There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

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"It’s true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"Love grants in a moment what toil can hardly achieve in an age."

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"Love does not dominate; it cultivates."

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"The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through eternity."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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"When a wife has a good husband, it is easily seen on her face."

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"You are the hope of Israel, ‘children of the promised day’!"

- President Russell M. Nelson

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"If you can dream it, you can do it."

- Walt Disney

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"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."

- Earl Nightingale

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"You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there are no limits."

- Michael Phelps

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"Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard."

- Serena Williams

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