Quotes about mother
mother able teach
My mother told me not to listen to anyone. She had been told that she wouldn't be able to teach and she did. Archie Panjabi
mother pain doors
There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother. Barbara Mertz
mother children home
Look, if you ask a child, 'Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath,' they'll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But I think it's really important that children don't feel their parents' emotional lives depend on their success. Ayelet Waldman
mother children mistake
I have made so many mistakes as a mother. But the one thing that I know I do is I make sure my children know how much I love them and they are absolutely secure in that.
mother daughter two
I have two daughters and I have done everything in my power to prevent them from assimilating, even being aware of, my idiocy about my weight.
mother children husband
If a good mother is one who loves her child more than anyone else in the world, I am not a good mother. I am in fact a bad mother. I love my husband more than I love my children.
mother jeans dresses
You can take the babushka off the Jewish mother and dress her up in a pair of Seven jeans and Marc Jacobs sling-backs, but she's still going to expect a passel of grandkids.
mother children passion
The lust that drives others to enslave an empire, had become, in her limits, a passion for power over him. She had set out to break him, as if, unable to equal his value, she could surpass it by destroying it, as if the measure of his greatness would thus become the measure of hers, as if the vandal who smashed a statue were greater than the artist who had made it, as if the murderer who killed a child were greater than the mother who had given it birth. Ayn Rand
mother children doors
If you would shut your door against the children for an hour a day and say: 'Mother is working on her five-act tragedy in blank verse!' you would be surprised how they would respect you. They would probably all become playwrights. Brenda Ueland
mother father book
I played Little League for one year. That was it. Then my mother realized I liked books and threatened my father. I owe her forever for that. Brad Meltzer
mother exercise dieting
A mother who is obsessing about being thin and dieting and exercising is not going to be a very good mother. Jane Fonda
mother giving-up law
Give up all hope of peace so long as your mother-in-law is alive. Juvenal
mother debt owing
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime. Benjamin Disraeli
mother enjoyment variety
Variety is the mother of Enjoyment.
mother daughter believe
I'm in the middle of my own 'Project Runway' challenge given to me by my daughter's preschool. All the parents have to make an outfit for their kids, for school pictures, made entirely out of recycled objects. I can not believe I have homework. Busy Philipps
mother children party
If I look back, my mother was always out. I can remember the perfume and her scarlet chiffon dress and crystal beads, going to a party. She used to play her violin at restaurants later on in life and at old people's homes. She loved the races, which she used to take me to as a child: our carpets were bought with her winnings. Loved her chickens. Celia Imrie
mother successful want
I love performing, but I never really liked show business. My success is my family. I want to be more successful as a mother. Celine Dion
mother mama stature
I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama. Al Green
mother doe environment
Mother Nature does not do bailouts. Al Gore
mother perfect legs
The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me - my mother's side of the family have awful legs. Aimee Mullins
mother night names
As far back as I can remember, my mother would have me down by the bed at night with her, praying. I can still hear her voice calling my name to God and telling him that she wanted me to follow him in whatever he called me to do. Charles R. Swindoll
mother differences generations
I don't agree with the whole 'my mother's my friend' approach, because you're their mum and there has to be a difference between the generations. Jane Asher
mother son years
Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons; but the crime and annihilation of Edward a few weeks ago, had robbed her of one; the similar annihilation of Robert had left her for a fortnight without any; and now, by the resurrection of Edward, she had one again. Jane Austen
mother missing attention
I take no leave of you, Miss Bennet: I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.
mother children demand
Fortunately for those who pay their court through such foibles, a fond mother, though, in pursuit of praise for her children, themost rapacious of human beings, is likewise the most credulous; her demands are exorbitant; but she will swallow any thing.
mother singers today
My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer. Jan Hammer
mother littles matter
My mother always told me that as you go through life, no matter what you do, or how you do it, you leave a little footprint, and that's your legacy. Jan Brewer
mother daughter husband
Obviously, my daughter keeps me motivated, but I've got a really great support system. Having my husband and my mother and my family really support me, so that I can not only provide for my daughter, but I can set up a future that creates a better life for her. Jamie Lynn Spears
mother new-york winning
After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle ----- [expletive deleted by the New York Times], maybe they'll have a second thought - that they can be themselves and win. Janis Joplin
mother time loss
Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother. Jane Welsh Carlyle
mother horse facts
Fascination with horses predated every other single thing I knew. Before I was a mother, before I was a writer, before I knew the facts of life, before I was a schoolgirl, before I learned to read, I wanted a horse. Jane Smiley
mother scared speak
I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death. Barry White
mother country children
Some of the best indicators of a country developing along the right lines are healthy mothers giving birth to healthy children who are assured of good care and a sound education that will enable them to face the challenges of a changing world. Aung San Suu Kyi