Mother Quote by Gregory Maguire

“Maggie had learned a long time ago that each day with a child was filled with two kinds of battles: those that won the…

— Sydney Strand

“my mother sensed a war in her womb, and so she raised me to fight.”

— Hafsa Atique Birth of a Daughter

“If you want soldiers you must have children. You can't buy 'em in boxes, like toy soldiers.”

— George Bernard Shaw

“Mom I'm not going to war!”

— zayn malik

The mother's battle for her child with sickness, with poverty, with war, with all the forces of exploitation and callousness that cheapen human life…

— Adrienne Rich

“Every mom has her own battle. Win yours without being 'nyinyir' to others.”

— Jihan Davincka

“Women and children make you weak; get rid of them when you are in war.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Some wars are unavoidable and need well be fought, but this doesn't erase warfare's waste. Sorry, we must say to the mothers whose son's…

— Anthony Swofford

“It’s a mother’s job to give us the confidence needed to push through hard times.” — The Doctor’s Daughter: Totally heartbreaking and completely unforgettable…

— Shari J. Ryan

“She was a poor person, I was her poor child, and no one asks poor people if they want war.”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

“War ... it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.”

— Joseph Heller

“If the war had taught her anything, it was to take nothing for granted: that it wasn’t safe to put off what mattered. Life…

— M.L. Stedman