Balance Quote by Peggy Orenstein

The joys of motherhood are not excessively apparent during the first few weeks of a baby's life.

— Vera Brittain

The joy in motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times, but amid the challenges there are shining moments of…

— M. Russell Ballard

Women and girls face a whole host of issues. We start with health, so we work very deeply on maternal deaths, making sure that…

— Melinda Gates

“When ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) claims that home birth and midwives are unsafe, they imply that the women who choose it…

— Jennifer Block

Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition!

— Kathleen Sebelius

Mothers are great. They outlast everything. But when they're bad, they're the worst thing that can happen.

— Carrie Fisher

[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism.

— Gilda Radner

There's something very frightening about the vulnerability of mothers and babies.

— Jed Mercurio

Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.

— Meryl Streep

“all over the world women are impeded from protecting their own and their babies’ health, and often survival, because of factors beyond their control.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

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

— Romola Garai

“Recognize that the joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining…

— Standard Works LLC