Quotes About Motherhood

Some mothers need happy children; others need unhappy ones-otherwise they cannot prove their maternal virtues.

Becoming a mother has made me even more aware and more passionate about nutrition and wellness. So much so that I am now a certified health coach practitioner.

I think once you're a mother, you kind of always see your kids as a baby anyway no matter how old they get.

My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me.

I am the poet of the woman the same as the man, And I say it is as great to be a woman as to be a man, And I say there is nothing greater than the mother of a man.

When a 12-year-old, a 13-year-old, so desperately wants a baby what she's looking for is the kind of unconditional love a child gives a mother and a mother gives a child.

He who made thee is made in thee. He is made in thee through whom you were made.... Give milk, O mother, to him who is our food; give milk to the bread that comes down from heaven.

Everyone always talks about how well mothers know their children. No one ever seems to notice how well children know their mothers.

Marriages are failing, and mothers are raising their children alone. Many women would rather remain alone than marry a man who can't contribute anything to the family's income.

I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children.

The term 'working mother' is redundant.

Mothers always think you are working either too hard or not hard enough.

Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.

Mothers easily become jealous of their sons' friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself.

If every child might live the life predestined in a mother's heart, all the way from the cradle to the coffin, he would walk upon a beam of light, and shine in glory.

My mother was so beautiful, she really was a a wonderful person. Always walking like a queen. Like she owned the world. Maybe I took something from her.

Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit.

A mother's body remembers her babies-the folds of soft flesh, the softly furred scalp against her nose. Each child has it's own entreaties to body and soul.

Out loud I said I had two children. Silently I said three. I always felt like apologizing to her for that.

Mitch Albom, For One More Day

Think of your mother and smile for all of the good precious moments.

I wasn't put on this earth to be housekeeper to my own child or to anyone else for that matter.

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.

I am no mother, and I won't be one.