Quotes About Motherhood

I like being a mother, and I want to be involved in my work, so I have to make choices. If you're a film actress, your career is from 20 to 45, but you can still dream.

I ordinarily do one film a year and the rest of the time I'm at home with the kids. Even when I am working I'm still basically at home and with the kids. I've never left them to go to work.

And sometimes I do films so my daughter can see me work.

Mothers work outside the home for many reasons; one of them is almost always because their families need their income to live up to their standards for their children.

I will say A Pea in the Pod saved my life - at the end of my pregnancy. I even wear their tanks now to work out in because they're really long.

Being a mother is quite tiring. There's not much time to do anything. You just rush around and it's hard work.

For me, juggling mommyhood and work is a challenge, but each day I learn little tricks to make it all come together.

When it comes to women, our perfectionism gives us a lot of grief. Women want to be super moms, super partners and super performers at work - and all at the same time. That's stressful.

My dad died when I was three so my mom had to raise four kids on her own, and I think there's a part of me that pulls upon having watched my mom do that our whole lives. She had to make it work.

I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work.

I will take a short time out from being in Parliament when the baby is born but I'll still be doing my constituency work - just with another baby in tow.

I work too hard, I'd be a really bad mom, unfortunately. I can't even keep a plant!

Women who work at home rearing children and attending to various household tasks are expected to provide something that is absolutely essential yet costs nothing, like the air we breathe.

I think it's good for moms to work. I have three daughters, so I like them to see me working and doing something I'm passionate about.

I do enjoy wearing a little heel when I'm at work, but when I'm running around with my son, it's a different story!

I think I'm a better mother because of work, because I'm happy. If I wasn't working, I would just be waiting for the kids to come home every day, and living vicariously through their lives.

As a working mom, I struggle to find time to work out and go for runs. I usually run two to three times a week and work out with a trainer once a week. I try to go for a longer run on Sundays.

I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids.

I like being a mother. For some people, it's so much work that it can be a burden. But it's not for me, maybe because I had my daughter, Valentina, later on in life, at 41.

I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.

All we know is that the school achievement, IQ test score, and emotional and social development of working mothers' children are every bit as good as that of children whose mothers do not work.

Career mothers are not kidding anybody. Being a mom is the hardest job of all. You got to work to rest.

The great challenge for me is to be all things to all people; I want to be a great mother, and I want to feel good when I'm at work.

Moths like me die by the thousands every minute. Her work goes on all the same. Glory unto Mother!