If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so.
A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one.
Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.
I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.
I'll build mine tomorrow," Horace said through a mouthful of food. "This is excellent, Will! When I have grandchildren, I'll name them all after you!
When you look into the eyes of your children and grandchildren, when you picture their greatness and potential, do you feel that they are getting the education that is up to par with who they were born to become?
Teach your children or your grandchildren Chinese. It is going to be the most important language of their lifetimes.
When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.
I'm in a very close-knit, very, very tight family. My grandmother had 13 kids, so we had a lot of family like 50, 60 grandchildren and we all lived in Jersey, relatively in the same area. So every time there was something, my entire family was there. And I just believed everybody's family was like that.
Shame on us if 100 years from now our grandchildren are living on a planet that has been irreparably damaged by Global Warming, and they ask, 'How could those who came before us, who saw this coming, have let this happen?'
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.
Our children are not going to be just "our children"
Those who are bent on revolutionizing society may be divided into those who seek something for themselves thereby and those who seek something for their children and grandchildren.
For a small investment today we could be creating something that our grandchildren will thank us for
A society which believes in a worthwhile future saves in the present so as to invest in the future. Contemporary Western society spends in the present and piles up debts for the future, ravages the environment, and leaves its grandchildren to cope with the results as best they can.
I think when I have kids and grandchildren I will be very proud to have them watch this movie.
I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.
It helps parents to feel better if we remind them of our failures with them! And how they turned out just fine despite our imperfections. . . . We never get over needing nurturing parents. The more we comfort our own adult children, the more they can comfort our grandchildren.