Mother Quotes
9333 quotes by 5166 authors
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Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
— Aristotle
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My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.
— J. J. Abrams
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My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher.…
— Chinua Achebe
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Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.
— Margaret Atwood
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Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you…
— Margaret Atwood
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Poverty is the mother of crime.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our mother or father…
— Paul Auster
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My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair.
— Diane Ackerman
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It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin.…
— Teresa of Avila
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I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been…
— Teresa of Avila
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There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video.
— Dan Aykroyd
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My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that. So, I understand the difficulties…
— Michele Bachmann
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
— Francis Bacon
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I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women.
— Erykah Badu
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Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me,…
— Anita Baker
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been…
— Abigail Adams
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Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just happily talk about my daughter…
— Christian Bale
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Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.
— Hosea Ballou
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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
— Honore de Balzac
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A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
— Honore de Balzac
Who Wrote These Mother Quotes
5,166 authors contributed a total of 9,333 Mother Quotes, led by these top contributors: