Mother Quote by John Whitbourn Download Open image ““Even the most skillful deceit is wasted on a man's mother.”” — John Whitbourn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Mother Parenting
“Mothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth.” — Margaret Dilloway Copy Share Image
“You can't deceive your own mother. That's the one person, the only one, to whom you will always be transparent.” — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“My mother laughed and told me she was only doing what mothers have always done for their sons. Then she told me that it… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what every man wishes, that he also believes to be true.” — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.” — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
“He mistook, as the cleverest men often do mistake, in underrating the cruelty of women.” — Ouida Copy Share Image
“But a mother sees her child’s shortcomings, even if she doesn’t admit to them very often.” — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“I have no ambition to play the part of a mother, and why should I interfere with her illusions? I find it hard enough… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“(...)no one can take the place of a perfect mother who gives you the world as you know it and makes you believe that… — Tristan Wood Copy Share Image
“The things a mother does well are always invisible compared to the things she does badly.” — Amy Wilson Copy Share Image
“not every female is meant to be a mother and not every male is meant to be a father. I’ve made my peace with… — Kailyn Lowry Copy Share Image
My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and LEAN into the curves, etc), and used a small circular needle (socks and mittens) in order to keep the knitting in her pocket until they were under way; then she leaned back slightly so Gaffer couldn't… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share
My mother was strong-willed, demanding, and very supportive all at the same time. — Michael Spence Copy Share Image
Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans. — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the children of God. Peace is the nurse of love. Peace… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
