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The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith. Billy Graham

Life, Faith, Children, Character, Money

The human overpopulation issue is the topic I see as the most vital to solve if our children and grandchildren are to have a good quality of life. Alexandra Paul

Life, Good, Children, Quality, See, Our

I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly, I don't know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy. Isabel Allende

Love, Dog, Mother, Son, Loved, I Am

Being a mother and grandmother is the best of the best in my life. My grandchildren multiply the joy my daughters bring me. Alexandra Stoddard

Life, Mother, Best, Me, My Life, Joy

No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into pieces. I felt sorry for my mom and wanted her to know everything was going to be all right. But then she said, 'I don't really care, Johnny, as long as I know that you are going to be happy.' Johnny Weir

Mother, Son, Be Happy, Sorry, Mom, Happy

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? David Attenborough

Happy, Picture, Book, Elephant, Never

As a father and now a grandfather to three wonderful grandchildren, I know how magical the first year of a child's life is but also how much hard work it takes. Being able to spend as much time as possible with your loved ones is absolutely vital, especially early on. Richard Branson

Life, Work, Hard Work, Father, Time

We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live. Jim Clyburn

Children, Live, Responsibility, Moral

My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren. Nancy Pelosi

Children, Husband, Thought, Own, Nothing

I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I was raised in the countryside, planting corn and selling sweets made by my grandmother. My children, my two daughters are with me and I want a better world for my grandchildren, for your grandchildren. Hugo Chavez

Love, Man, Children, Me, World, Better

If I don't make heritage visible and the strength of mother tongue important for my grandchildren, it scares me that they might say in 20 years from now, 'Well, it is rumoured that we used to be Africans long ago.' And in many urban areas, it's already happening. Hugh Masekela

Mother, Strength, Me, Long, Important

I love music of all kinds, but there's no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too. Sylvia Earle

Love, Music, Sound, Than, Kids, Too

Imagine that everything you are typing is being read by the person you are applying to for your first job. Imagine that it's all going to be seen by your parents and your grandparents and your grandchildren as well. Tim Berners-Lee

Parents, Job, You, Person, Grandparents

I think a law clerk told me about this tumblr and also explained to me what Notorious RBG was a parody on. And now my grandchildren love it, and I try to keep abreast of the latest that's on the tumblr. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Love, Me, Think, Law, Try, Now

I was nice to the people in the Philippines for the two and a half years I was there, because I knew eventually I'd have to kiss up to them so my grandchildren could have toys. Don Rickles

Kiss, People, Nice, Toys, Half, Years

All my grandchildren bake. On a Saturday, Annabel's boys, Louis and Toby, always bake. Louis makes a chocolate cake, Toby makes banana or lemon drizzle. They're 12 and 10, and they can do it totally on their own. My son's twin girls, Abby and Grace, are 14; they make birthday cakes and like to do it on their own with Mum out of the way. Mary Berry

Birthday, Son, Cake, Chocolate, Grace

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. Nelson Mandela

Wife, Time, Children, Rest, More, Retire

I believe everyone should have a good death. You know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. Because after all, tears are appropriate on a death bed. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop. Terry Pratchett

Good, Death, Loved, Look, Tears, Believe

It's now our responsibility to prove to ourselves, to other nations, and especially to our children and our grandchildren, that politics is full of fun; politics has some wisdom. Politics is freedom. Joko Widodo

Wisdom, Freedom, Politics, Children, Fun

You can give your Social Security check to any organization, public or private, or to individuals. You can donate it to your favorite political party. You can give the funds to a student scholarship - for your grandchildren, for example - or to somebody who has a medical need. Or you can invest your government check in free enterprise. Mark Skousen

Medical, Government, You, Political

By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media, maybe we don't need to wait for our grandchildren's questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events. Adora Svitak

Social Media, Media, Wait, Attention

I want my children and my grandchildren to live in a world with clean air, pure drinking water, and an abundance of wildlife, so I've chosen to dedicate my life to wildlife conservation so I can make the world just a little bit better. Bindi Irwin

Life, Water, Children, Live, My Life

I can't control life for my grandchildren, so how could I control a story? Sometimes I try to force something, and after working and working on that chapter, I realise that I am swimming against the current. I will never get there. So I have to let go of whatever previous idea I had about it and let the characters decide. Isabel Allende

Life, I Am, Swimming, Control, Story, Go

Feeling good about yourself and your life is very important. I'm a happy woman, happy with my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren. We all get along quite well, and that keeps me centered. Carolina Herrera

Life, Good, Woman, Yourself, Happy, Me

With your own children, you love them immediately - and with grandchildren, it's exactly the same. Kevin Whately

Love, Children, You, Own, Your, Same

I have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I do not want my grandchildren to say that grandpa understood what was happening but didn't make it clear. James Hansen

Change, I Am, Climate Change, Say, Want

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