Quotes about Motherhood
Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked will I return. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
- Shane Claiborne
My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it - I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.
- Maya Angelou
That means you're my kid, I explained, and I'm your mother, and nobody can say it isn't so.
- Barbara Kingsolver
Mother, you can still hold hold on but forgive, forgive and give for long as long as we both shall live, I forgive you, Mother.
- Barbara Kingsolver
A mother's unfulfilled ambitions lie heaviest on her daughters.
- Barbara Kingsolver
See many parents, particularly mothers with small children, often frustrated in their desire to accomplish a lot because all they seem to do is meet the needs of little children all day. Remember, frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities.
- Stephen Covey
Proactive people make love a verb. Love is something you do: the sacrifices you make, the giving of self, like a mother bringing a newborn into the world.
- Stephen Covey
Happy Mom means a happy family!
- Stephen Covey
By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems.
- Mother Teresa
To be a mother is the greatest vocation in the world. No being has a position of such great power and influence. She holds in her hands the destiny of nations, for to her is necessarily committed the making of the nation's citizens.
- Hannah Whitall Smith
In the past, when I'd recorded during a break in a tour, it was so easy to sing, because I felt strong. Also, like so many new mothers, I wasn't getting a lot of sleep, and sleeping is such a huge part of being able to sing.
- Amy Grant
No one ever outgrows the need for a mother's love.
- Janette Oke