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

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 bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.

There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family.

The true mark of maturity is when somebody hurts you and you try to understand their situation instead of trying to hurt them back.

“They are not your friend unless they have defended you in your absence.”

“To tell someone not to be emotional is to tell them to be dead.”

“We should love, not fall in love, because everything that falls, gets broken.”

“Home is the place, where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”  

“It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved.”

“What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.”

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.”

“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.”

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Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.

“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.”

“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”

“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”

Teacher: “I killed a person” convert this into future tense

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