Parents are not the all-knowing, ideal people we would like you to think we are. We've made wrong choices before, and will again, like everyone else, .. But our mistakes are not the measure of our love for you. You are that measure, and how well you are prepared to make better choices than we have made.
John McCain, Mark Salter (2005). “Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember”, Random House
