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> [“...when the Gods finished creating woman, they stood back and looked at what they'd done. They had given her a body strong enough to run a marathon, a mind fast enough to do six things at once, a heart big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-ball/when-the-gods-finished-creating-woman-they-stood-back-and-looked-at/)

[Donna Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-ball/)

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## More by Donna Ball

> [The rules of marriage were simple and easy to follow: faithfulness, patience, compromise. But there were no rules to divorce, or if there were,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-ball/the-rules-of-marriage-were-simple-and-easy-to-follow-faithfulness/)

[Donna Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-ball/)

> [“Motherhood is a choice you make everyday, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-ball/motherhood-is-a-choice-you-make-everyday-to-put-someone-else-s/)

[Donna Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-ball/)

> [ Half the time your kids end up hating you for at least 5 of their teenage years\[.\] And don't ever expect anything so mundane… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-ball/half-the-time-your-kids-end-up-hating-you-for-at-least-5-of-their/)

[Donna Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-ball/)

> [ “Mothers have to pretend to be perfect\[.\] If we didn't, anarchy would rule the world. But most of the time we're just doing the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-ball/mothers-have-to-pretend-to-be-perfect-if-we-didn-t-anarchy-would-rule/)

[Donna Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-ball/)

> [You're not born with a walk like that. You have to earn it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-ball/you-re-not-born-with-a-walk-like-that-you-have-to-earn-it/)

[Donna Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-ball/)

> [“She was the quintessential twenty-first-century woman: She could build a high-rise in a Chanel suit and Jimmy Choos, give lessons in multitasking, and freeze…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-ball/she-was-the-quintessential-twenty-first-century-woman-she-could-build/)

[Donna Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-ball/)

> [“none of them were happy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-ball/none-of-them-were-happy/)

[Donna Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-ball/)

> [“...when the Gods finished creating woman, they stood back and looked at what they'd done. They had given her a body strong enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-ball/when-the-gods-finished-creating-woman-they-stood-back-and-looked-at/)

[Donna Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-ball/)

> [“All my life, I thought I was this independent woman. I was on all the right committees, made speeches for all the right causes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-ball/all-my-life-i-thought-i-was-this-independent-woman-i-was-on-all-the/)

[Donna Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-ball/)

> [My wife once said that if men had to worry about who was going to clean up the mess, there'd be a lot less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-ball/my-wife-once-said-that-if-men-had-to-worry-about-who-was-going-to/)

[Donna Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-ball/)

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