Mariska Hargitay Quotes

Adoption is the highest privilege the gospel offers.

I'm not adopting a baby.

I think I always knew that I wanted to adopt. It never meant that I didn't want to have my own children - I always felt that if I were in the right circumstances then I would totally have my own children.

Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me.

The journey into adoption started for my parents, as it does with so many families: my mother and father desperately wanted to have kids, but they couldn't.

For my 11th birthday, I asked to be adopted.

I always knew I would adopt. Always.

I want to have and adopt. I always have; ever since I was 18, I wanted a baby, and I wanted to have and adopt because there are a lot of kids. I want to adopt an American baby though, you know what I mean, no offense. Just because there are so many kids here that need our help.

When I have a family someday, I'll probably adopt. Adoption has always been something close to my heart. There are so many kids out there who really need a family.

I want adopted people to know they were chosen.

Adoption is the visible Gospel.

We must work tirelessly to make sure that every boy and girl in America who is up for adoption has a family waiting to reach him or her...This is a season of miracles, and perhaps there is no greater miracle than finding a loving home for a child who needs one.

Becoming a mother is the best thing that has ever happened to me, I am happy to once again be a part of National Adoption Day. We were matched with our daughter through the U.S. foster care system, and my goal is to share information about the more than 120,000 foster care children in this country who are waiting for a family.

I've wanted to adopt since I was eight, nine years old. I really do think I will.

We feel that there are so many kids who need adopting. We thought we'd do it after having a couple of our own, but we just changed our mind.

I felt the calling to adopt. You just know in the deepest part of your being that you are meant to find this little soul and guide them through life.

I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants.

I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.

You may not know it, but I was adopted as a baby by my wonderful parents, Allan and Margaret Atkins of Cumberland Gap, Tenn.

When I was growing up, I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents.

I've always known I was adopted.

No, I'm not adopting any children.

We've heard some theories, but there is a lot of mystery surrounding my adoption.

I do want to have a family at some point. I also want to adopt. I don't feel pressure to have kids because I know that there are so many out there.

If it gets to the point where I actually physically cannot have a child, there's plenty of children in the world that need a stable home and loving parent. I'm so down for adoption.