Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

I don't have to have a child come from my womb to have a connection. Children that are already born are beautiful to me. I can definitely be a mother to them.

Parents, raise your kids. Young men and women, raise your kids.

It may take a village to raise a child, but not every villager needs to be a mom or dad. Some of us just need to be who we are.

For me, family feels like a web of love and care, and instinctively, too, I do just like nurturing things.

It takes a village to raise a child.

My home is not a place, it is people.

It Takes A Village

Whatever you define family as, family is just a part of belonging to something that takes care of you and nurtures you... and when you have lost that, and you want to get that back, it's pretty easy to get emotional about it.

My family is big, complicated, and beautiful - and keeps me smiling and whole. It's so important to have family, whether it's biological family, good friends, foster families, or a group of aunties who are raising you. The idea of feeling isolated is scary to me - to walk through the world alone would be heartbreaking.

The best thing I probably do is - I'll say I'm a pretty darn good parent. I got good kids.

My kids are part of the rest of my community and my wider family.

My grandmother raised her nine kids and raised my mom's three.

Love means home. It's where you're meant to be.

Having kids, any time you can help kids, it's something that's close to my heart.

Christiania has a lot of strong, nuclear families. It gave us a sense of empowerment and belonging and richness. We had so much love; we were never in doubt that we were wanted in this world.

The most important business of one generation is the raising of the next generation. Nothing else you do in life will be as deeply satisfying.

Perhaps it takes courage to raise children.

People say it takes a village to raise a child. People ask me how my daughter is doing. She’s only doing good if your daughter’s doing good. We’re all one family.

Your neighbor is the man who needs you.

And I was to find out then, as I found out so many times, over and over again, that women especially are social beings, who are not content with just husband and family, but must have a community, a group, an exchange with others. A child is not enough. A husband and children, no matter how busy one may be kept by them, are not enough. Young and old, even in the busiest years of our lives, we women especially are victims of the long loneliness.

It takes a village to raise a child.

This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.

My mother let me know that we're all connected. If some of us become more affluent it's not because we're better or even smarter people - we have a responsibility to ourselves to be a good boy.

We do not achieve happiness or salvation in isolation from each other but as members of society