“Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.”
"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
Motivation
"If we don’t stand up for children, then we don’t stand for much."
- Marian Wright Edelman
Education
"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
Education
"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."
Morality
"Whether a human being is good or bad, right or wrong, can only be determined based on circumstances."
Morality
"Always let your conscience be your guide."
- Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio
Morality
"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
Morality
"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
Morality