--- title: "11 Mother Stood Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Mother Stood quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Mother Stood sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/barbara-kingsolver-200_barbara-kingsolver_outside-in-the-sun-the-holy-mother-stood_2895364.png" --- > [“Outside in the sun the Holy Mother stood on her pedestal in the garden, sorry but unsympathetic. The usual position of mothers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/outside-in-the-sun-the-holy-mother-stood-on-her-pedestal-in-the/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/barbara-kingsolver-200_barbara-kingsolver_outside-in-the-sun-the-holy-mother-stood_2895364.png) > [You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morris-dees/you-do-stand-alone-sometimes-but-my-mother-stood-by-me-through-all/) [Morris Dees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morris-dees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/morris-dees-39514_alone_you-do-stand-alone-sometimes-but-my-moth_492425.jpg) > [“I'm intelligent because my mother stood in the brain-line and not the train-line.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-gokul/i-m-intelligent-because-my-mother-stood-in-the-brain-line-and-not-the/) [LORRAINE GOKUL](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-gokul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/lorraine-gokul-53196_humor_i-m-intelligent-because-my-mother-stood_770545.jpg) > [“His mother stood before him like a monument. He saw her great outline through the blur of his weakness and his passion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mervyn-peake/his-mother-stood-before-him-like-a-monument-he-saw-her-great-outline/) [Mervyn Peake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mervyn-peake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/mervyn-peake-2927_mother_his-mother-stood-before-him-like-a-monum_386104.png) > [“I am glad to recollect that when the carrier's cart was at the gate, and my mother stood there kissing me, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-am-glad-to-recollect-that-when-the-carrier-s-cart-was-at-the-gate/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/charles-dickens-34_parenting_i-am-glad-to-recollect-that-when-the-car_1928070.jpg) > [“CAPTAIN. Well, you dear, have I forgotten it? You have been like a mother to me, and always have stood by me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-strindberg/captain-well-you-dear-have-i-forgotten-it-you-have-been-like-a-mother/) [August Strindberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-strindberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/august-strindberg-3638_mother_captain-well-you-dear-have-i-forgotten-i_223009.png) > [“She (my mother) stood always prepared in herself to challenge the world in our place. She did indeed tend to make the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eudora-welty/she-my-mother-stood-always-prepared-in-herself-to-challenge-the-world/) [Eudora Welty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eudora-welty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/eudora-welty-1564_challenging_she-my-mother-stood-always-prepared-in-h_183420.jpg) > [“When she was older, after ten or so, she could tell she was being useful, but as a small child she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/when-she-was-older-after-ten-or-so-she-could-tell-she-was-being/) [Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/doris-lessing-501_children_when-she-was-older-after-ten-or-so-she-c_898544.jpg) > [“Sophie had been chiefly concerned in those days whether her mother would be able to bear the ordeal of losing two children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/inge-scholl/sophie-had-been-chiefly-concerned-in-those-days-whether-her-mother/) [Inge Scholl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/inge-scholl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e84/inge-scholl-243745_children_sophie-had-been-chiefly-concerned-in-tho_2585618.jpg) > [“When she saw me, my mother stood up and started to come toward me, but then stopped. I think maybe Cat Poop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-thomas-ford/when-she-saw-me-my-mother-stood-up-and-started-to-come-toward-me-but/) [Michael Thomas Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-thomas-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/michael-thomas-ford-7867_humor_when-she-saw-me-my-mother-stood-up-and-s_615216.jpg) > [“The scene unfolded before him as though he were a ghost. His mother stood on the raised stump, her body tied to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-m-grant/the-scene-unfolded-before-him-as-though-he-were-a-ghost-his-mother/) [Jean M. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-m-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/jean-m-grant-40192_ancients_the-scene-unfolded-before-him-as-though_1068864.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-stood/#itemlist", "name": "Mother Stood Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Outside in the sun the Holy Mother stood on her pedestal in the garden, sorry but unsympathetic. 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