Top 18 Adoption Quotes for Kids

"You know your children are growing up when they stop asking where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going."

"I didn't give you the gift of life. Life gave me the gift of you."

"Our family is like a big, beautiful patchwork quilt. Each of us different, yet stitched together by love."

"They may not have my eyes, they may not have my smile, but they have all my heart."

"Adopting one child won't change the world: But for that child, the world will change."

"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother." -Oprah Winfrey

"I think adoption is a blessing all around when it's done right." -Hugh Jackman

"I have four children. Two are adopted. I forget which two." - Bob Constantine

I am so very special
I have been from the start
Before they held me in their arms
my family held me in their hearts.
And like a single drop of rain
that on still waters fall
My life and love will ripples make
and touch the lives of all.
So read this precious story
as step by step I grow.
I am a blessing and gift
as each page here will show.

"It has been said that adoption is more like a marriage than a birth: two (or more) individuals, each with their own unique mix of needs, patterns, and genetic history, coming together with love, hope, and commitment for a joint future. You become a family not because you share the same genes, but because you share love for each other."

"Adoption is when a child grows in a Mommy's heart instead of her tummy."

"The adoption took time. The love arrived instantly."

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

"Family isn't always blood. It's the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what."

"If a mother and father can love more than one child, then why is it so hard to understand that a child can love more than one mother and father?"

"When you honor the birth family, you honor the child. When you don't honor the birth family, the child will believe something is inherently wrong with him/her."