Few of us will reach our potential without the nurturing of both the mother who bore us and the mothers who bear with us.
It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don't acknowledge that family is important, and it has to be people who are present, you know, and mothers and fathers, both are not present enough with children.
Motherhood is. . . difficult and. . . rewarding.
A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity.
Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise. . . specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.
Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.
I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.
I think the biggest reason I was able to express myself and not be intimidated was by not having a mother. For example, mothers teach you manners. And I absolutely did not learn any of those rules and regulations.
If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, mother o' mine o mother o' mine.
Richer than I you can never be, I had a mother who read to me.
If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as it has never been before, and all sensible fathers and mothers know it.
As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her.
Who can ever measure the benefit of a mother's inspiration?
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand.
The more we refuse to buy into our inner critics - and our external ones too - the easier it will get to have confidence in our choices, and to feel comfortable with who we are - as women and as mothers.
I didn't know my mother had it. I think a lot of women don't know their mothers had it; that's the sad thing about depression. You know, you don't function anymore. You shut down. You feel like you are in a void.
I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.
Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
