Break Quote by Mary Tyler Moore

I still feel as if I weren't a good enough mother. I didn't break any rules.

— Mary Tyler Moore

I felt I couldn't be a good mom anymore, but I didn't want my children to grow up without a mom. I felt I…

— Susan Smith

My mother was very hard on me when I was a child. I think she was raising me how the world was treating her.

— Erika Jayne

I felt like as a parent, I had to be tough and strong and keep it all together, but I wasn't actually always all…

— Cynthia Germanotta

My father had a tremendous influence on me, and I think many children who come from broken homes, esp. when they're very early. My…

— David Cassidy

I was raised by a strong mother and I never felt like I had to be a role, you know, I was just me,…

— Rickie Lee Jones

I was a wonderful parent before I had children. I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I…

— Adele Faber

I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.

— Maya Angelou

I had a very difficult father. I lived in a war zone. My parents were very unhappy, and I lived through my mother's pain.…

— Penny Junor

I have no end of failings as a mother, but I have always followed the rules.

— Lionel Shriver

I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost…

— Julie Christie

I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life.

— Jan de Bont