The work of a mother is hard, too often unheralded work. Please know that it is worth it then, now, and forever. — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
I'm proud of being a mother, a wife, a daughter, and a sister, and a lover and a friend We're all God's… — Whitney Houston Copy Share Image
Being a mother has absolutely forced me. You have to write things down and have systems for all of it. And then… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Life is not only meant to be appreciated in retrospect ... There is something each day to embrace and cherish. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished.… — Golda Meir Copy Share Image
Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a… — Julie Walters Copy Share Image
To mothers who are raising their children without a father in the home, I promise you that as you speak of Jesus… — Neil L. Andersen Copy Share Image
I'm dedicating my time to going on tour and basically juggling music, modeling, and being a mother. Being a mother is obviously… — Karen Elson 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 had this whole hippie idea of how easy raising a baby would be. How he would just eat and sleep and… — Chiara Barzini Copy Share Image
I find being a mother is a huge advantage. Of course, I'm probably a little more tired than I might be if… — Melanie Roach Copy Share Image
Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can. They are gifted with the powers of… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
It's with a heavy heart that I have decided that I can't relocate. I have two babies under 4. being a mother… — Alyssa Milano Copy Share Image
Being a novelist and being a mother have exactly coincided in my life: the call from my agent saying that I had… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind - because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
Get wreck in the kitchen like she on the Cooking Channel, And then hide the heat in the car door... God damn,… — Sadat X Copy Share Image
I absolutely love being a mother. It's been a blessing. It's fun and it's hard, but it's absolutely amazing. — Keisha Castle-Hughes Copy Share Image
I know of no better answer to the foul practices that confront our young people than the teachings of a mother, given… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical immortality and… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation's most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us… — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
I always wanted my mother to be Queen for a Day. I always used to watch that show that came on television. — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I have found being a mother has made me emotionally raw in many situations. You heart is beating outside your body when… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
I love being a mother...I am more aware. I feel things on a deeper level. I have a kind of understanding about… — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
No woman who understands the gospel would ever think that any other work is more important or would ever say, "I am… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
The feminists took me as a role model, as a mother. It bothers me. I am not interested in being a mother.… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
The joy in motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times, but amid the challenges there are shining… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
I think that, being a mother, you would do anything for your children. Their pain is your pain; if they're in pain,… — Molly Shannon Copy Share Image
To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
With being a mother, I feel like you choose how you spend your time so much more carefully - which is a… — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
We help God's children best by providing ways to build faith in Jesus Christ and in His restored gospel when they are… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
That's the strange thing about being a mother: until you have a baby, you don't even realize how much you were missing… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The joy of motherhood comes in moments. ... Families need unstructured time when relationships can deepen and real parenting can take place.… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
Being a mother is like trying to hold a wolf by the ears,” Gram said. “If you have three or four –or… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
The hand of a bride becomes the hand of a mother. Ever so gently she cares for her precious child. Bathing, dressing,… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Being a mother is the best thing that ever happened to me. Before you have your first baby you are a girl… — Brigitte Nielsen Copy Share Image
Biological possibility and desire are not the same as biological need. Women have childbearing equipment. For them to choose not to use… — Betty Rollin Copy Share Image
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
The bond between mothers and their children is one defined by love. As a mother's prayers for her children are unending, so… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
![“I had this whole hippie idea of how easy raising a baby would be. How he would just eat and sleep and listen to Mozart, and I could just go on with my life the way it was. I was very wrong. It [being a mother] has taught me to be present and to live inside my body rather than in some out-there…” quote by Chiara Barzini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/chiara-barzini-56700_baby_i-had-this-whole-hippie-idea-of-how-easy_2302118.jpg)
