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

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

“We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim.”

“Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.”

“Success is not only for the elite. Success is there for those who want it, plan for it, and take action to achieve it.”

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

Anyone can buy a good house, but good neighbors are priceless.

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

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

Being Human is Given. But keeping our Humanity is a Choice.

“The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.”

“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.”

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

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