--- title: "15 Mother Started Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 15 Mother Started quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Mother Started sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/arunachalam-muruganantham-1148_help_to-help-my-mother-i-started-working-as-a_1634914.jpg" --- > [To help my mother, I started working as a workshop helper. There I learned welding and other tools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arunachalam-muruganantham/to-help-my-mother-i-started-working-as-a-workshop-helper-there-i/) [Arunachalam Muruganantham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arunachalam-muruganantham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/arunachalam-muruganantham-1148_help_to-help-my-mother-i-started-working-as-a_1634914.jpg) > [Love is blind, your mother started loving you before she ever saw your face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-blind-your-mother-started-loving-you-before-she-ever-saw-your/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/anonymous-1_baby_love-is-blind-your-mother-started-loving_3027986.jpg) > [My mother started me on the piano when I was 3 years old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristian-nairn/my-mother-started-me-on-the-piano-when-i-was-3-years-old/) [Kristian Nairn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristian-nairn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89b/kristian-nairn-8733_me_my-mother-started-me-on-the-piano-when-i_2908907.jpg) > [Love is blind because My mother started loving me before seeing my face](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/love-is-blind-because-my-mother-started-loving-me-before-seeing-my/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/ritu-ghatourey-5_love_love-is-blind-because-my-mother-started_2453381.jpg) > [It wasn't until I became a mother that I started to refer to myself as an artist as opposed to a fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-buckman/it-wasn-t-until-i-became-a-mother-that-i-started-to-refer-to-myself/) [Zoe Buckman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-buckman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d36/zoe-buckman-16440_art_it-wasn-t-until-i-became-a-mother-that-i_815742.jpg) > [I don't think I'd have been able to be what I am if it wasn't for my mother. I started in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amrita-rao/i-don-t-think-i-d-have-been-able-to-be-what-i-am-if-it-wasn-t-for-my/) [Amrita Rao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amrita-rao/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/amrita-rao-5309_career_i-don-t-think-i-d-have-been-able-to-be-w_466571.png) > [My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-merchant/my-mother-was-a-single-working-mother-she-started-having-children/) [Natalie Merchant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-merchant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/natalie-merchant-15980_achieve_my-mother-was-a-single-working-mother-sh_433566.jpg) > [“At first we tried to keep up, but soon we were tired of boiling and pickling and deviling, and my mother started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendelin-van-draanen/at-first-we-tried-to-keep-up-but-soon-we-were-tired-of-boiling-and/) [Wendelin Van Draanen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendelin-van-draanen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/911/wendelin-van-draanen-3327_parenting_at-first-we-tried-to-keep-up-but-soon-we_211979.png) > [My mother was really young when she had me, so she was a horrible cook, but we lived with my grandmother, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debi-mazar/my-mother-was-really-young-when-she-had-me-so-she-was-a-horrible-cook/) [Debi Mazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debi-mazar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/debi-mazar-7877_also_my-mother-was-really-young-when-she-had_2824434.jpg) > [I always knew I wanted to be a performer, and my mother started taking me to dance classes when I was five.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-lopez/i-always-knew-i-wanted-to-be-a-performer-and-my-mother-started-taking/) [Jennifer Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-lopez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/jennifer-lopez-1227_business_i-always-knew-i-wanted-to-be-a-performer_1593618.jpg) > [“Yet I remember the rule I set for myself-that I do something different from my mother. . . I started to believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd-ann-kidd-taylor/yet-i-remember-the-rule-i-set-for-myself-that-i-do-something/) [Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd-ann-kidd-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/sue-monk-kidd-ann-kidd-taylor_mother-and-father_yet-i-remember-the-rule-i-set-for-myself_2777530.jpg) > [And then the time I was a clown and went to the hospital to visit the children, and I went into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wayne-gacy/and-then-the-time-i-was-a-clown-and-went-to-the-hospital-to-visit-the/) [John Wayne Gacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wayne-gacy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/john-wayne-gacy-28779_boys_and-then-the-time-i-was-a-clown-and-went_1584127.jpg) > [“If you’re still not convinced, watch what you say, because I’ve been in therapy since I was five. My mother started me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-michaels/if-you-re-still-not-convinced-watch-what-you-say-because-i-ve-been-in/) [Jillian Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/jillian-michaels-3644_changed-life_if-you-re-still-not-convinced-watch-what_2976163.jpg) > [“My mother started school when she was six and stopped the same term. She was unusual in the village, as she had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malala-yousafzai/my-mother-started-school-when-she-was-six-and-stopped-the-same-term/) [Malala Yousafzai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malala-yousafzai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/malala-yousafzai-808_every-day_my-mother-started-school-when-she-was-si_3188414.jpg) > [“She climbed down the cliffs after tying her sweater loosely around her waist. Down below she could see nothing but jagged rocks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/she-climbed-down-the-cliffs-after-tying-her-sweater-loosely-around/) [Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/alice-sebold-999_mother_she-climbed-down-the-cliffs-after-tying_548355.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-started/#itemlist", "name": "Mother Started Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To help my mother, I started working as a workshop helper. 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