“ I cannot forget the place that I come from. The Congo is much in need. Dikembe Mutombo Basketball Player
“ Barbara [my wife] and I said a long time ago that if we were in a position to help somebody, it would be kids. So when we started the Memorial Tournament (in Columbus, OH), Nationwide Children's Hospital, which saved my daughter's life when she was less than a year old, was the beneficiary from day one. Jack Nicklaus Golfer
“ We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us. Barbara Boxer United States Senator
“ Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them. Jonas Salk Medical Researcher
“ She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Novelist
“ All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair. Mitch Albom Author