Love may be the fairest gem which Society has filched from Nature; but what is motherhood save Nature in her most gladsome… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Motherhood has never been an ambition. I don't think like that. I never have expectations like, 'When I'm 19 I'm going to… — Renee Zellweger Copy Share Image
Women do not have to sacrifice personhood if they are mothers. They do not have to sacrifice motherhood in order to be… — Elaine Heffner Copy Share Image
“For a child, it is in the simplicity of play that the complexity of life is sorted like puzzle pieces joined together… — L.R. Knost Copy Share Image
There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother, but I was… — Joan Chen Copy Share Image
“One unforeseen advantage of having a child was that it gave me the excuse to talk to myself to my heart's content… — Catherine Sanderson Copy Share Image
“In order for them to be the best they can be, my children need me to be the best version of me… — Charlotte Pearson Copy Share Image
Unless women have, from the moment of birth, socialization for, expectations of, and preparation for a viable significant alternative to motherhood .… — Wilma Scott Heide Copy Share Image
“Children are taught to look down on their nurses (nannies), to treat them as mere servants. When their task is completed the… — Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Copy Share Image
Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it… — Diane Keaton Copy Share Image
“A photograph of a disposable diaper floating in the arctic miles away from human habitat fueled my daily determination to save at… — Gloria Ng Copy Share Image
“In the dawn of my youth, my mother's gentle wake-up calls were met with defiant protests, a rebellion against the inevitable start… — Waleed Tahir Copy Share Image
I hadn't been onstage in a while. The last time was pre-children. And before I went on [at Roseland], my kids were… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
In Hindu societies, especially overprotected patriarchal families like mine, daughters are not at all desirable. They are trouble. And a mother who,… — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Copy Share Image
All fundamentalist theologians make the ordinances of creation an essential part of creation and absolutize them. Women belong at home, fulfil their… — Dorothee Solle Copy Share Image
“Her failure to demand her needs, losing all of her years, sacrificing herself on the altar of motherhood to a son who… — Cherise Wolas Copy Share Image
Motherhood is the second oldest profession in the world. It never questions age, height, religious preference, health, political affiliation, citizenship, morality, ethnic… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
A 1990 study by the (liberal) Progressive Policy Institute showed that, after controlling for single motherhood, the difference in black and white… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“Yes, I am his mother—I can say that now—for only after I released myself from my own expectations of motherhood did I… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
You leak sometimes. My pediatrician said, 'Can't you just wear pads under your clothes?' I said, 'You don't know the kind of… — Cindy Crawford Copy Share Image
“At the moment of giving birth to a child, is the mother separate from the child? You should study not only that… — Dogen Zenji Copy Share Image
“For the first time since giving birth so many years before, I grew weary of motherhood, and wondered how many more generations… — Jean Sasson Copy Share Image
I think birth and motherhood are not things that you're trained to do. You might have a good example in your own… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“Please God, let me be a mother.” The world stopped. I ceased to exist as a woman with a prayer. I became… — Ranjani Rao Copy Share Image
I don't know about changing my perspective, because motherhood is such a glorious blessing and I am very thankful for that. It… — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Copy Share Image
I value mothers and motherhood enormously. For every inattentive or abusive mother in my fiction I think you'll find a dozen or… — William Trevor Copy Share Image
At some point, it's very important to me that my daughter is able to experience life and run through the sprinklers and… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
“Time plays tricks on mothers. It teases you with breaks and brief caesuras, only to skip wildly forward, bringing breathtaking changes to… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
I'm not a perfect Friend. I am not a perfect Mother. I am not a perfect Wife. I am not a perfect… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
... [the] special relation of women to children, in which the heart of the world has always felt there was something sacred,… — Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi Copy Share Image
Happy bridegroom, Hesper brings All desired and timely things. All whom morning sends to roam, Hesper loves to lead them home. Home… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
“..the expectations of Republican Motherhood – in which women’s obligations were the instilling of civic virtue in offspring and the moral maintenance… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
“A moment when the worst had already happened, so there was nothing left to worry about. I wanted to stop forever in… — Jo Furniss Copy Share Image
“The pointlessness of motherhood. I’d spent all that time saying, ‘Look both ways’, ‘Don’t go off with anyone’ and ‘Here’s a Haliborange… — Kerry Fisher Copy Share Image
“...this process we're going through is not about trying to create a home where things are perfect; it's about creating a home… — Allie Casazza Copy Share Image
The challenge with WWE was keeping up with the schedule and trying to stay healthy and uninjured during that time. Now, with… — Beth Phoenix Copy Share Image
I will hold you tight, support you, guide you, teach you, hug you tight, protect you, and love you with all of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars,… — Kate Douglas Wiggin Copy Share Image
![“I hadn't been onstage in a while. The last time was pre-children. And before I went on [at Roseland], my kids were backstage, and I thought, This isn't how I usually do it. I've got kids, and I'm thinking, This is weird. It's weird juggling children on your knee while you're in your rhinestone…” quote by Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f71/madonna-ciccone-401_causes_i-hadn-t-been-onstage-in-a-while-the-las_2738387.png)
![“... [the] special relation of women to children, in which the heart of the world has always felt there was something sacred, serves to impress upon women certain tendencies, to endow them with certain virtueswhich will render them of special value in public affairs.” quote by Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5f3/mary-corinna-putnam-jacobi-437_affair_the-special-relation-of-women-to-childre_2420071.jpg)
