Human relations Quote by Tillie Olsen

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

— Meryl Streep

Motherhood, in the sense of an intense, reciprocal relationship with a particular child, or children, is one part of female process; it is not…

— Adrienne Rich

Motherhood is more than a biological imperative.

— Norah Vincent

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

— Romola Garai

Motherhood isn't just a series of contractions; it's a state of mind. From the moment we know life is inside us, we feel a…

— Erma Bombeck

One has to do everything at the right time. That includes motherhood.

— Sharmila Tagore

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish…

— Jessica Lange

Motherhood is more than bearing children...It is the essence of who we are as women.

— Sheri L. Dew

Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the…

— Charles Stanley

Parenthood is an endless series of small events, periodic conflicts, and sudden crises which call for a response. The response is not without consequence:…

— Haim Ginott

Motherhood is the one thing in all the world which most truly exemplifies the God-given virtues of creating and sacrificing. Though it carries the…

— David O. McKay

motherhood is the great mesh in which all human relations are entangled, in which lurk our most elemental assumptions about love and power.

— Adrienne Rich