My grandmother raised five children during the Depression by herself. At 50, she threw her sewing machine into the back of a pickup truck and drove from North Dakota to California. She was a real survivor, so that's my stock. That's how I want my kids to be too.
Interpretation
This quote reflects the strength and resilience of the author's grandmother as a role model for perseverance and self-sufficiency in challenging times.
Michelle Pfeiffer's quote emphasizes the incredible strength and determination of her grandmother, who raised five children alone during the economic hardships of the Great Depression. It highlights her fierce independence and survival spirit, serving as an inspirational example for Pfeiffer herself and a guiding principle for how she hopes to raise her own children, instilling in them resilience and the ability to overcome hardships.
In practice
In a speech about overcoming challenges, I might reference this quote to inspire others to be steadfast in the face of adversity.
It's interesting when you're old enough to take a new, objective approach looking at your parents, frame them in a way where you are actually taking yourself out of the equation and just look at the things that are true about their life.
I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of my makeup. But somebody said that as you get older you become the person you always should have been, and I feel that's happening to me. I'm rather surprised at who I am, because I'm actually like my dad!
I love my family, even as I critique their dysfunctionalities.
My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all - the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.
Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'
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