ON CHILDREN

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

“The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.”

“Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.”

The brightest stars are those who shine for the benefit of others

“To me, beauty is natural beauty. If you’re naturally yourself, you’re beautiful.”

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

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Control anger before it controls you.

“The only person you should strive to be better than, is the person you were yesterday. ”

Our family is a circle of strength and love, with every birth and every union, the circle will grow, every joy shared adds more love, every crisis faced together, makes the circle stronger.

“March is the month of expectation, the things we do not know”

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

“It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.”

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