Quotes About Motherhood

I was so intent as a young lawyer on beating the men at their own game that I didn't take any real maternity leave with my three younger children. It is only looking back that I realise I wasn't beating the system but reinforcing it.

When you have little kids, you lose friends because you're so busy, but as they get older, you realise how important it is to have your girlfriends around.

There are things about my mum that I only realised later, things that make me admire her.

I realised that being a mother is similar to being an entrepreneur. You set up a system that is your family and you invest... you take risks and you actually have the most important job of rearing up the future of not just your family or an individual, but of the entire world. That is a tough and risky job.

Some women can go 12 cycles of IVF and not have a problem. They love babies. They want to have a baby - it's all encompassing. I did it just three times and then I was out. I realised that I didn't want a child.

Listen, I had two kids - one when I was 40, one when I was 45. I breastfed for one year, which means I was breastfeeding four years ago. I'm going to move from giving birth to menopause without really realising.

I remember sitting on a bench in New York and sobbing and realising that my ambition to be a singer was making me selfish - I was a mother with two children, and I needed a backup plan.

I try not to miss anything because of work. And I didn't want to have to say that, because that doesn't sound realistic. But it is. Family has to come first. It has to. Especially for a mom. Because if your family's happy, you can do your job.

I turned out two pretty good-looking kids. For that I am proud.

I've been, like, the mom of Google.

She's gorgeous, my mum: one hell of a woman.

My mother's no dummy. She taught the lesson about sacrificing for your kids, but also that if your kids hit it big, they better make it up to you for those years. She's gotten her sacrifices back with interest.

When the children were very small, I worked in the morning only, and then gradually, as they spent full days at school, I could spend full days at work.

I have four of the most incredible children. And I have five grandchildren.

I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that.

I want to have my own kids, I want to raise them and just be a happy grandma.

My grandmother raised her nine kids and raised my mom's three.

Becoming a grandmother has felt like being a mother.

I love celebrating Mother's Day. Since I was a kid, it was a special day to tell my mother and grandmother how much I love them. Now that I'm a mom, it is a special day to spend with my children.

I would model when they wanted me, and as I got older, they wanted an older model. I was quite willing to be mother of the bride at 28. I was quite happy to be on the cover of a grandparents' magazine at 42; I have no ego about that.

I love my life. I'm really grateful. My biggest dream come true is my daughter. I've wanted her since I was a little girl.

Being a wife and a mother is very gratifying, but it's not a creative expression and that's something I need to be happy.

From conception to delivery, it has been a great experience. I was determined to give a natural birth.

I could do no wrong in my mother's eyes from the day I was born. My fans bought her a very nice house in San Antonio, and she has a great life.