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mother tombstone father
As I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness of either of them (for their days were long before the days of photographs), my first fancies regarding what they were like, were unreasonably derived from their tombstones. The shape of the letters on my father's, gave me an odd idea that he was a square, stout, dark man, with curly black hair. From the character and turn of the inscription, "Also Georgiana Wife of the Above", I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly. Charles Dickens
mother children pride
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues - faith and hope.
mother determination father
what I want you to be - I don't mean physically but morally: you are very well physically - is a firm fellow, a fine firm fellow, with a will of your own, with resolution. with determination. with strength of character that is not to be influenced except on good reason by anybody, or by anything. That's what I want you to be. That's what your father, & your mother might both have been
mother children heart
The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, these two children of the Universal Mother, else so wide apart and differing, have come together on the dark highway, to repair home together and to rest in her bosom.
mother sweet pain
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister, and mother, were gained, and lost, in that one moment. Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief arose so softened, and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections, that it became a solemn pleasure, and lost all character of pain.
mother nature garden
The evening wind made such a disturbance just now, among some tall old elm-trees at the bottom of the garden, that neither my mother nor Miss Betsey could forbear glancing that way. As the elms bent to one another, like giants who were whispering secrets, and after a few seconds of such repose, fell into a violent flurry, tossing their wild arms about, as if their late confidences were really too wicked for their peace of mind...
mother butterfly garden
Now I am in the garden at the back . . . a very preserve of butterflies as I remember it, with a high fence, and a gate . . . where the fruit clusters on the trees, riper and richer than fruit has ever been since, in any other garden, and where my mother gathers some in a basket while I stand by, bolting furtive gooseberries, and trying to look unnerved.
mother errors reform
If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers. Charles Simmons
mother influence
Biggest influence: my mother. Charles Stross
each-day adore aim
My aim each day is to adore God more than anything else. Aiden Wilson Tozer
each-day lasts steps
Each day is a step we make towards eternity and we shall continue thus to step from day to day until we take the last step, which will bring us into the presence of God. Catherine McAuley
each-day littles
Each day is a little life. Arthur Schopenhauer
each-day get-up
So, we have to get up and get pumped up for each day. Duane G. Carey
each-day
I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came. Abraham Lincoln
each-day genius study
Anyone can be a genius, if they pick just one specific subject and study it diligently just 15 minutes each day. Albert Einstein
each-day reason no-reason
Each day, you get an ounce more confidence. When we're playing like we are, there's no reason not to. Drew Brees
each-day new-horizons horizon
Make each day a new horizon. Christopher McCandless
each-day holiness
Every day is a god, each day is a god, and holiness holds forth in time. Annie Dillard
retrospect revolution
Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect. Alan Greenspan
retrospect complicated sometimes
The complicated thing about friends is that sometimes they are totally wrong about us and sometimes they are totally right and it's almost always only in retrospect that we know which is which. Cheryl Strayed
retrospect way kind
My ability to notice that kind of thing, the sanctity of the bubble that you create, has not been so good in a way, in that I notice it concurrently with actually doing the thing. I always notice it in retrospect. Andy Richter
retrospect noticing
I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect. Tana French
retrospect would-be financial
Everything, in retrospect, is obvious. But if everything were obvious, authors of histories of financial folly would be rich . . . Michael Lewis
retrospect revolution impossible
In retrospect, all revolutions seem inevitable. Beforehand, all revolutions seem impossible. Michael McFaul
retrospect triumph defeat
In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own. Mignon McLaughlin
retrospect turned
I actually think in retrospect our decision-making turned out very well, Robert Holsworth
retrospect lasts doing-you
You know, 'Peepshow,' in retrospect that seems like a good fit for me, but in the beginning, I'm sure you remember, nobody was sure if the show was going to last. Everybody was like, 'What are you doing? You can't sing, and you can't dance. What are you doing in this show? Holly Madison