Community Quote by Stacey Abrams

My mother, Mary, has been a guiding force for as long as I can remember through the examples she's set as a single mother.…

— Richelieu Dennis

Raising me as a single parent, my mother held many jobs. Most of them had to do with the betterment and the advancement of…

— Ayanna Pressley

With The King Center as her base, my mother pressed on to fulfill a role that changed lives and legislation. She was a woman…

— Bernice King

My mother was a minister, so I grew up in a church. My grandfather was a minister; there are a bunch of ministers in…

— Gregory Porter

My mom juggled working as a home health care aide with managing her own hair salon, often working every day except Sunday, when she…

— Karine Jean-Pierre

My mother had aspirations to become a concert singer. Her Methodist Minister father didn't approve of young girls leaving home until they married, so…

— John Coltrane

“A MOTHER is a Mentor, who Over looks all your faults, a Trainer/Teacher, who Haven't ceased in praying for you, an Endless counselor, she…

— Wisdom Kwashie Mensah

My mother grew up in abject poverty in Mississippi, an elementary school dropout. Yet, with the support of women around her, she returned to…

— Stacey Abrams

My mother grew up strong. She was a charismatic leader among her peers, staging plays, organizing projects, raising money for charity; she was fiercely…

— Anand Giridharadas

My father was a minister, and it was more my mother that had the responsibility of making sure the family put out an outward…

— Frances McDormand

My parents are ministers.

— Stacey Abrams

I grew up in a church. My mom is a minister so she would make us go to every possible church she could muster.

— Saint Jhn