Quotes about Motherhood

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.

Being a mother makes everything more urgent.

Could I have envisaged the woman to be their mother, she would be exactly like you. Strong, devoted to God. And beautiful. Only now, since you have become my wife, do I begin to understand what love is. What our Lord desires for his bride. His followers. Now I know why he was willing to die.

Like every working mother, there's guilt involved in deciding how you're going to balance family and work.

I've learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to yourself like you'd talk to someone you love and reach out to tell your story.

You have trouble breastfeeding, and for some reason, it's supposed to be so organic that you feel like you're doing something incorrect.

Since the beginning, a woman's first and most important role has been ushering into mortality spirit sons and daughters of our Father in Heaven.

For news of a mother's heart, watch her child's face.

I called him Grandfather, because according to him you do not have to be of the same blood or same tribe to be a member of the same family, but in truth I should have called him Maman. He was the only mother I ever knew.

I'm really happy. Really! I think people honestly just want to see me as a mum and married and barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. And I just want to say, 'Everybody, relax! It's going to happen.'

Regardless of whom you pray to, during war our experiences as a community and as mothers are the same.