Adoption Quotes

Where did you come from, baby dear? Out of the Everywhere and into here.
~George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind

Every child begins the world again.... ~Henry David Thoreau

Adoption is when a child grew in its mommy's heart instead of her tummy.  ~Author Unknown


People ask me. "What about gay adoptions? Interracial? Single Parent?" I say. "Hey fine, as long as it works for the child and the family is responsible." My big stand is this: Every child deserves a home and love. Period. ~Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendy's, adopted child
He who can reach a child's heart can reach the worlds heart. ~Rudyard Kipling


Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical. ~Nicole Kidman, Actress, Adoptive parent


We should not be asking who this child belongs to, but who belongs to this child. ~Jim Gritter


To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. ~ Cicero


Both the courage and trust of those who decide to place their babies for adoption and the enthusiasm of those who adopt them are overwhelmingly vindicated by the tens of thousands of successful adoptions that take place in this country every year. ~The New Yorker