Quotes About Motherhood

As a mom, I want to be that mother that steers her children to be whatever they want to be, but also lets them know that the world will never give them anything.

I dropped off my kids from 10 to 2, went to the library, and just wrote. This is my second career - I'm 41 - and I'm a terrible speller.

I got the role of a lifetime in Rajinder Singh Bedi's 'Phagun' in 1973. I had to play Jaya Bachchan's mother. That did it for me. I was suddenly flooded with mother's roles.

I am a mum - I want to give my kids confidence, but limit it because no one wants arrogance.

I am a single mum. I raised my daughter, and she was very listened to.

I was married by 18 and I had a beautiful little girl.

I just want to be a good mom who makes her little girl proud.

I feel like the days that I do work in the week I make really busy, so that the rest of the days when I'm at home with my little girl are chilled. That's my most important job.

I love acting, but I have two little kids, and it's 14 hours a day out of the house. You don't get that time back.

There are loads of women that don't want children. What does it matter? I'm still a woman.

Now, I come from a long line of narcissists. And I also have no kids - by choice - but I understand not being a mother and the pain that comes from that.

I took a long period off to be a mom.

It's hard to be a long-distance mother.

I'm looking forward to just being a mom and being normal.

It doesn't matter if a child comes to you or through you. That love is still the same. You are still a mother.

Being a mother is magical.

I think the main thing that I've learned while working on 'Let's Stay Together' is how to balance mommyhood and working.

I don't really put on makeup when I'm on mom duty at home.

Yes, I'm mama's girl and she's my world.

I'm the wife. I'm the mom. I'm the friend. And, you know, my friends call me 'Mama T,' or 'Dr. T,' and that's, guess, what I am - the Mama T and the Dr. T. That's who I am.

I don't think there's any better present than something passed down from your mama, no matter what it is.

My mama whupped me away from the penitentiary.

I adore my girls and I'm so proud of them. So proud to be their mama.

I would say that the things that have really left a mark on me have more to do with my family and my children's lives rather than a film role.