Quotes About Motherhood

There are things you're supposed to learn in life. My biggest regret was terminating a pregnancy when I was about 18. Every day, I think about who that baby would be now; it still makes me sad.

I look back in retrospect, and I would never say I regret not one of my children. They are why I live.

After I played the mother in a few films, I was only offered mother roles. I just wanted to act; so I don't regret doing any film.

Looking back, I don't feel that I was the most brilliant mother. I was always very good at giving my children the right food, but it was one of my regrets in life that I didn't spend more time listening to them or playing with them.

I never really believe people when they say they have no regrets - mine is not being a mother.

I think moms need to share information on a regular, intimate basis.

Once I actually learned how to eat well and exercise regularly so the weight would stay off, it was really easy to do so after my third son was born.

I always feel like I want more time with my kids. But I reject the notion that you can't have it all. I think you can: just not necessarily in abundance.

I am an only child, so I relate to the intensity of that single-parent, mother-daughter relationship.

I think seeing the love between a mother and child is something we can all really relate to. You can remember it from your own childhood perspective.

After Mason was born, I'd feel guilty doing anything that wasn't related to work.

You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily; those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isn't working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women.

I am very fortunate that I have such close relationships with both of my daughters.

Even prior to marriage and motherhood, it's always been about prioritising and focusing on what you can commit to. That's been my approach to every aspect of my life, be it my relationships or my professional commitments.

I loved having children and started relatively late.

I work, and I'm a full-time mom, and it's hard for me to sit down and relax because it's like, 'Crap, there's something I'm forgetting.'

I think I'd be more relaxed as an older mum, although fundamentally life with a baby is pretty much the same whatever age you are. It's nappies, crying, feeding.

Between all four children and my husband, I don't get to do much. But when I am in England, I cook and I garden, and it's much more calming and relaxed.

I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.

I know one of the blessings of being a mother is getting hips and I'm not going to have that because I chose not to have kids, so I believe God is going to give me some hips if I work for it.

My son was three months old when I started filming 'The Hobbit,' and I was still breastfeeding.

Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.

Personally, I love being a mother the most. I dream of taking holidays with my three kids. I want to take my kids to beaches, gardens, the farm, malls everywhere.

Shortly after my first daughter was born in 2007, we had to move into a homeless shelter.