"My children were like miracles, but my grandchildren are like being in heaven."
- Catherine Pulsifer

"The old are the precious gem in the center of the household."
- Chinese Proverb

"My life is blessed; I have held my children's children."
- Jeremy Taylor

"Grandparents, like heroes, are as necessary to a child's growth as vitamins."
- Joyce Allston

"They say genes skip generations. Maybe that's why grandparents find their grandchildren so likeable."
- Joan McIntosh

"No cowboy was ever faster on the draw than a grandparent pulling a baby picture out of a wallet."
- Author Unknown

"It's funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you'd do. It's terrific."
- Mike Krzyewski

"Being grandparents sufficiently removes us from the responsibilities so that we can be friends."
- Allan Frome

"Grandparents make the world ... a little softer, a little kinder, a little warmer."
- Author Unknown

"Our land is everything to us.... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it - with their lives."
- John Wooden

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