Our Mothers Quotes

70 Our Mothers quotes by 59 unique authors

Our mothers put God first when they fill their highest mission within the walls of their own homes. — Ezra Taft Benson
The older women were Sunbeams and I guess we were Cherubs or Lambs, but our mothers were Nightingales. — Janet Flanner
We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit,… — Mary Antin
In our own beginnings, we are formed out of the body's interior landscape. For a short while, our mothers' bodies are the boundaries and personal… — Louise Erdrich
Sooner or later we all quote our mothers. — Bernard Williams
Our mothers and grandmothers ... moving to music not yet written. — Alice Walker
There was no mistake in us making abortion legal and available on demand. That was what we call progress. Just like it was no mistake… — Mark Ruffalo
Generations of women have sacrificed their lives to become their mothers. But we do not have that luxury any more. The world has changed too… — Erica Jong
We cannot ensure that women will be free of discrimination in the workplace and everywhere as long as women are not universally defended under our… — Carolyn Maloney
I thought about all of us women and how we spend half our lives rebelling against our mothers and the next half rebelling against our… — Lois Wyse
We are all conceived in close prison; in our mothers wombs, we are close prisoners all; when we are born, we are born but to… — John Donne
There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted, the roots of… — Ronald Reagan
Right now, our mother -- our mother -- all of our mothers, Mother Earth is hurting. And she needs a generation of thoughtful, caring and… — Leonardo DiCaprio
Honor is a simple word; it means to give special respect and to pay tribute. It means to respond to teachings that have been patiently… — Hugh W. Pinnock
We forgot about Buddha. We forgot about God. We developed a coldness inside us that still has not thawed. I fear my soul has died.… — Julie Otsuka
When a woman is fit and healthy, everything else falls into place. We are conditioned to put others first, that 'burnt chop syndrome' we observed… — Quentin Bryce
We don't want to be wounds ("No, you're the wound!") but we should be allowed to have them, to speak about having them, to be… — Leslie Jamison
Men and boys, we show our manhood through the way we treat our women. Our wives, our sisters, our mothers. — Desmond Tutu
It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers and… — Barack Obama
If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle., unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic… — James Connolly
As children, we looked up to our maids and our nannies, who were playing in some ways the role of our mothers. They were paid… — Kathryn Stockett
Our mothers and fathers want change. They worked all of their lives, but today live in destitution. — Viktor Yushchenko
The best principles in our lives were those which we heard from our mothers through our ears. — Swami Vivekananda
Our mothers give us so many gifts. They give us the precious gift of life, of course, but they also leave treasured lessons that can… — Maria Shriver
Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth. — Mary Antin

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