Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them,

but seek not to make them like you.

For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might

that His arrows may go swift and far.

Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies,

so He loves also the bow that is stable.

— Kahlil Gibran

More Motivational, Inspiring Quotes

Be Kind, Have Grace, Give Thanks, Speak Love, and Stay Swaggy

“Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.”

Live your best, and act your best, and think your best each day, for there may be no tomorrows.

Not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do is the secret of happiness

“When all the dust is settled and all the crowds are gone, the things that matter are faith, family, and friends.”

Easy is to judge the mistakes of others. Difficult is to realize your own mistakes.

“Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.”

Expect Nothing and You will Never be Disappointed

Never Hide your bad side to make someone stay, show your bad side and see who can stay

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

Be strong as you fight your way to success, the difficulty you face is nothing compared to the joy of success.

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A motorist was mailed a picture of his car speeding through an automated radar…

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?

If a dentist makes money off people with bad teeth, why would I use toothpaste that 4 out of 5 dentists recommend?

“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”

I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere. I am the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?

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