Quotes About Motherhood

I try to have all my songs relatable for my daughter in a fun and upbeat way that has a meaning.

I think it affected me physically and emotionally, yes. I did have my ups and downs, but I actually had more ups and downs after the shots were finished and she was pregnant because of the reality of being pregnant with twins.

I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about.

My mom means everything to me. She has been such an inspiration in terms of just leading by example. Growing up, I never got into any trouble because I never wanted to upset her - because she did everything in her power for me to have a great childhood.

My mum is just the sweetest person on Earth, and if I turned into her, I wouldn't be that upset at all; in fact, it would be an honour.

Becoming a mother has turned my world upside down, but in a really good way - it's the best.

A wise woman protects her kids. A wiser woman hangs out with police officers, retired FBI agents and private investigators.

I don't want to judge, but I've also met women who think it's cool to be out or away from their baby, and I don't get that.

I believe every child has the right to a mother and a father. Men and women are not the same. That's not to say they're not entitled to equal rights, but they are not the same.

I looked to my mom as an example. And this is what I try to tell so many women: that my mom had a career, and she went to the gym. She took care of herself.

The question was asked, how can you be a mother and a congresswoman? I said, I have a brain, I have a uterus and they both work.

I admire the women who can have babies and jump right back to work. As a nursing mother, I couldn't sit there and just pump all day. I needed to be close to my baby.

As a single mum I have to work, so I'm grateful to have the help of a wonderful and trusted nanny like I had when I was young.

The work of a mother is hard, too often unheralded work. Please know that it is worth it then, now, and forever.

I think that I'd like to try to be a superwoman and have kids and work, so we'll see if I can actually accomplish that.

You can be a good mom and still work out, get your rest, have a career - or not. My mother encouraged me to find that balance.

The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion.

Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.

It is, I think, harder for women. I haven't quite figured it out, and all of my women friends haven't figured it out -how the hell do you do this? How do you work and have families?

With all the efforts made by modern society to nurture and educate the young, how stupid it is to permit the mothers of young children to spend themselves in the coarser work of the world!

Motherhood is wonderful, but it's also hard work. It's the logistics more than anything. You discover you have reserves of energy you didn't know you had.

I am a single mom and I'm the breadwinner and I have to work and I have to do these things and that's just the way it is. I don't think my son even knows any different.

Most of the reason I work out now is not for the external - it's for how I feel. I find working out gives me more energy. I started eight days after he was born.

Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work.