Motherhood Quotes · Page 21

A woman who abstains from motherhood saying 'I am working' means she is in fact rejecting motherhood.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

“Out of all the things I do, I think being a mom is the most important and satisfying.”

— Michelle M. Pillow

To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a…

— Maya Angelou

“Her intimate, edgy sculpture was grounded in female experience, including relationships, giving birth and motherhood.”

— Jan Greenberg

“Unfeeling thing that I was, the sensibilities of the maternal heart were Greek and Hebrew to me.”

— Charlotte Brontë

Being a mother is not about what you gave up to have a child, but what you've gained from having one.

— Sunny Gupta

Love and grief and motherhood, Fame and mirth and scorn - these are all shall befall, Any woman born.

— Margaret Widdemer

“To hell with what anyone thinks about your life, but you should know what you think about it.”

— Abby Fabiaschi

“While parenthood served as no disadvantage at all to men, there was evidence of a substantial "motherhood penalty". Mothers received only half…

— Cordelia Fine

Spend at least one Mother's Day with your respective mothers before you decide on marriage. If a man gives his mother a…

— Erma Bombeck

Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that. It is the essence of who we are as women. It…

— Sheri L. Dew

[My boys] bloody well will work. Same as myself, same as David. They're not going to be the kinds of kids that…

— Victoria Beckham

“It is wrong to keep spelling out unnecessary choices that make women unconsciously resist either commitment or motherhood--and that hold back recognition…

— Betty Friedan

I honor women who are not mothers. They know that motherhood is but one of the realms of womankind. The virtue and…

— Russell M. Nelson

I didn't really inhabit myself until I was in my 30s. And motherhood is an epic event. You can't help but be…

— Anne-Marie Duff

“Friends who love us know that motherhood is about transitioning--and adjusting, constantly, to those changes. We must become masters of change because…

— Meg Meeker

“Then she rushes to pick up Asha from school, where she is known only as "Asha's mom" by the other mothers, who…

— Shilpi Somaya Gowda

“I watched her with the crab as she ignored all my admonitions that the poor crab just needed to be set free…

— Melanie Shankle

“I look at my parents the way mothers look at their toddlers. I take every chance to witness them undisturbed. To study…

— Kamand Kojouri

“Why did they have kids then? Why did they have children if they didn’t want to love and nurture them? Weren’t you…

— Shweta Ganesh Kumar

“Out of the woman's great brown breast the milk gushed forth for the child, milk as white as snow, and when the…

— Pearl S. Buck

Honestly, on so many levels, I feel like motherhood has prepared me even better for directing than film school because all it…

— Christine Swanson

“I will feel the pang of separation when she is two, when she is twelve, when she is twenty. My daughter will…

— Andrea J. Buchanan

“COME HOME, TENAR! COME HOME!” In the deep valley, in the twilight, the apple trees were on the eve of blossoming; here…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. -NeSha

— Anonymous

Motherhood is all-encompassing, and in a way, as the mother, you're the star of the household.

— Maggie O'Farrell

“For as long as I am your mother and you are my only child, i will worry and hope and pray for…

— Jennifer Beckstrand

In the heart of a mother you will find no space for hatred or anger when it comes to her child.

— Leonora R Aquino

No better feeling that a peaceful baby sleeping on your chest...wonder what he's dreaming about?

— Hilary Duff

“Motherhood isn't just about making babies, it's about making lives and molding destinies.”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

“It takes a great woman to respect the little man in her child, and the little child in her man.”

— Amit Howard

A Mother's dream is to raise up a child who will grow up and be a blessing to the entire world.

— Terry Mark

I am a perfect case study for the transition from no maternal instinct to the love of motherhood.

— Mercedes Schlapp

I feel like I run a business although I haven't one. It's planning, planning, and planning.

— Meryl Streep

Motherhood has become a battleground on which prejudice and class resentment can be waged without ever admitting that's what we're doing.

— Kim Brooks

“And I always say that to the children: “You are the greatest thing I ever did in my life!”

— Dave Isay

“First rule of motherhood, dearie: men are screw-ups. Learn it now and you'll be a whole lot happier.”

— Neal Shusterman

“The 2 Perfect Recipes for Rearing & Raising Godly Children are: Stay On Your Knees for Direction & Stand On Your feet as an Example,”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

“One of the main functions of a push-up bra is to lower the number of mothers who seem like mothers.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really.

— Nia Vardalos