I give an expression of care every day to each child to help him realize that he is unique.
In plain words
He told children every single day that they matter.
Where these words come from
- 88% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications testimony, May 1, 1969 (the famous testimony that saved PBS funding).
- 1969
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Eleanor RooseveltIt takes a village to raise a child.African proverbTo live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.Oscar WildeNot all who wander are lost.J.R.R. Tolkien'Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.Oscar WildeWe will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds.Ralph Waldo Emerson