen

God doesn't need your help, He needs your obedience. — Stephan Labossiere

Ig knew her, of course. It was the same woman who had served him and Merrin drinks on their last night together. Her face was framed by two wings of lank black hair that curled under her long, pointed chin, so she looked like the female version of the wizard who was always giving Harry Potter such a hard time in the movies. Professor Snail or something. Ig had been waiting to read the books with the children he and Merrin planned to have together. — Joe Hill

I had achieved so much success in my career and then had this spectacular fall from grace that left me unemployed and living in a town, Los Angeles, that is built on envy. Once you fall, people don't really root for you to come back again. I'd go to restaurants where I always had the best table and half the time they wouldn't even let me pay. And then when I stopped making movies, the same places wouldn't even give me a lousy table, never mind the best one! — Mickey Rourke

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch. — Larry Flynt

The beautiful thing about the truth of being is that it's so unimaginably immediate. — Adyashanti

Jealousy has always been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and unlovable, like the Bad Seed. — Anne Lamott