Food during my early years was a very difficult issue for me. I grew up in an addictive family. My mother had… — Tom Vilsack Copy Share Image
Obviously there is pain in childbirth. But giving birth is also a moment of awe and wonder, a moment when the true… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there… — Juliette Binoche Copy Share Image
“Things that remind me of Mother are these: the truth ‘mid deception, a warm summer breeze, the calm within chaos, a stitch… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“As Miriam released my hand I felt that she and Midwife Bell had returned to a more primitive world, where men never… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“motherhood is not a job at all. It is a full-time, all-consuming, life-subsuming career with no pay, no stock options, no social… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
The Rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers; it is the prayer that touches most… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred.… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It used to be the one or the other, right? You were the 'bad girl' or the 'good girl' or the 'bad… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
On Christmas morning when I was a child, my mother would leave a book wrapped at the foot of the bed, which… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
I complained to my mother about wanting to look less like myself and more like my friends. My mother then gave me… — Taye Diggs Copy Share Image
And if I don’t want you to? (Ravyn) You know, you’d look really weird in a dress and high heels. (Susan) What’s… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
You need to be able to nurture yourself in order to be a good mother, good at your job, good at servicing… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
“When you think of your mother, the word that occurs to you is too. She hugs you too hard, kisses you too… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
The Golden Rule: Do unto others (as in people, Mother Nature) as you would have done to yourself. Truly know thyself, and… — Adam Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I studied piano from the age of three. My grandmother taught piano. I stayed at her house during the day while my… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on… — Kajol Copy Share Image
There are other letters for the child to learn than those which Cadmus invented. The Spaniards have a good term to express… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I should like to be a full-time Mother and a full-time Artist and a full-time Wife-Companion and also a 'Charming Woman' on… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I cherish my own freedom dearly, but I care even more for your freedom. Too many have died since I went to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A friend of my mother's, Irene Lopez, was a Spanish dancer. She saw me bopping around the room and said to my… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
I love writing in first person more than third. I have to basically suspend my own world. I don't exist. I'm just… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
“Nine months ago, my mother died. This was the saddest, most painful time of my life, but somehow unexpected laughter managed to… — Meredith Spidel Copy Share Image
On a positive note, we must reaffirm the right of children to grow up in a family with a father and a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When I was 11 or 12, I was really bored with everything on my summer reading list. It was all happy, middle-grade… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“Nate stares at his mother, who however looks just the same as she has always looked. It’s not only the revelation but… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Someone once told me not to be afraid of being afraid, because, as she said, 'Anxiety is a glimpse of your own… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
Recent studies have considered the detection of a spaceship visiting our parish of the galaxy. In my opinion that last thought should… — Nigel Calder Copy Share Image
“Mother-daughter relationships can be complicated and fraught with the effects of moments from the past. My mom knew this and wanted me… — Jenna Bush Hager Copy Share Image
After a burglary of all her most valued and treasured possessions, Winston Churchill's aging mother wrote: "That burglar relieved me of an… — Anne Sebba Copy Share Image
It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall… — Jack Straw Copy Share Image
Before I could cry or scream I whirled around and stalked to my bedroom,slamming the door behind me. I hope they all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My mother knows how to hit a nerve. And the pain I feel is worse than any other kind of misery. Because… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother… — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'm looking forward to sproglets but, as I'm the main breadwinner, I feel I ought to capitalise on my career for a… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
I've borne the shame of mother while you bought her off with a present and a treat here and there. God knows… — Anzia Yezierska Copy Share Image
“The child bounded onto the bed, landing on all fours, her round face wreathed in a smile. “ Hein nei nan-ne-i-cut? ”… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
Many people are concerned with children of India, with the children of Africa where quite a few die of hunger, and so… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I was putting on a stiff upper lip and trying to fulfill the obligations I thought were demanded of me, taking over… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
[ My mother] went, OK, I've read the Bible. I've read the Bible again. I'm reading the Bible again. OK, let me… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image