Being A Good Mother Quotes

• A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.

  Gaspard Mermillod

  Relationship, Mothers Day, Mom

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• There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.

  Jill Churchill

  Inspirational, Leadership, Mothers Day

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• A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.

  Agatha Christie

  Mothers Day, Mom, Daughter

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• Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.

  Ann Oakley

  Mother, Children, Dedication

  Ann Oakley (1974). “Housewife”, Lane, Allen

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• Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason, and those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

  Maggie Gallagher

  Love, Family, Mom

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• No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe, things that happen unwieldy. You cannot turn to her anymore, and it changes your life forever. There is no one on earth who knew you from the day you were born; who knew why you cried, or when you'd had enough food; who knew exactly what to say when you were hurting; and who encouraged you to grow a good heart. When that layer goes, whatever is left of your childhood goes with her.

  Adriana Trigiani

  Mother, Hurt, Heart

  Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Big Stone Gap: A Novel”, p.176, Ballantine Books

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• Sometimes being a good mother gets in the way of being a good person.

  Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

  Mom, Mother, Way

  Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (1998). “A Woman of Independent Means”, p.193, Penguin

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• Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mother, Children, Risk

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.505, Simon and Schuster

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• I fully intend to make amends and get back to being a good mother, wife, daughter, and friend.

  Suzy Favor Hamilton

  Daughter, Mother, Wife

  Twitter post from Dec 20, 2012

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• I think my mother taught me what not to do. She put us first, always, sometimes to the detriment of herself. She encouraged me not to do that. She'd say being a good mother isn't all about sacrificing; it's really investing and putting yourself higher on your priority list.

  Michelle Obama

  Mother, Sacrifice, Thinking

  "Michelle Obama’s tips for being happy, healthy". Interview with Liz Vaccariello, www.today.com. October 5, 2009.

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• I'll show up at every classroom open house and teacher conference,' she said, now in a voice that was almost frightening in its intensity. 'I'll bake brownies. My child will have new clothes. Her shoes will fit. She'll get her shots, and she'll get her braces. We'll start a college fund next week. I'll tell her I love her every damn day.' If that wasn't a great plan for being a good mother, I couldn't imagine what a better one could be

  Charlaine Harris

  Mother, Teacher, Children

  Charlaine Harris (2009). “Dead and Gone: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.67, Penguin

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• And that's the insult of it, how always it comes back to a woman being a "good" mother in the world's eyes or a "bad" mother, how everything in a woman's life is funneled through her body between her legs.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Mother, Eye, World

  Joyce Carol Oates (1990). “I Lock My Door Upon Myself”, New York : Ecco Press

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• The attempt to be an ideal parent, that is, to behave correctly toward the child, to raise her correctly, not to give to little ortoo much, is in essence an attempt to be the ideal child--well behaved and dutiful--of one's own parents. But as a result of these efforts the needs of the child go unnoticed. I cannot listen to my child with empathy if I am inwardly preoccupied with being a good mother; I cannot be open to what she is telling me.

  Alice Miller

  Mother, Children, Essence

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