Calling Quote by Oprah Winfrey

Motherhood so often comes in conflict with women's capacity to express and live their own lives.

— Romola Garai

“Our culture sends some amazingly contradictory messages about what an ideal mother is like. Mothers try to live up to these ideals without recognizing…

— Kathleen Kendall-Tackett Ph.D

To be a mother is a woman's greatest vocation in life. She is a partner with God. No being has a position of such…

— Spencer W. Kimball

“If my mom says women are not property how come I want to belong to someone?”

— Sarah Tregay

There's such a crazy social expectation now that we put on ourselves and on each other about what motherhood is supposed to look and…

— Kathryn Hahn

“What do you want to be?” “A mother,” I said simply, because it was true. That’s what I wanted first and foremost. “And a…

— Penny Reid

However diligent she may be, however dedicated, no mother can escape the larger influences of culture, biology,fate . . . until we can actually…

— Mary Blakely

“Motherhood is a choice you make everyday, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to…

— Donna Ball

As a mother, you're only allowed to talk about the 'good' moments - not the ones when you've had enough and want to be…

— Leila Slimani

This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body.

— Jennifer Weiner

No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may…

— Harry S. Truman

I think, when you are growing up, you have to pull apart from what your mother wants or needs. You've got to go your…

— Alice Munro