Quotes about Motherhood

7th July, 1871.—I was annoyed by a woman frequently beating a slave near my house, but on my reproving her she came and apologized. I told her to speak softly to her slave, as she was now the only mother the girl had;

God was conceived of a most pure Virgin ... it was fitting that the virgin should be radiant with a purity so great that a greater purity cannot be conceived.

Abortion is murder in the womb...A child is a gift of God. If you do not want him, give him to me.

Our mothers put God first when they fill their highest mission within the walls of their own homes.

Seeing God face to face is to feel that He is enthroned in our hearts even as a child feels a mother's affection without needing any demonstration.

With the early Christians you couldn't have God as your father unless you have the church as your mother. This isn't accepting the church as a perfect thing.

I've never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn't mean for me to have kids so that everybody else's children could be mine.