I believe the
children are our future;
teach them well and let them lead the way.
Show them all the beauty they possess
inside.
Give them a sense of pride, to make it
easier;
let the children's laughter remind us how we
used to be.
Everybody's
searching for a hero;
people need someone to look up to.
I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs.
A lonely place to be,
and so I learned to depend on me.
I decided
long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow.
If I fail, if I succeed,
at least I lived as I believe.
No matter what they take from me,
They can't take away my dignity.
Because the
greatest love of all is happening to me.
I found the greatest love of all inside of
me.
The greatest love of all is easy to achieve.
Learning to love yourself, it is the
greatest love of all.
And if by
chance that special place
that you've been dreaming of
leads you to a lonely place,
find your strength in love.
Source: Words
by Linda Creed, Music by Michael Masser;
Copyright 1977 Gold Horizon Music Corp. and
Golden Torch Music Corp.
The popular
version of this song was performed by
Whitney Houston. Before that, George Benson
did a great version of it too.