100 Adoption Quotes Inspiring Quotes About Adoption

One thing’s for sure, while you and your kids may have become a family in an unconventional way, that’s just it—you’re a family, and that’s what matters most. So if you’re looking for the best quotes about adoption, you’ve come to the right place.

100 Adoption Quotes

1. “Adoption is complicated, but it is also rich with narratives of strength.” — Jillian Lauren
2. “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
3. “God knew that it doesn’t matter how your children get to your family. It just matters that they got there.” — Kira Mortenson
4. “Being a parent wasn’t just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.” — Jodi Picoult
5. “Adoption – because family isn’t made from blood, it’s made from love.” — Unknown
6. “We do not need to know the beginning of a child’s story to change the ending.” — Fi Newood
7. “The circumstances surrounding your birth are not as important as the opportunity to live.” — Lailah Gifty Akita
8. “Every child deserves a home and love. Period.” — Dave Thomas
9. “Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.” — Robert A. Heinlein
10. “The world may not change if you adopt a child, but for that child their world will change.” — Unknown
11. “If you think our hands are full, you should see our hearts!” — Unknown
12. “I am a living testament you can be adopted and successful.” — Daunte Culpepper
13. “Adoption is the most intentional process on Earth.” — Jody Cantrell Dyer
14. “It’s important to realize that we adopt not because we are rescuers. No. We adopt because we are rescued.” — David Platt
15. “Adopting an older child is a journey, a developing relationship, and a wonder to behold!” — Karlene Edgemon
16. “…for me, having been adopted was normal. Knowing I was adopted was as natural as having a belly button. It was just always there.” — Madeleine Melcher
17. “We always wanted to adopt, and when the opportunity opened up, we did it to help change a child’s life.” — Willie Robertson
18. “There is no friendship, and no love, like that of the parent for the child.” — Henry Ward Beecher
19. “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” — Richard Bach
20. “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
21. “Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
22. “Adoption is the visible gospel.” — John Piper
23. “Adopted. Big deal; so was Superman.” — Christ Crutcher
24. “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
25. “Little souls find their way to you, whether they’re from your womb or someone else’s.” — Sheryl Crow
26. “Your greatest contribution to the kingdom of God may not be something you do but someone you raise.” — Andy Stanley
27. “Belonging to a family is a natural and vital component of life, and every child deserves to be a member of a loving and nurturing family.” — Ronald Reagan 28. “If there’s a cause worth fighting for, it’s this: children belong in families.” — Nicole Skellenger
28. “Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It’s something quite magical.” — Nicole Kidman
29. “What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.” — Barack Obama
30. “Adoption is a commitment that enter into blindly, but it is no different than adding a child by birth. It is essential that adopting parents are committed to parenting this child for the rest of their lives, and committed to parenting through the tough stuff.” — Brooke Randolph
31. “I was chosen, I was wanted, I was cherished, I grew in their hearts, I was the missing piece, I was loved, I was adopted.” — Unknown
32. “My adoption was treated as a celebration.” — Michael Reagan
33. “All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” — Helen Keller
34. “When children become actively involved in showing compassion to others, they learn about this value in a very deep and meaningful way.” — Signe Wilson
35. “Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone else to love them.” — Leigh Anne Tuohy
36. “There are no unwanted children, just unfound families.” — The National Adoption Center
37. “One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to be one.” — Jim Demint
38. “[Adoption] carries the added dimension of connection not only to your own tribe but beyond, widening the scope of what constitutes love, ties, and family. It is the larger embrace.” — Isabella Rossellini
39. “If you have a heart for adoption, don’t let fear stand in the way.” — Doug Chapman
40. “We must let go of the life we planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” — Joseph Campbell
41. “Adoption is a redemptive response to tragedy that happens in the broken world.” — Katie J. Davis
42. Through us, the power of each child’s story has the opportunity to change our world.” — Nicole Skellenger
43. “Not flesh of my flesh, nor bone of my bone. But still miraculously my own. Never forget for a single minute, you didn’t grow under my heart but in it.” — Fleur Conkling Heyliger
44. “Adoption is less about getting a child for your family and more about giving your family for a child.” — Unknown
45. “Motherhood is about celebrating the child you have not the child you thought you’d have.” — Joan Ryan
46. “…perhaps there is no greater miracle than finding a loving home for a child who needs one.” — Bill Clinton
47. “Every single minute matters, every single child matters, every single childhood matters.” — Kailash Satyathi
48. “I think adoption is a blessing all around when it is done right.” — Hugh Jackman 50. “Adoption is a journey of faith, from beginning to end.” — Johnny Carr
49. “Parenthood requires love, not DNA.” — Unknown
50. “To adopt a child is a great work of love. When it is done, much is given, but much is also received. It is a true exchange of gifts.” — Pope John Paul II
51. “I learned that you need to be born into a family to be loved by one.” — Lisa Wingate
52. “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” — James 1:17
53. “Being a mother has enriched my life in so many ways, it’s opened my world, in a way.” — Michelle Pfeiffer
54. “We didn’t give you the gift of life. Life gave us the gift of you.” — Unknown
55. “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
56. “Love runs stronger than blood. Deeper than any name you could give me.” — Andrew Peterson
57. “I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.” — 1 Samuel 1:27
58. “A child born to another woman calls me mommy. The magnitude of that tragedy and the depth of that privilege are not lost on me.” — Jody Landers
59. “Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” — Oprah Winfrey
60. “I say to everybody, ‘Adoption is not for the faint of heart.’” — Mariska Hargitay
61. “I believe one of the most sacrificial acts of love adoptive parents can do is to give up their preconceptions and agendas about what their child’s views “should” be and be open to hear the conflicting emotions and thoughts their child often experiences.” — Sherrie Eldridge
62. “so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’ Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.” — Philippians 2:15
63. “Anyone who doesn’t have experience with adoption wonders, ‘Does love for a child come through DNA?’ I knew it didn’t.” — Katherine Heigl
64. “They may not have my eyes, they may not have my smile, but they have all my heart.” — Unknown
65. “Too many children in foster care are falling through the cracks. Be a hero, take the time to learn about adoption today.” — Bruce Willis 68. “Adoption was a bumpy ride – very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.” — Mariska Hargitay
66. “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” — James 1:27
67. “Anyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their own loins, know this: it is the same. The feeling of love is so profound, it’s incredible and surprising.” — Nia Vardalos
68. “Whether your children are yours through biology or adoption, they are yours through love.” — Sadia Rebecca Rodriguez
69. “My adoption journey fully fuels my inspiration, my drive, what my vision of success is.” — Jordan Fisher
70. “My life has been shaped by the decision two people made over 24 years ago. They decided to adopt a child. They got me, and I got a chance at the kind of life all children deserve.” — Karen Fowler
71. “Children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.” — John 1:13
72. “There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. But, I am told, so does childbirth.” — Scott Simon
73. “You don’t have to give birth to someone to be family. We’re all family – extended family.” — Sandra Bullock
74. “I always wondered if I was ready to adopt – then I realized: no child was ready to be an orphan.” — Unknown
75. “Adoption is when a child grew in it’s mommy’s heart instead of her tummy.” — Unknown
76. “Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.” — Psalm27:10
77. “However motherhood comes to you, it’s a miracle.” — Valerie Harper
78. “If the standard route for creating a family had worked for me, I wouldn’t have met this child. I needed to know her. I needed to be her mother. She is, in every way my daughter.” — Nia Vardalos
79. “Adoptive parents become the biological parents through connection.” — Dr. Karyn Purvis
80. “There are so many kids in this world, and in this country, that need homes. And so we’re perfectly content to look into adoption one day…” — Lisa Ling
81. “In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.” — Romans 9:8
82. “Adoption is not the call to have the perfect, rosy family. It is the call to give love, mercy, and patience.” — Unknown
83. “Making the decision to have a child – it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart walking around outside your body.” — Elizabeth Stone
84. “Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.” — Mother Teresa
85. “Adoption is not about finding children for families, its about finding families for children.” — Joyce Maguire Pavao
86. “And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.” — Matthew 18:5
87. “I have four children. Two are adopted. I forget which two.” — Bob Constantine
88. “We should not be asking who this child belongs to, but who belongs to this child.” — James L. Gritter
89. “You know, I truly believe adoption is one of the greatest unheralded blessings in the world. Think how beautiful it is to give a child a home and to become a family because you choose to! Maybe that’s the best way to make a family, don’t you think?” — Kristin Harmel
90. “By choice, we have become a family, first in our hearts, and finally in breath and being. Great expectations are good; great experiences are better.” — Richard Fischer
91. “to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, ‘Abba, Father.’ So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God made you also an heir.” — Galatians 4:5-7 95. “Foster care is risky. Adoption is risky. Love itself is always risky.” — Orphan Justice
92. “My birth mother brought me into this world, but it was my adoptive parents who gave me life.” — Christina Romo
93. “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” — Desmond Tutu
94. “My friends, adoption is redemption. It’s costly, exhausting, expensive, and outrageous. Buying back lives costs so much. When God set out to redeem us, it killed him.” — Derek Loux
95. “God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.” — Ephesians 1:5
96. “Adoptive Mom? I am Mom. I need no other label or prefix.” — Joanne Greco Here’s what one mom wishes she could say to her adopted child’s birth mom.