Being a mother Quotes · Page 2

I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.

— Carol Ann Duffy

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

— George Washington

Homemaking is surely in reality the most important work in the world.

— C. S. Lewis

Being a mother by far is my favorite and most important career.

— Jenni Rivera

It makes me unhappy when brothers make babies and leave a young mother to be a pappy.

— Tupac Shakur

It makes me happy to work. And it makes me a better mother to be a happy person.

— Cheryl Hines

Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.

— Halle Berry

[Motherhood is] 'heart-exploding, blissful hysteria.'

— Olivia Wilde

You instantly become less selfish. You can't be the biggest person in the world anymore-they are. [Motherhood] really grounds you.

— Keri Russell

I feel being an actress is probably not half as difficult as being a mother, and I do not know when I…

— Freida Pinto

Being a mother of two little girls, it was an absolute nightmare for me to teach them about sexual abuse.

— Deepa Kumar

I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make…

— Paula Radcliffe

I never stop being a mother and I never stop being an artist. You understand? Which is probably why my kids are…

— Jada Pinkett Smith

If I, being a mother of two, can win a medal, so can you all. Take me as an example and don't…

— Mary Kom

I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the…

— Samantha Bond

I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need…

— Madonna Ciccone

Usually, when a young girl is pregnant, she drops out of school and concentrates on being a mother. I thought thats what…

— Jenni Rivera

At the opening of the Odyssey, Telemachus, inspired by the male-born Athena, searches for his father by turning against his mother. Jesus…

— Camille Paglia

People say to me, 'Oh, being a mother must make you a better actor,' and I think, 'Well, I never sleep, I…

— Mireille Enos

Occasionally, I would focus on a particular school project and become obsessed with, what seemed to my mother, to be trivial details…

— Steven Chu

I tried to always include my children in everything that I did. I traveled with them, I brought them with me to…

— Jill Stuart

I couldn't have been a novelist without being a mother. It gives you a unique witness point of the growth of a…

— Carol Shields

For me, being a mother made me a better professional, because coming home every night to my girls reminded me what I…

— Michelle Obama

A lot of writing about being a mother is not so much writing about the kids themselves. They become placeholders for the…

— Maggie Smith

The radical left is doing everything they can to destroy the moral fiber of America. They want to do away with the…

— Pat Robertson

The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority. The gift of motherhood…

— Olivia Wilde

It is hard directing and being a mother. The hours are terrible and you have to sort of suspend your life when…

— Gurinder Chadha

“I know it is hard for you young mothers to believe that almost before you can turn around the children will be…

— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

“Breastfeeding is a beautiful thing, one of the most beautiful things that exist in nature. Think about how a woman can literally…

— C. JoyBell C

However global I strove to become in my thinking over the past twenty years, my sons kept me rooted to an utterly…

— Mary Blakely

When that mama worry takes ahold of a woman you can't expect no sense from her. She'll do or say anything at…

— Hillary Jordan

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

I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.

— Uma Thurman

I'm happy going home early and working out and just being a mother and being a wife.

— Kim Alexis

Who is getting more pleasure from this rocking, the baby or me?

— Nancy Thayer

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.

— Agatha Christie

I am doing what I love; acting is what I love best after being a mother.

— Karisma Kapoor

A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.

— Princess Diana

There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood.

— James E. Faust

Being a mother is the most fun job I've ever had.

— Ellen Pompeo