Mother Quotes · Page 107

A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I am indebted to my mother for the efflorescence of my knowledge.

— Swami Vivekananda

Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball and modeling.

— Gabrielle Reece

I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.

— Theresa May

I have found clarity in my head and heart from being a mum.

— Motsi Mabuse

Indifference is commonly the mother of discretion.

— Lord Chesterfield

I'm relentless. My mother says I could sell ice to the Eskimos.

— Sharon Stone

I try to support my kids in what they do and, at the same time, not push them towards anything.

— Rakim

To my father, business was the highest calling, but to my mother, medicine was the top profession.

— William Standish Knowles

My wife Shanti and I are blessed with two wonderful daughters. Nothing is more important to us than protecting their future and…

— Bill Halter

“Mom says it's good luck if a ladybug lands on you. But club members do not think that is scientifically accurate.”

— Jane O'Connor

Your mother embarrasses you in front of maybe a couple hundred people. My mother embarrasses me in front of millions.

— Chelsea Clinton

I love to work, although sometimes I can spend whole days doing nothing more than picking the lint off the carpet and…

— Beth Henley

When a mother goes to the store and purchases food for her child, she has the right to know what she is…

— Bernie Sanders

I have a daughter who I love very much, I hire women, I've worked with women, I've never had an issue with…

— Adam Carolla

One day, a little boy wrote to Santa Clause, Please send me a sister. Santa Clause wrote him back, Ok, send me…

— Anonymous

That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which…

— Reese Witherspoon

Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially…

— Jill Abramson

“There she was, the mother of me, like a lit plinth, Heavenly, though I was reared to find this kind Of visitation…

— Lucie Brock-Broido

As Anna Freud remarked, the toddler who wanders off into some other aisle, feels lost, and screams anxiously for his mother neversays…

— Bruno Bettelheim

I remember I had had one woman who had three or four kids, and some of them were having problems. I said,…

— Alice Mattison

My mother saw nothing inconsistent in her traditional desire to look after her husband and children and her radical politics. She began…

— Ezekiel Emanuel

“Ann didn't move. There was no use; her mother had seen her. She could try to hide the flowered plates but that…

— Jean Fritz

My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know…

— Twyla Tharp

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

— Walter Bagehot

This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.

— Ted Walsh

I like to have fun, but I don't have a lot of time for myself. I do have eight kids!

— Kate Gosselin

I also have a feeling your mother’s going to have a very ugly conversation with me." – Dimitri

— Richelle Mead

“to hear what you and my mother were doing last night. I think”

— Richelle Mead

My mother was a leading lady in a local theatre in Birmingham, Alabama, where I grew up.

— Mary Badham

“Some mother in laws should eat their makeup so they can be pretty on the inside too.”

— Anonymous

Mother's words of wisdom: Answer me! Don't talk with food in your mouth!

— Erma Bombeck

My legitimate kids are Dalma and Giannina. The rest are a product of my money and mistakes.

— Diego Maradona

Motherhood is all-encompassing, and in a way, as the mother, you're the star of the household.

— Maggie O'Farrell

The most important experience for learning to be a mother is your own mom's experience.

— Leslie Morgan Steiner

Like other parents, I want my children to be comfortable in their adult lives.

— Charles C. Mann

Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. -NeSha

— Anonymous

“Well, your mother has her own way of dealing with information.”

— Richard Yates

Being a mother means your wants come last and your child's needs comes first.

— Anonymous

“You will be a wife and a mother, and that is all.”

— Sharon Biggs Waller