70+ Best Adoption Quotes: Exclusive Selection

Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person’s biological or legal parent or parents. Inspirational adoption quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.

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Famous Adoption Quotes

Adoption is complicated, but it is also rich with narratives of strength Jillian Lauren

It’s not that I love waiting I just love the person I’m waiting for

When people tell me how lucky my children are, I offer a reply that upholds the girls’ dignity while acknowledging the complicated truth No I say, ‘we are all blessed to have found each other Julie Higgenbotham

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them Walt Disney

God knew that it doesn’t matter how your children get to your family It just matters that they got there Kira Mortenson

Good things come to those who wait And better things come to those who work for it

Being a parent wasn’t just about bearing a child It was about bearing witness to its life Jodi Picoult

However motherhood comes to you, it’s a miracle Valerie Harper

Adoption because family isn’t made from blood, it’s made from love

Sometimes the small things take up the most room in your heart

We do not need to know the beginning of a child’s story to change the ending Fi Newood

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us Joseph Campbell

The circumstances surrounding your birth are not as important as the opportunity to live Lailah Gifty Akita

We didn’t give you the gift of life Life gave us the gift of you

Every child deserves a home and love. Period Dave Thomas

I love a child I have yet to meet

Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation Robert A. Heinlein

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known Carl Sagan

The world may not change if you adopt a child, but for that child their world will change

Right now someone you haven’t met is out there wondering what it would be like to meet you

If you think our hands are full, you should see our hearts!

You don’t have to be perfect to be a perfect parent

I am a living testament you can be adopted and successful Daunte Culpepper

Family is not about blood It is about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the most

Adoption is the most intentional process on Earth Jody Cantrell Dyer

Don’t get discouraged It’s often the last key that opens the lock

It’s important to realize that we adopt not because we are rescuers No We adopt because we are rescued David Platt

If I could hold you in my arms I would But I can’t so I’ll hold you in my dreams

Adopting an older child is a journey, a developing relationship, and a wonder to behold! Karlene Edgemon

The worst part of life is waiting The best part of life is to have someone worth waiting for

We always wanted to adopt, and when the opportunity opened up, we did it to help change a child’s life Willie Robertson

You are not just waiting in vain There is a purpose behind every delay Mandy Hale

There is no friendship, and no love, like that of the parent for the child Henry Ward Beecher

Patience is not the ability to wait but to keep a good attitude while waiting Joyce Meyer

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life Richard Bach

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going

While adoption does not undo the past, adopting a child, and more specifically an older child, gives an adoptive family the privilege of writing the parts of the child’s story that have not yet been written Caitlin Snyder

Adopting one child won’t change the world: but for that one child, the world will change

Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting the rest of our lives

Adoption is the visible gospel John Piper

Anyone can be a father But it takes someone special to be a daddy

We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange It was not done lightly on either side I would dedicate my life to this child Jamie Lee Curtis

Don’t wait until you’ve reached your goal to be proud of yourself Be proud of every step you take toward reaching that goal

Little souls find their way to you, whether they’re from your womb or someone else’s Sheryl Crow

First we had each other Then we had you Now we have everything

Your greatest contribution to the kingdom of God may not be something you do but someone you raise Andy Stanley

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass It’s about learning to dance in the rain