Quote by Jeffrey Donovan

My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not worse than anybody else's life.

My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not

Summary

This quote conveys a perspective on one's upbringing and challenges in life. The speaker highlights that their mother successfully raised them alone while being on welfare. By stating that their life is no worse than anyone else's, they potentially emphasize the resilience and strength that can be found in difficult circumstances. The quote suggests that challenging backgrounds do not define one's worth or happiness, but rather, determination and perspective hold more significance in shaping one's life experiences.

Topics

Mom

By Jeffrey Donovan

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has pro

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with the laws of nature, and those rules are supposed coeval with reason, of which the first rise cannot be discovered

Authority

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you e

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.

Life Religion

Once I traveled about in an old bakery wagon, double-doored

Once I traveled about in an old bakery wagon, double-doored rattler with a mattress on the floor, I stopped where people stopped or gathered, I listened and looked and felt, and in the process had a picture of my country the accuracy of which was impaired only by my own shortcomings.

John Steinbeck, Travels With Cha

Travel

Joy comes from using your potential.

Joy comes from using your potential.

Happiness

[I] don't think I was trying to kill myself. I just wanted t

[I] don't think I was trying to kill myself. I just wanted to hurt, and understand exactly whay I was hurting. This made sense: you cut, you felt pain, period.

Life Humor Funny Children

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

Fear

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From di

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Albert Einstein

Work Simplicity

Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges

Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard to overcome economic hardship, racism and other barriers in their pursuit of the American dream.

Lucille Roybal-Allard

Dreams

The English language is nobody's special property. It is the

The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.

Imagination

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep, pain that

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

Suffering

Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it mos

Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there.

Self Respect

My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect a

My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism.

Faith