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 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 shadows If I failed, if I succeed, at least I lived as I believed 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 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 I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadows If I failed, if I succeed, at least I lived as I believed 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
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 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 shadows If I failed, if I succeed, at least I lived as I believed 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 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 I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadows If I failed, if I succeed, at least I lived as I believed 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
A letra foi escrita por Linda Creed em meio à sua luta contra o câncer de mama, dois dias após uma mastectomia em 1977, refletindo sobre a força necessária para enfrentar grandes desafios na vida.
Whitney Houston gravou 60 takes da música em uma sessão em dezembro de 1984, o que a cansou a ponto de ela ligar para o produtor Clive Davis pedindo o fim da gravação, quebrando sua reputação de artista de "uma única tomada".
O sucesso da faixa fez de Whitney Houston a primeira artista feminina solo na história a ter três singles número um no Billboard Hot 100 vinda do mesmo álbum.
A música alcançou o primeiro lugar no Canadá na semana de 7 de junho de 1986, substituindo no topo a cantora Madonna, ironia que se inverteu nos Estados Unidos na semana seguinte, quando a música de Madonna substituiu "Greatest Love of All" em primeiro lugar.
A canção foi originalmente lançada como o lado B do single "You Give Good Love" em fevereiro de 1985, antes de se tornar o sexto e último single do álbum de estreia de Whitney Houston em março de 1986.
Linda Creed, coautora da letra, faleceu de complicações do câncer em 10 de abril de 1986, momentos após a versão de Whitney Houston entrar no top 40 das paradas pop dos EUA.
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