I've never forgotten a word of advice my father gave to me. 'Never lose sight of your dream,' he said 'Of that person you want to be. You can make it come true, No matter how high or how far, If all down the way In your living each day, You never forget who you are. ' 'For the you-that-you-are this minute, this day; Is molding the you-that-will-be, And every action and thought and word is shaping its entity. ' 'It's a good thing,' he said 'To look on ahead and fix your gaze on a star, if along the way in your living each day you never forget who you are.
Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.
It was a wine jar when the molding began: as the wheel runs round why does it turn out a water pitcher?
I credit the motion picture industry as the strongest environmental factor in molding the children of my day.
I couldn't think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow's leaders.
The idea of molding men means a lot to me.
The fingers of your thoughts are molding your face ceaselessly.
Since music has so much to do with the molding of character, it is necessary that we teach it to our children.
Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.
Today there is no greater force in the molding of the North American mind than the invasion of the imagination by the visual media.
I think that's becoming the key to where the whole idea of art and culture are going nowadays anyway, is the idea of curation. Knowing what you like. That's sort of the future right now. Molding something, whether it be a roster on a label, or your blog, or a song, or your DJ set.
When you parent, it's crucial you realize you aren't raising a mini-me, but a spirit throbbing with its own signature. For this reason, it's important to separate who you are from who each of your children is. Children aren't ours to possess or own in any way. When we know this in the depths of our soul, we tailor our raising of them to their needs, rather than molding them to fit our needs.
True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to her laws and model.
