Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

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"To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do anything right for a number of years, parents become popular again when kids reach 20."

- Marian Wright Edelman

Hope

"You really can change the world if you care enough."

- Marian Wright Edelman

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"If we don’t stand up for children, then we don’t stand for much."

- Marian Wright Edelman

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"Listening to children is the most basic way to respect their rights."

- Marian Wright Edelman

Education

"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world for the better."

- Marian Wright Edelman

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"What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man."

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"Whether a human being is good or bad, right or wrong, can only be determined based on circumstances."

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"Always let your conscience be your guide."

- Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio

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"To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are 'production units,' and accorded all the sympathy that term suggests."

- Matthew Scully

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"When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music."

- Ellen G. White

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