Raising Quotes - page 4

I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family, and I don't want them brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option. It isn't. (Carl Paladino)
I know the game wasn't a classic, but the night was about more than that-it was about bringing back the memories and raising money for former heroes who have now fallen on hard times. View quote
David Ginola
People were desperately trying to fill their seats for the summer. And so prices are really low right now. And so they are kept from raising prices to make up for that difference. View quote
David Neeleman
I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of not giving it up. In fact, we may find that, while we're drastically cutting our energy consumption, we're actually raising our standard of living. View quote
David R. Brower
Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature. View quote
David Tudor
People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification. View quote
Dalia Mogahed
I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. Hey, it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account; you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy. View quote
Dee Dee Myers
God put us here to prepare this place for the next generation. That's our job. Raising children and helping the community, that's preparing for the next generation. View quote
Dikembe Mutombo
I get excited about what the Holy Spirit is doing now through all the people he is refining and raising up all over this planet. I love connections and relationship and networking but it must be led by the Spirit. View quote
Daniel Smith
Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period. View quote
Eric Braeden
Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged. (Frederick W. Smith)
Japanese tend to put sales and market share first. They make many products with the aim of raising sales. But then profits decline, and companies find themselves falling into debt... I changed the mindset at Canon by getting people to realize that profits come first. View quote
Fujio Mitarai
I'm currently raising a 15 year old son and an 18 year old daughter, which a guess is my punishment for a wild youth! View quote
Gil Gerard
Our father died when we were very young, so our mother raised six kids. We saw the world filtered through her eyes, being a minority woman raising six kids. View quote
Gilberto Hernandez
The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school. View quote
Grace Abbott
As a mom, I know that raising children is the hardest job there is. View quote
Hilary Rosen
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.' View quote
Harmon Killebrew
Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity. View quote
Ian Dunbar
Raising the debt ceiling is not additional spending. It is simply saying, you, the United States of America, can continue to borrow the money you need to pay the bills you have already rung up. View quote
Jay Carney
Faith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted. View quote
Jeremy Lin
The changing economic situation, the changing global market means it is understandable that employers are constantly raising the bar. It is challenging the education system to come up with ever higher standards to meet the expectation of employers. (Jim Knight)
One of the most lethal mistakes a public official can make is raising taxes and not paying your own. View quote
Josh Mandel
I think children learn from example. I don't believe in raising them in an authoritative atmosphere. View quote
Kent McCord
I did not have a personal relationship with Jesus until I met my nanny, who helped me through a failing marriage and raising my two boys in a New York City apartment. She showed me by example what it was like to be able to talk to Jesus and bring all my cares and worries to Him. That was in 1990. View quote
Kim Alexis
I have an incredible role model in my mom. She was a single mother raising two kids in New York. View quote
Kim Raver