… sometimes love becomes a power game between ambitions that parents have for their children and the ambitions that children have for themselves.
– Witi Ihimaera
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- Man might carve his mark on the earth but unless he’s vigilant, Nature will take it all back. – Witi Ihimaera
- It is very sad to see children live like orphans while their parents are still alive. After all, children need the constant love of parents. – Gugu Mona
- It is very sad to see children live like orphans whilst their parents are still alive. After all, children need the constant love of parents. – Gift Gugu Mona
- In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children. – Herodotus
- More people would be depressed, if parents tried to please their children as frequently and as badly as children try to please their parents. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Today’s troubled homes are made by parents who want to have children but don’t want their children to have parents – Agona Apell
- Many parents preach to their children but do not set good examples. Parents want the children to do as they say, not as they do. – Billy Graham
- Life is a game. We must keep playing the game. The more we play, the more we will understand the game of life. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Every game has rules. Obey the rules, win the game; disobey the rule, lose it! The game of life has loser and winners. Play fairly and win! – Israelmore Ayivor
- Every game has rules. Life’s a game that has its respective rules; obey the rules, win the game! – Israelmore Ayivor
- Our parents would not be -˜The best parents in the world’ (to us) if they were not our parents. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- If parents were as concerened about raising their children as they are about the outcome of their sitcom or sports game, this nation would thrive. – Benjamin Lotter
- Is there a magical time when children become parents to their parents? – Ralph Webster
- Is there a magical age when children become parents to their parents? – Ralph Webster
- Meditation becomes easier if you drop all your ambitions and desires. – Girdhar Joshi
- Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves,As souls only understand souls. – Walt Whitman
- Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves? – Jeffrey Archer
- You have immense power–power to overcome, power to achieve, power to possess, and power to prosper, making you incredibly irresistible. – Anitra SheltonQuinn
- I’ve got a pretty good idea what children are, and we’re not children. Children can lose sometimes, and nobody cares. – Orson Scott Card
- Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things. – Charles de Lint
- Parents have to instill the right principles in their children, but then it’s up to the children to live up to those principles. – Mary Lydon Simonsen
- Parents have no clue how many things they never teach their children. Their children are simply born with those things. – Kirtida Gautam
- The greatest source of security our children have in this world is a God-honoring, Christ-centered marriage between their parents. – Voddie T Baucham Jr
- I don’t think they’re terrible parents. They love us. I think they’re negligent parents. That’s not the same thing. – Justine Larbalestier
- Some of the things I hated my parents for when I was younger are the same things I love my parents for now that I’m older. – Steve Maraboli
- The future toyed with us, it was up to us to try to enjoy the game. But not everyone liked the game or they weren’t given the tools to play. – Carrie Adams
- A game?’ Rob spluttered. -˜A bloody game?’ He turned to face his father. -˜This is your bloody fault! I’m living your bloody karma! – Dougie Brimson
- Politics nowadays is a game unlike every other game, only for the willing hearts and strong minds – ETC Wanyanwu
- Life is game. Never fear to play the game. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Novelists are basically inviting their readers to play a game of pretend. That’s what fiction is: a game of pretend. – Marty Rubin
- Millionaires don’t play the blame game but the gain game. – Dee Dee Artner
- In a world full of game players, the only way to set yourself apart is to be a game changer. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Didn’t you read the invitation? There’s going to be a game in a little while–the big Twister game in an hour. Make sure you eat plenty of bread. – Elle Lothlorien
- Don’t hate the game, hate the player… the player should have known better than to play the game in the first place. – Nyki Mack
- The point isn’t to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased) – Patrick Rothfuss
- A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever. – Shigeru Miyamoto
- Life is a game and you are the player. As you master the game, so you also create it. – Jay Woodman
- The blame game is already a lost game, so don’t attempt dressing up to play it! – Israelmore Ayivor
- If you want to know the outcome of a game before the game has even started, you need to control each side. – David Icke
- If mankind was playing a baseball game, he would still be choosing his lineup after the game was over. – Anthony T Hincks