My mother was supportive without knowing it. Deep down she…

I got my bearings, I began to focus. My mother was very supportive. When I came back to New York I landed a job…

— Angie Martinez

My mother wanted to be a teacher when she was young, and my father didn't approve of it, so she fought very hard to…

— Archie Panjabi

My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she's magical.

— Vin Diesel

I'm fortunate to have an amazing, strong mother who is so supportive of everything me and my sisters did growing up - but she…

— Michael Phelps

When your life is over, the world will ask you only one question: 'Did you do what you were supposed to do?'

— Anonymous

I was a good student when I was a kid, and I did everything I was supposed to do, and I got A's.

— Demetri Martin

I am an only child, so not only my father, even my mother is also very supportive of my career.

— Asin

My mother was always supportive.

— Adam Lambert

The path to solid, supportive, healthy relationships, self-respect, and a quality life starts with the usually painful decision to do the Right Thing.

— Laura Schlessinger

I think of myself as being a bit of a wimp deep down - a bourgeois wimp - and I'm fighting that. I think…

— Helen Mirren

I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to…

— John Oliver

Why exactly are we so frightened of death that we avoid looking at it altogether? Somewhere, deep down, we know we cannot avoid facing…

— Sogyal Rinpoche

Sex is not the ultimate high, but the ultimate high hangs out around sex. The ultimate high is the dance with another person, played…

— Marianne Williamson

We believe deep down that we've lost something precious and are seeking it outside ourselves, never realizing that we are carrying it within us…

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a…

— Dacia Maraini