mother quotes

“If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.”

“Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.”

— Coco Chanel

“Better a serpent than a stepmother!”

— Euripides

“A mother who is really a mother is never free.”

— Honore de Balzac

“A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.”

— Honore de Balzac

“A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears.”

— Honore de Balzac

“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”

— Honore de Balzac

“It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.”

— Honore de Balzac

“The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.”

— Honore de Balzac

“Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!”

— Honore de Balzac

“Children are the anchors of a mother's life. ”

— Sophocles

“For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.”

— Sophocles

“A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.”

— Victor Hugo

“The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.”

— Victor Hugo

“Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.”

— Eminem

“Being a mother, singer and actress is a definite juggling act, but I don't think I would be comfortable any other way.”

— Christina Aguilera

“I praticed making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She used to scare me by saying that I was going to see the devil if I kept looking in the mirror. That fascinated me even more, of course. ”

— Jim Carrey

“My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time. ”

— Jim Carrey

“I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I'd have a hairy conniption. I'd just go crazy. ”

— Jim Carrey

“My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted. ”

— Jim Carrey

“If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it." ”

— Thomas Stearns Eliot

“My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over. ”

— Clint Eastwood

“Men are what their mothers made them. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.”

— Maya Angelou

“I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

mother quotes

“If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.”

“You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.”

“My mother-in-law had a pain beneath her left breast. Turned out to be a trick knee. ”

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

“Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.”

“Better a serpent than a stepmother!”

“A mother who is really a mother is never free.”

“A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.”

“A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears.”

“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”

“It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.”

“The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.”

“Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!”

“Children are the anchors of a mother's life. ”

“For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.”

“A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.”

“The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.”

“Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.”

“Being a mother, singer and actress is a definite juggling act, but I don't think I would be comfortable any other way.”

“I praticed making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She used to scare me by saying that I was going to see the devil if I kept looking in the mirror. That fascinated me even more, of course. ”

“My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time. ”

“I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I'd have a hairy conniption. I'd just go crazy. ”

“My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted. ”

“If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it." ”

“My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over. ”

“Men are what their mothers made them. ”

“Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. ”

“There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep. ”

“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.”

“I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.”