Make us worthy Lord to serve our fellow men throughout the world who live and die in poverty and hunger. Give them… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Then there is the matter of my mother's abandonment of me. Again, this is the common experience. They walk ahead of us,… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“ A TWIST OF LIGHT-prologue Reissue date; 6-16-14 The new mother mover the sacking away from the tiny red face, marveling at… — Joyce Mandeville Copy Share Image
Genetically, I have tons of musical background in my life. My mother's father was a famous Weimar-era composer, Ernst Toch. My father's… — Lawrence Weschler Copy Share Image
“Yes, it's hard to start seeing your mother as she is, hard to push aside all the resentment and anger that you… — Kathleen Gilles Seidel Copy Share Image
I was suppose to write a book about being a mom, to organize my thoughts into chapters and figure out a structure… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
“I believe I will see my mother again. I expect to again hear those familiar words, 'Oh, Honey, I'm so glad you've… — Harold Ivan Smith Copy Share Image
The joyous fulfillment of your sex : the sacred duties of beloved wife, and helpmeet, and mother. In opposition to the vulgar… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Parenting is a bit like baking a cake. You put all the right stuff in and do exactly what your mother wrote… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In many ways I'm similar to Barack Obama, who also has a strange name but was raised by a white American mother.… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
His mother?" Gracie couldn't believe it. Suzy Denton looked much too young to be his mother. And much too respectable. "But you're… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
I learned years ago, I adore acting and I think it's the most alive I know how to be - almost -… — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
My father was a soldier, which meant that he was a warrior, which meant that he was important. My mother rode a… — Spike Milligan Copy Share Image
I was with my mum in the shops, a ladies boutique or something, and I was asked what I wanted to be… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
I’d always been afraid of sick people, and so had my mother. It wasn’t that we feared catching their brain aneurysm or… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Not my mother. Just a trick. Never deal with the devil—that much he knew. Live like a king. Right. The king of… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Raising Black children — female and male — in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“What’s wrong with him?” “Nothing. He’s just. . just. .” “Just what?” “A peacemaker.” And she’d dropped her voice to a whisper.… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“When a mother extends outstretched arms to a son who has failed in sports, or school, or socially, or been deemed not… — Vicki Courtney Copy Share Image
I was born Pauline Matthews and grew up in Bradford as one of three children - I had an older brother, David,… — Kiki Dee Copy Share Image
My mother hoped I would meet a nice doctor or barrister or accountant who would marry me and take me to live… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
So, I was in a segregated, all black, public elementary school until fourth grade, until my father died. And that's when my… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
“We were never very demonstrative in our family; poor folk who toil and are full of cares are not so. It is… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
“I thought I could wait to tell you until everything was figured out,” she says. “I didn’t think you’d have any contact… — Olivia A. Cole Copy Share Image
Girls," their mother interjected, "you must both stop being strange - it is unattractive. And don't forget your hats. It would be… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
Some of the most beautiful people, to me, are those with the wrong geometry. Mother Teresa is extremely beautiful and not because… — Sanjay Leela Bhansali Copy Share Image
I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Renounce and give up. What did Christ say? "He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Again and again… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We'll tell him his mother waits for him in heaven, I suppose." "Is that a lie?" "It's what we tell fools and… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Parents should teach their children to pray. The child learns both from what the parents do and what they say. The child… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
He looked into the crowd for approval, saw his mother and father. He waved and they waved back. Smiles and Indian teeth.… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
As I flew back from New Zealand to bury my mother, it occurred to me that no matter how harrowing her loss… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
Mitch Glazer and I went to high school together, and his mother was my English teacher for two years. She was my… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
I had a good, sound upbringing with sensible people around me. I was brought up by intelligent parents. My mother always said… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
Now I still see those things but I'm completely over it. I threw negativity out the window and just live my life… — Amber Rose Copy Share Image
“She was Grandma Will. That term felt foreign and unfitting to the relationship they had. She wondered if her father had ever… — Pamela Morsi Copy Share Image
“What was that about? His mother is practically gushing over you. Not to mention that he’s holding your hand like it’s the… — Rebecca Donovan Copy Share Image
My mother, Nancy Dickerson, was a reporter for CBS and NBC and the first female star of television news; my father, Wyatt… — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
There were nine children in my father's family and eight in my mother's. My grandparents did the best with what they had.… — Cheryl Ladd Copy Share Image
