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

“Sometimes the things that hurt the most teach us the best lessons.”

“If it’s important you’ll find a way. If it’s not, you’ll find an excuse.”

“If you’re in the luckiest one percent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.”

You don’t have to defend or explain your decisions to anyone. It’s your life. Live it without apologies.

In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past as that will only cause unnecessary resentment.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

“Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don’t lock them away. If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier.”

“There are certain people who make the world a better place just by being in it. You are one of those people. I love you my friend.”

“Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer.”

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

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What can you hear, but not see or touch, even though you control it?

Which number is spell in an alphabetical order ?

Student! My father’s name is LAUGHING and mother’s name is SMILING.

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.

“War does not determine who is right — only who is left.”

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