Mother Quotes · Page 236

Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.

— German Proverb

My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.

— Katherine Heigl

First ladies throughout our history have been expected to be adoring wives and perfect mothers.

— Rosalynn Carter

My mum wouldn't have had any time for fantasy stuff; she's more practical.

— Kate Thompson

I think my mother and grandmother had style even though we're humble Southern people.

— Erika Jayne

A career is a career, but you're a mother until you die.

— Shirley Eaton

like any Irish mother, I am scar tissue to the bone.

— Jennifer Stone

I wish and pray my babies will grow up and find someone wonderful to love.

— Camille Grammer

I try and treat my children from the age of ten months as if they were totally grown up, which I think…

— John Mortimer

“There are many things for which I owe gratitude to my dad. Most of all, I am grateful to the only man…

— Ron Mayes

May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every…

— Pio of Pietrelcina

I've got seven kids. The three words you hear most around my house are 'hello,' 'goodbye,' and 'I'm pregnant'.

— Dean Martin

All my friends went to the Madonna concert when I was in, maybe, the 9th grade, and my mother refused to let…

— Sarah Paulson

There's a new children's book that's coming out that features Sarah Palin as a hero. I don't want to give away the…

— Conan O'Brien

“When my mother heard about this, she was furious, and she crossed Nellie off her prayer list. My dad put her on…

— Jeanette Winterson

My mother's family was among the 120,000 people of Japanese descent on the West Coast who were dispatched to internment camps during…

— Michiko Kakutani

When I was a young child, professional aspiration was synonymous to me with the clatter of my mother's high-heeled boots as she…

— Alissa Quart

The language of Christianity is the language of substitution. It is not primarily the language of morals. God is not presented as…

— Rod Rosenbladt

“Instead of celebrating with a cake (too full of poisonous refined sugars) and presents (too materialistic), my mother would come into my…

— Molly Harper

Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the last two years is a half-heartedattempt to…

— Margaret Mead

A mother has far greater influence on her children than anyone else, and she must realize that every word she speaks, every…

— Nathan Eldon Tanner

I go around with my books so much and I love to perform on stage, to remind everybody that the lights are…

— T.C. Boyle

"The earth is so beautiful. We are beautiful also. We can allow ourselves to walk mindfully, touching the earth, our wonderful mother,…

— Anonymous

There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved…

— George W. Bush

Pretty much all my mother's side is Kiwi, and we have a strong Maori heritage.

— Robert Whittaker

I have three sons, and I think we're both fierce protectors of our children.

— Jami Gertz

“Uncle Drew shouts. “You are a disgrace. Your mother should have swallowed.”

— Tara Sivec

I love being a mum. It is the best. I always knew I would.

— Suranne Jones

My mother chose 'Jordan' as my middle name, as a nod to her favorite basketball player.

— Harrison Barnes

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full and significant.

— Jodie Foster

Locally and globally, we need to be doing everything we can to help Mother Earth.

— Mike Love

Don't take a job because your mother wants you to. Don't be a victim. You own your decision.

— Jack Welch

My child was not only carried by me, but by the universe.

— Celine Dion

A good mom does not have to be home everyday at 3 P.M.

— Jill Zarin

My mother taught me beauty really lives in places like a smile.

— Whitney Houston

Motherhood. It was hard to get lost in anything else completely when children were 3 years old.

— Danzy Senna

How I met your mother, its all started with a friend request.

— Anonymous

Tell mother, tell mother, I died for my country... useless... useless.

— John Wilkes Booth

Mother's Day is not for celebrating moms. It's for celebrating all they've given us.

— Anonymous

Everything is in our cellular level. My mom's is definitely in my cellular memory.

— Natasha Gregson Wagner