Quotes About Adoption

Adoption is the appropriate response to only one situation: the need of a child for a new family, combined with a family's desire for a new child.

And we tend to adopt the attitudes and prejudices of the groups we're in. In short, at some point in life, perhaps as early as grade school, we find ourselves "taking a side" in the racial debate. We become aware that the differences matter.

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba, Father

You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption. Romans 8:15

How awesome of God to purpose that Christ's royal lineage would come through His adoptive father. We shouldn't be surprised at the profound significance with which God views adoption. Ephesians 1:4–6 tells us something profound about God's view of adoption. It identifies us as the adopted children of God. In a peculiar kind of way, God the Father allowed His Son to be "adopted" into a family on earth so that we could be adopted into His family in heaven.

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father!" Romans 8:15

There's nothing you can do God's business is adoption, Child, And He has chosen you.

Business needs to move to adopt much more scalable pull platforms. When we talk about pull platforms, often people focus on one level of pull, which is what we call access. It's simply, if I have a need, I can make a request, get the resource or the information I need when needed.

The perfect rescue dog is out there for everybody. You just have to find it.

I have seven rescue dogs.

Why would you want to do anything else but rescue a pet?

With a rescue dog, you take what's at the centre as long as it roughly fits the bill. When you buy a dog from a breeder, you can choose everything from its personality to how shiny its coat is.

I am a big proponent of adopting dogs through shelters and rescue operations. Having dogs in the office might not be right for everyone, but it has certainly worked well for me. My advice to other offices, on the Hill and off, would be to try it out.

Before I was born, my mom and my dad, they used to rescue dogs, so at one point, they had 13 dogs. And they were all from different litters. It wasn't like they were bred. They were all from different people. And they were all different ages. When I grew up at my dad's house, I think we had seven at one point.

What's so funny is people are like, 'Why do you just post pictures of cats?' I said, 'If you don't want to see cats that are up for adoption and my rescue work, do not follow me.'

My fantasy would be to adopt a bulldog from bulldog rescue and a big old mutt from North Shore Animal Shelter.

Birth mothers choose life, and a family, for their child. But this choice is rarely celebrated. Women routinely face family, friends and even health-care providers who think that adoption equals abandonment, according to researchers and conversations with birth mothers.

I have a secret sibling that I never knew existed and who was given up for adoption at birth by my parents, and she was born without legs.

The big challenge with Internet financial services has been that it's very difficult to get large numbers of customers to sign up for your service.

Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me.

When a coach comes in and takes over a new program, he's adopting 125 new stepchildren. Some of them love the place but a lot of them love the coaches, they came for a different offense, they came for a defense, and every coach is different. All have some similarities but all are different.

women internalize the feminine wound or feminine inferiority so deeply, there's little or no female authority and esteem to fall back on. So they seek it by adopting and pleasing patriarchal standards.

It's because when God adopts you into His family, you belong to Him. He stamps His name on you. A name that comes with His protection. And His birthright, which is eternity and the power to live with joy on this earth.

with adoption, your most sacred creation disappears without you. You can't hold him in your arms, you can't claw at the boundary between you. It's . . . a hollowness. Like I'm missing a piece of myself.