Mother Quotes · Page 151

If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. I'll call it human.

— Mary Beard

My daughter has saved my life. She has truly saved my life.

— Porsha Williams

My mother and father and many of my relatives had been sharecroppers.

— John Lewis

On Valentine's Day, I wired flowers for my mother-in-law, but she found the fuse.

— Milton Berle

I get e-mails from mothers asking me to call their daughters for a date. I have a great life.

— Shaun White

I would love to have children, as I am such a mommy. I have always been like that.

— Jacqueline Fernandez

Today you can hardly believe it to, Your mother gave birth to you putting our life at stake are

— Mak_786

My mother never understood the irony in calling me a "son-of-a-bitch."

— Anonymous

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

My mother emails me stuff about when she finds a paparazzi photo and they're like, his hair is out of control.

— Bradley Cooper

My mother had a look on her face that I'll never forget. It was one of complete despair and horror, for losing…

— Amy Tan

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

The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession.

— Bong Joon-ho

You want to be a good mother, and you want to be a good actress, and you want to be a good…

— Vicky Krieps

I'm a fighter as a mother. I'm fighting to be a mother, but I cannot say no to my passion because it's…

— Juliette Binoche

My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the…

— Ellen Wilkinson

Pregnant and birthing mothers are elemental forces, in the same sense that gravity, thunderstorms, earthquakes, and hurricanes are elemental forces. In order…

— Ina May Gaskin

You have to convince the adults that if a child is to learn his culture, he or she will have to see…

— John Henrik Clarke

My mom had this inate ability. Whatever town my mother moved to, the second she walked into town, she would instantly attract…

— Christopher Titus

I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have different relationships with…

— Anonymous

Ramakrishna didn't suddenly become enlightened. We had years of him meditating, seeking, crying to Mother Kali, going in and out of samadhi;…

— Frederick Lenz

During my childhood, my father, a Southern Baptist minister, and my mother, a teacher, made sure I took educational trips to cities…

— Anonymous

As a mother, anyone who has a teenager can attest to being really excited when they have something positive to be putting…

— Lea Thompson

The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in…

— Nikola Tesla

“Mothers are often a mystery to their children,” Eleanor said.”

— Susan Rieger

Jinkx is a single mother and I've seen so many strong Jewish women.

— Jinkx Monsoon

Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours; it wanders wherever your children do

— George Bernard Shaw

Argh? Pathetic and inarticulate. Nice combination. Your mothers must be so proud.

— Anonymous

I know my mother has always looked at strangers as friends.

— Jeanne Phillips

“God could not be everywhere and so he created mothers;”

— Paul Rosolie

Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody.

— Annie Lennox

A pause while my mother made high-pitched sisterly devotions of gratitude.

— Maureen Johnson

When I have kids, they're definitely gonna work.

— Benji Madden

“Last words of his mother to his father: "Keep eternity before the children.”

— Dallas Willard

Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.

— Billy Joel

Trying to balance a career at the high end of the industry with being a mother is always tough.

— Monica Galetti

I want to work, but the balance to find between working and being a mom is challenging.

— Doutzen Kroes

I have skinny genes. My mother weighs 90 pounds.

— Ellen Barkin

I don't consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother.

— Ben Elton