Most mothers kiss and scold together.

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.

— George Washington

My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart-a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation.

— Mark Twain

A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity.

— Washington Irving

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

— Pearl S. Buck

“Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together”

— Pearl S. Buck

Before a day was over, Home comes the rover, For mothers kiss sweeter this Than any other thing!

— Ritu Ghatourey

OF COURSE I'd like to be the ideal mother. But I'm too busy raising children.

— Bil Keane

I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn't have paid for me.

— Bill Watterson

Richer than I you can never be, I had a mother who read to me.

— Strickland Gillilan

My mother tried to kill me when I was a baby. She denied it. She said she thought the plastic bag would keep me…

— Bob Monkhouse

“What is a godly mother? A godly mother is one who loves the Lord her God with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength…

— Elizabeth George

A mother's love is something that no one can explain — It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain. It is…

— Helen Steiner Rice

Those who think that a woman detained at home by her little family is doing nothing, think the reverse of what is true. Scarcely…

— Charles Spurgeon

I don't believe there are devils enough in hell to pull a boy out of the arms of a godly mother.

— Billy Sunday

Remember that every son had a mother whose beloved son he was, and every woman had a mother whose beloved son she wasn't.

— Marge Piercy