"Where parents do too much for their..." - Quote by Elbert Hubbard
Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.
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“The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.”
“Life without absorbing occupation is hell; joy consists in forgetting life.”
“Do not go out of your way to do good whenever it comes your way. Men who make a business of doing good to others are apt to hate others in the same occupation. Simply be filled with the thought of good, and it will radiate you do not have to bother about it, any more than you need trouble about your digestion.”
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“I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much.”
“Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.”
“Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.”
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“I had to make a choice at one point in my life, of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because I missed my children so very much.”
“I want my children - I want Malia and Sasha - to understand that they've got responsibilities beyond just what they themselves have done. That they have a responsibility to the larger community and the larger nation, that they should be sensitive to and extra thoughtful about the plight of people who have been oppressed in the past, are oppressed currently.”
“We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.”