Adventure Quote by John Stevenson

Motherhood is an essential, difficult, and full-time job. Women who do not wish to be mothers should not have babies.

— Edward Abbey

“Giving birth does not make you a mother. Being there daily in good times and bad to provide, care, comfort, teach, sing, feed, clothe,…

— C. Toni Graham

“While motherhood is an incredible vocation, it has no more inherent worth than a childless woman simply being who she is, to the utmost…

— Caitlin Moran

It takes more than just giving birth, to be a mother.

— Anonymous

Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.

— Erma Bombeck

“Becoming a mother or father is so much more than giving birth to a child. It’s a developmental process that continues for the rest…

— Jerry L. Wyckoff

“Only a woman can carry in her body an eternal being which bears the very image of God. Only she is the recipient of…

— Douglas W. Phillips

“Pregnancy seems designed to prepare you for life as a mother. You start making sacrifices nine months before the child is born, so by…

— Brett Kiellerop-Morris

“Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers--strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.”

— Barbara Katz Rothman

Every woman, whoever she is, wherever she lives, should be able to give birth without the fear she's going to lose her baby or…

— Hillary Clinton

As any mom knows, having a baby is an extremely creative act and to love and create a baby, it's on par with any…

— Ani DiFranco

“At the moment of giving birth to a child, is the mother separate from the child? You should study not only that you become…

— Dogen Zenji