Welcome to our collection of adoption quotes, where the beauty and depth of the adoption experience are encapsulated in words. Adoption is a profound journey, both for the child finding their forever home and for the adoptive parents embracing a new member into their family. Throughout history, writers, philosophers, and notable figures have eloquently expressed the joys, challenges, and transformative power of adoption through their words.
These adoption quotes reflect the diverse range of emotions and perspectives surrounding adoption. From the unconditional love that forms the foundation of familial bonds to the resilience and strength exhibited by those touched by adoption, these quotes offer insight, comfort, and inspiration to anyone touched by adoption. Whether you are considering adoption, have been touched by it firsthand, or simply appreciate the beauty of chosen family, these quotes serve as a reminder of the profound impact adoption has on individuals and society as a whole. Now, without further ado, dive into the heartfelt sentiments and profound wisdom captured in these adoption quotes below.
I was sure we would never see the adoption of the Euro. Countries giving up their currencies for a common tender was, it seemed to me, completely out of tune with currency being a carrier of people’s cultural identity, celebrating national heroes and events, as it had been for hundreds of years. John Naisbitt
For the past 25 years as an adoption attorney, I have witnessed the extraordinary courage and compassion of women – from age 14 to 40 – facing unplanned pregnancy. Not once did I believe that the government should interfere with their personal and private decision. Ann McLane Kuster
Every day I get to ‘Think’ and work on everything from digitizing electric grids so they can accommodate renewable energy and enable mass adoption of electric cars, helping major cities reduce congestion and pollution, to developing new micro-finance programs that help tiny businesses get started in markets such as Brazil, India, Africa. Ginni Rometty
Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
I was adopted without the benefit of papers. They used to hide adoption in the forties; I don’t know why. Perhaps it was shameful. I could have been kidnapped – there are all kinds of crazy things that people have done – but I got over dealing with that a long time ago. Buffy Sainte-Marie
Mum and Dad had waited 16 years for adoption laws to change in their home state, Tasmania, so that they could apply to the authorities to create the family of their dreams. I am so thankful for their endurance and patience. Who knows what would have happened to me if they hadn’t miraculously appeared when I needed them most? Saroo Brierley
It takes a huge amount of effort to move from a successful high-tech prototype to broader adoption of an imaging technology. Eric Betzig
Under Islamic law, adoption is difficult. Richard Engel
The ability to easily buy and sell Bitcoin has been a really key factor in accelerating Bitcoin adoption. Fred Ehrsam
To me there’s nothing different in principle with a Catholic adoption agency, or indeed Methodist adoption agency, saying the rules in our community are different and therefore the law shouldn’t apply to us. Why not then say sharia can be applied to different parts of the country? It doesn’t work. Trevor Phillips
In an open adoption agreement, you agree to a minimum number of visits – a floor, not a ceiling. It’s enforceable. Dan Savage
We’ve heard some theories, but there is a lot of mystery surrounding my adoption. Patti Stanger
If I need to take a break from work, I’ll just Google dogs that are up for adoption in L.A. I really want a poodle mix, and I want to name her Rita. That’s my dream, and one day it’s going to happen. Georgia King
Almost as soon as I went vegan, people started telling me that my skin looked great, and that I appeared younger, slimmer, and healthier. I’m convinced that of all the changes I’ve made to my lifestyle, it’s the adoption of a vegan diet that has been best for me – physically, mentally, and certainly spiritually. Steve-O
People acquire a dog, don’t understand it, can’t train it, get fed up, and… offer it for adoption, hoping to pass on the problem to somebody else. But nobody wants a problem dog. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
My adoption was treated as a celebration. Michael Reagan
I feel that adoption is a good idea to control population. This would also help orphaned children grow up in a normal way in a family atmosphere that is so important in today’s time. The only thing you need is a large heart. Akshaye Khanna
The number who actually consented to the Constitution of the United States, at the first, was very small. Considered as the act of the whole people, the adoption of the Constitution was the merest farce and imposture, binding upon nobody. Lysander Spooner
I will say, in open adoption, all these choices you make about race, about the amount of mental illness you can deal with, about special needs and physical maladies, you have to lay all this out there before you know anybody’s story. Jennifer Gilmore
I say to everybody, ‘Adoption is not for the faint of heart.’ Mariska Hargitay
When I have a family someday, I’ll probably adopt. Adoption has always been something close to my heart. There are so many kids out there who really need a family. Tim Tebow
The age of the rock star ended with the passing of physical product, the rise of automated percussion, the domination of the committee approach to hit-making, the widespread adoption of choreography, and, above all, the advent of the mystique-destroying Internet. David Hepworth
Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art. Camille Paglia
The critical role of Congress in the adoption of international agreements was clearly laid out by our Founding Fathers in our Constitution. And it’s a principle upon which Democrats and Republicans have largely agreed. Tom Cotton
As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption. Catherine Helen Spence
There are so many animals in shelters that need homes. Rather than going to a breeder and buying a dog, or a puppy mill or anything like that, I’ve always been a big fan of adoption. Gus Kenworthy
People talk about the miracle of birth. No. There’s the miracle of conception. I did IVF, but nothing happened. So I began to think of adoption, and then I got pregnant. It was definitely a miracle. Iman
Unfortunately, some judges evidently do not regard a debate in Parliament on new immigration rules, followed by the unanimous adoption of those rules, as evidence that Parliament actually wants to see those new rules implemented. Theresa May
I speak about family and adoption because it 100% changed my life and who I am. It definitely played a very large role into just learning how to be grateful for what you have and being fulfilled in a way that a lot of adopted kids don’t feel. Jenna Ushkowitz
Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions. Katha Pollitt
The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it. Edward Sapir
There’s a clock ticking on the pregnancy thing, but not a clock ticking on adoption. Aisha Tyler
With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check the boxes that you’re comfortable with. Race is completely open in that regard. Jennifer Gilmore
The adoption of gloves for all contests will do more to preserve the practice of boxing than any other conceivable means. It will give pugilism new life, not only as a professional boxer’s art, but as a general exercise. John Boyle O’Reilly
Austria, Germany and the U.S. South did not disappear as a result of their currencies’ ruin. Although many people suffered, most people found a way to survive, life went on, and economic activity eventually resumed after the adoption of a ‘reformed’ or foreign medium of exchange. Robert Higgs
We have a good sense of the pulse of the industry. We know what’s going on out there. We know that deep learning adoption is broad. It’s going into production at scale. Jensen Huang
There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they’re entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration. John Edwards
My mantra is: ‘Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas.’ Yves Behar
It would be a lie to say that people are coming to adoption with joy at all times. Hope, perhaps, but it would be disingenuous to say that every part coming to an adoption isn’t seriously grieving. Jennifer Gilmore
With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an orphanage, you know, was the number one story for a week in the world. To me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems. Madonna Ciccone
I had this sister that was born who was given up for adoption, and I never knew it. Dominique Moceanu
The journey into adoption started for my parents, as it does with so many families: my mother and father desperately wanted to have kids, but they couldn’t. Marcus Samuelsson
The process of open adoption is not discussed in the way it should be. Everyone I know who has adopted domestically has at least one tragic story. It was important to me to be able to describe those situations. Jennifer Gilmore
I think Angelina Jolie has done amazing, amazing things, and the international adoption rate just since her has skyrocketed. It’s unbelievable. Jessica Simpson
My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college. Steve Jobs
Design accelerates the adoption of new ideas. And many of these ideas are important for designers to show that there is a way. When you see things through that lens, you realize it applies to any industry and any form of design. Yves Behar
I do have the most adorable little Chihuahua mix. I adopted him about 3 1/2 years ago from Much Love pet adoption, and he has been the love of my life ever since. His name is Beau, or as my sister and I like to call him ‘ mushy mush’ because he truly is just a pile of loving mush that just melts in your arms. Torrey DeVitto
I’ve teamed up with PetSmart Charities to celebrate the five million homeless pets who’ve found homes through their in-store adoption centers, and to spread the word about how we can work together to save millions more pets’ lives and, ultimately, end pet homelessness. Josh Duhamel
Jesus’ life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue. John Ortberg
The adoption process was not an easy one. The paperwork took nine months. It’s a full-time thing! Jillian Michaels
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. Dominique Moceanu
Adoption should be an empowering option for young women in crisis, knowing that the people around them – family, friends, church – will respect their choice. Nina Easton
And it’s interesting, when you look at the predictions made during the peak of the boom in the 1990s, about e-commerce, or internet traffic, or broadband adoption, or internet advertising, they were all right – they were just wrong in time. Chris Anderson
If you look at the trends, China very well could be the driver of the adoption of block chain consumer services. Jeremy Allaire
I started using Twitter about year after its very early adoption and ended up investing in it around that same time. I’m involved with the Tech scene and companies ranging from Facebook, Stumbleupon and Twitter. Tim Ferriss
Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision. Abraham Lincoln
I was raised Catholic primarily by my mom’s side of the family. But at 18, I found out there was an adoption in the family, and that I was of Russian Jewish descent on my mom’s side. After that, I started to look more into the philosophies and culture of Judaism. Jinkx Monsoon
The stigma of being an unmarried mother was something we can’t comprehend today. It was not uncommon that you’d go off somewhere to have your child, then give it up for adoption. Michael Ashcroft
If you’re in business, and you don’t understand how that word of mouth works, you won’t be able to take full advantage of it, how to get full adoption by getting that network to talk about you. Robert Scoble
Our principal role as designers is to accelerate new ideas and the adoption of new ideas. Yves Behar
There are young people having babies every day that cannot possibly take care of them, and, as people who believe that every life is beautiful, we need to make them aware of another choice – to give that beautiful life up for adoption. John Schneider
It bothers me that I won’t live to see the end of the century, because, when I was young, in St. Louis, I remember saying to Marilyn, my sister by adoption, that that was how long I wanted to live: seventy years. Harold Brodkey
On gay adoption I have changed my mind. Theresa May
Any new technology tends to go through a 25-year adoption cycle. Marc Andreessen
The widespread adoption of broadband and the continued advances in personal computing technology are finally making it possible for the collective creation of an online world on a realistic scale. Mitch Kapor
The planet’s hope and salvation lies in the adoption of revolutionary new knowledge being revealed at the frontiers of science. Bruce Lipton
Open adoption, when it works, is fabulous. But when it goes wrong, it’s so traumatizing for everybody. Caroline Leavitt
In the 2015 time frame, you’ll probably see more mainstream adoption of set-top box technology using UltraHD. We’ll start shipping it in 2014, but the volume will take off in probably 2015. Henry Samueli
We have looked into the general problems with adoption in the United States, and we discovered – on the basis of the reports written by American NGOs – we discovered that not only Russians but kids from other countries and the American-born kids have been subject to very unfortunate behavior on the part of their adopted parents. Sergei Lavrov
Despite all the hype about local or green food, the single biggest impediment to wider adoption is not research, programs, organizations, or networking. It is the demonizing and criminalizing of virtually all indigenous and heritage-based food practices. Joel Salatin
Adoption has been on our minds for quite a while. The procedure took a couple of months. We wanted a baby, who is around six to seven months old. Neelam Kothari
A lot of the early adoption of WordPress was actually from thousands and millions of individually hosted instances, so a lot of the people who ran WordPress were on their own. Matt Mullenweg
I don’t have children, but I have 17 nieces and nephews, and they more than make up for anything that I can do. I have a stepdaughter, and I adore her to pieces, and I think about adoption. There are so many kids at different ages and stages that need families. Lauren Velez
I believe that everyone, regardless of who they are, should do something that is greater than themselves. Whether it’s adoption, or helping people who are sick or poor, or whatever. That’s what God put us on this earth to do. Tim Tebow
The single most important thing for any processor is getting adoption by software developers. Jensen Huang
What I wish is that people would look beyond the tribbles and see I’ve written some other books that I really would like people to notice. There’s ‘The Man Who Folded Himself,’ there’s ‘The Martian Child,’ which is about my son and the adoption. There’s ‘The War Against The Chtorr,’ which is my magnum opus, my great epic story. David Gerrold
Gay marriage is a divisive issue in France, where Fillon has vowed to block adoption by same-sex couples. The battle against Islamism also remains a rallying cry; Fillon’s campaign manifesto is called ‘Conquering Islamic Totalitarianism’. Franklin Foer
In all great epochs of history, the existence of standards – that is, the conscious adoption of type-forms – has been the criterion of a polite, well-ordered society; for it is a commonplace that repetition of the same things for the same purpose exercises a settling and civilizing influence on men’s minds. Walter Gropius
As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related. Emily Procter
I wanted a baby of color, to be honest, because I wasn’t attached to the idea that I look like the biological mother. I liked the idea of the adoption being clear; it was and is not something I am interested in hiding. Jennifer Gilmore
With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated. Jenny Shipley
As people are showing the Rift to friends, word will spread that VR can be that good. So I’m not so worried in terms of adoption of the Rift. Brendan Iribe
You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions. Caleb Cushing
It is not a liberty of circumstance, conceded to us alone, that we wish; it is the adoption absolute of the principle that no man, born red, black or white, can be the property of his fellow man. Toussaint Louverture
Adoption is a global issue these days – it’s certainly current – and it’s encouraging for a lot of couples whether they’re straight or gay. Sara Ramirez
The way I heard about The American Giving Awards was from the people that I work with. My publicist and I had a conversation a while back about wanting to really get involved more and more. We’ve been working with the National Council for Adoption with the children’s home that I was adopted from called Holston Home. Rodney Atkins
Healthcare has been the last major industry that hasn’t been touched by technology in terms of productivity and consumer adoption in the way so many other industries have. John Sculley
I want to say that, in general, when it works, open adoption is great. Jennifer Gilmore
Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. Be a hero, take the time learn about adoption today. Bruce Willis
In the real world, I see conservatives volunteering at adoption agencies, at churches, at bake sales and the local American Legion Post while the only charity a progressive sends is a smug sermon on fair share and what fairness is. Allen West
If it gets to the point where I actually physically cannot have a child, there’s plenty of children in the world that need a stable home and loving parent. I’m so down for adoption. Joy Bryant
For decades, I have supported adoption, and have helped tens of thousands of children worldwide. Pat Robertson
A full accounting of adoption as an option would not underestimate its emotional challenges – the grief and loss for birth mothers, the uncertainties for adoptive parents operating under a patchwork of state laws. Nina Easton
It was an honour for me to have been able to work with Mr. Mandela in the process that led to the adoption of the interim constitution and our first democratic elections in April 1994. F. W. de Klerk
I think the adoption rate with respect to social media and how companies leverage that varies by the company. Cisco is probably a leader in the space. A lot of times, we actually use virtual ways to communicate our brand and do some of our advertising, first on the social space, then we do on physical advertising. Padmasree Warrior
I’ve been a rescue dog mom several times and occasionally found comfort in scrolling through pictures of animals on various adoption center websites, just to fantasize about adding to the family. AJ Lee
I have worked positively and successfully with Senator Sessions on issues like adoption and human trafficking. Amy Klobuchar
Parents and teachers alike are alarmed by this top-down approach to education that wrongly ties education money for states to the adoption of academic standards that do not fully reflect the values of South Carolina. Jeff Duncan
The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption of the Constitution by the states. Herbert Croly
We believe widespread adoption of home solar will significantly improve life in cities by phasing out polluting coal plants, eliminating miles of ugly new transmission lines, and ensuring cleaner, healthier lives. Lynn Jurich