Quote by Desmond Tutu
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you a

You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. – Desmond Tutu

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Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANCs military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. – Desmond Tutu

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My goals have changed throughout my life. At one time it was winning awards, selling out concert dates, selling more albums than anyone else. Now, my goals are to see my grandchildren grown, live a long and healthy life with my family and friends and travel the world. – Reba McEntire

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For all of higher civilizations recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family. – Dennis Prager

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Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be. – Elizabeth Fishel

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A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living. – Charles R. Swindoll

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But they do not eat hot peppers in the United States. Here and there, yes. But hot peppers there are weak peppers here. – James Street (1903–1954), “The Grains of Paradise” [Village of Feliz, Taba

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As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending. – Andrew Jackson

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