Quotes About Motherhood

Working two part-time jobs and doing round-the-clock research was a snap compared to full-time motherhood," she said.

Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.

I had a career and I came to motherhood late and am not married and have never had such a trusting relationship with a man - and trust is where the real power of love comes from.

What a gift to have a son.

Only his step awoke her – not that it was loud, for Giovanni went on tiptoe. There was no special reason for it, except that he was her son.

Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.

Amore di donna per una donna... Che insana smania di sofferenza non lenita e di maternità l'ha mai portato alla mente?»

26 Habiendo mirado pues Jesús a su madre, y al discípulo que él amaba, el cual estaba allí, dice a su madre: Mujer, ahí tienes a tu hijo. 27 Después dice al discípulo: Ahí tienes a tu madre. Y desde aquel punto se encargó de ella el discípulo, y la tuvo consigo en su casa. 28

When I was three years old and in my mother's arms, she looked down at me and said, "Son, the way I'm taking care of you now, when you get old, always have a woman to take care of you like this." Dig this! All I'm goin' do is rest and dress, buy gasoline and lean. I'm goin' buy diamond rings and have the best of everything. I'm goin' pimp whores.

To Harald, may God forgive you and forgive me, too, but I prefer to take my life away and our baby's before I bring him with shame or killing him, Lupe. [Suicide note.]

Because my business life is so busy, my home is really my sanctuary. That is where I reflect and spend quality time with my girls.

Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is.

I've had a lot of unhappiness in my life — and a lot of happiness. Who doesn't? Maybe I've learned enough to be able to guide my daughters.

There's no doubt that motherhood is the best thing in my life. It's all that really matters.

I am just one of many many thousands of midwives, who are devoted to saving lives gently.

For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby.

that about two-thirds of parents do. In one small but astounding survey, 80 percent of mothers acknowledged favoring one child over the others. This was no secret to their children, 80 percent of whom agreed. Interestingly, however, when they were asked which child their mother loved most, they almost always got it wrong. Similar results are borne out in larger studies—two-thirds of children accurately perceive their parents' favoritism, but less than half get the favorite right.

For now, after a couple of centuries of believing that children were born either bad or blank, children were presumed to be born good. It was the mother's job to protect them from any corrupting forces, to preserve them in a suffocating innocence for as long as possible.

Japanese women are refusing to take birth control pills, opting to leave contraception up to men. Do you know what they call women who leave birth control up to men? Mothers.

Richard and I always called you the punisher. We never had to discipline you. Not like we did Hermione or Polly. Because you were so hard on yourself. If there's anything I want for you now, as a mother, even if I don't 'deserve' it is: I want you to be gentle. I want you to have compassion. For yourself and everyone. It's what every parent wants. If their any good. Which maybe I wasn't...

This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body.

It had never occurred to her that other mothers, whatever their situations, might be feeling exactly the same way.

I run water over a hand towel and I wet my face with it. My mom used to do this for me when I was sick. She'd put an ice-cold washcloth over my forehead and she'd switch it out with a fresh one when it wasn't cold anymore. I wish my mom was here.

I don't think a girl ever gets over losing her mom. I'm an adult and it's completely normal and expected for my mom to be dead, but I still feel orphaned sometimes.