Motherhood Quote by Lois Wyse Download Open image ““While motherhood may indeed require a woman who says 'yes', grandmotherhood does not.”” — Lois Wyse ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Motherhood
“….I have no patience with women who complain because their mothers or their husband’s mothers have to live with them. To my prejudice eye,… — Betty MacDonald Copy Share Image
“...motherhood is the thing in a woman's life that catches her by total and complete surprise.” — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
“Being a mother is not a matter of running through a succession of chores.” — Naomi Stadlen Copy Share Image
“No mother is ever, completely, a child’s idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“You will be a mother to many, for true motherhood lies in the heart, not the womb.” — Jordanna Max Brodsky Copy Share Image
It follows that if you are not a mother you are not a grandmother. Your life has become unpunctuated, whereas the lives of other… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing like motherhood to make us reassess how we were as daughters.” I” — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
Always hire people who are better than you. Hiring dummies is shortsighted. You can't move up the ladder until everyone is comfortable with your… — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the… — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
For all of us, whether we walk old paths or blaze new trails, friends remain important. — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
... letters freeze time for us, eternalizing shared experiences so we can go back and draw strength from them. Letters are like deposits in… — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
It was only long after the ceremony that we learned why we got married in the first place. — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life. — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
I thought about all of us women and how we spend half our lives rebelling against our mothers and the next half rebelling against… — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
Don't ever take advice from anyone who starts a sentence with, 'You may not like me for this, but it's for your own good… — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
Didn't we, like our grandchildren, begin with a childhood we thought would never end? Now, all of a sudden, I'm older than my parents… — Lois Wyse Copy Share Image
In many ways, being pregnant and working were more difficult than motherhood. — Bethenny Frankel Copy Share Image
I do think that despite my best efforts to resist it, I am now a grown-up. It's due to lots of very difficult decisions… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
The less obvious hurdle is that of preparing parents emotionally and putting forward realistic images of parenthood and motherhood. There also needs to be… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“Time plays tricks on mothers. It teases you with breaks and brief caesuras, only to skip wildly forward, bringing breathtaking changes to your baby's… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
The emotions, responsibilities - and the pain - of motherhood are unique to each of us with children. Ask any woman, and she will… — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
Ladies, [motherhood] is a full-time job. Do not kid yourself that you can be a dental receptionist and a mother; that you can be… — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
Motherhood hasn't changed me much but the only difference I feel is that I have become more patient. — Kashmira Shah Copy Share Image
“Now that Olive was grown, I didn't know what to do with myself. You could build your life around one single thing, like a… — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“Thanks for nothing, regular human mom. Footnote: nothing except for the unconditional love and support and meticulous care to make sure I faced the… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age, etc. -… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“The Vatican won't prosecute pedophile priests but I decide I'm not ready for motherhood and it's condemnation for me? These are the same people… — Sonya Renee Taylor Copy Share Image