Being A Mom Quotes - Page 8

• I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib.

  Woody Allen

  Funny, Humor, Parenting

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• It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Responsibility, School, Motherhood

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint.

  James Fenton

  Mom, Mother, Humorous

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• I don't want to let my life as a woman pass me by. There's a time to work, there's a time to be young and crazy, and there should be a time to enjoy motherhood. I'm actually looking forward to that.

  Diane Kruger

  Crazy, Motherhood, Want

  "Interview: Inglourious Basterds ‘ Diane Kruger". Interview With Zorianna Kit, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2009.

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  I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Autism

  Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, Anchor

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• Having a child makes you realize the importance of life - narcissism goes out the window. Heaven on earth is looking at my little boy. The minute he was born, I knew if I never did anything other than being a mom, I'd be fine.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Mom, Mother, Children

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• The truth is, every son raised by a single mom is pretty much born married. I don't know, but until your mom dies it seems like all the other women in your life can never be more than just your mistress.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Mom, Son, Mistress

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Choke”, p.15, Random House

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• When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.

  Mitch Albom

  Mother, Love You, Eye

  Twitter post from May 11, 2014

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• You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside

  Sue Monk Kidd

  Mother, Stills, Ifs

  Sue Monk Kidd (2002). “The Secret Life of Bees”, Viking Press

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• The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small.

  Mother Teresa

  Mom, Circles, World

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• A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman, Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Mom, Pregnancy, Two

  Poor Richard's Almanack (1734)

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• I feel very fortunate to be currently in the position where I can choose to be an actor, writer, director, or all of them at the same time. With being a mom, I've recently had a priority shift that has sort of thrusted itself on my existence, but I tend to use all experiences as something to work with. Anything that is profoundly, energy shifting - like having a child - is fodder for creative thought.

  Lake Bell

  Mom, Children, Creative

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• Mindful parenting is the hardest job on the planet, but it's also one that has the potential for the deepest kinds of satisfactions over the life span, and the greatest feelings of interconnectedness and community and belonging.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Mom, Jobs, Hardest Job

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• If you want the truth, I will tell you the truth: Friend, listen: the God whom I love is inside.

  Robert Bly

  Mom, Love Is, Want

  Robert Bly (2011). “Kabir: Ecstatic Poems”, p.77, Beacon Press

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• Simple practices like conscious breathing and smiling are very important. They can change our civilization.

  Nhat Hanh

  Mom, Simple, Practice

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.35, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• We, like the Mother of the World, become the compassionate presence that can hold, with tenderness, the rising and passing waves of suffering.

  Tara Brach

  Mom, Mother, Suffering

  Tara Brach (2012). “Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame”, p.216, Random House

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• When you hold a child in your arms, or hug your mother, or your husband, or your friend, if you breathe in and out three times, your happiness will be multiplied at least tenfold.

  Nhat Hanh

  Mom, Mother, Husband

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• She was the archetypal selfless mother: living only for her children, sheltering them from the consequences of their actions - and in the end doing them irreparable harm.

  Marcia Muller

  Mom, Mother, Children

  Marcia Muller (2011). “The McCone Files”, p.303, AudioGO

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• Passion has always been important to me. That won't change. What changes in a woman's perspective. I mean, I have two kids now. I'm a single parent balancing motherhood and my career. That changes the equation.

  Jody Watley

  Change, Passion, Mean

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• I don't know what I would do in the world without [female friends] for advice, for comfort, for simply knowing that there is someone out there who knows me as I am, and loves me despite and because of it.

  Anna Quindlen

  Mom, Knowing, Advice

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• Motherhood changes everything.

  Adriana Trigiani

  Mom, Motherhood

  Interview with Margo Hammond, Ellen Heltzel, www.goodhousekeeping.com. August 1, 2005.

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• I had three children while doing a show, as demanding as 'Good Morning America,' so this is - you know, it's almost like I'm less daunted about motherhood, and parenting at this point in time. And I think I'm just much more fit and healthy than I was 20-years-ago.

  Joan Lunden

  Mom, Morning, Children

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• None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age, etc. - often influence my subject matter.

  Anne Tyler

  Mom, Motherhood, Age

  "Author Q&A". Penguin Random House Interview, www.penguinrandomhouse.com.

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• I honestly wondered how on earth I would manage to combine work and motherhood.

  Zoe Tapper

  Mom, Motherhood, Earth

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• Beguiling voices in the world cry out for 'alternative lifestyles' for women. They maintain that some women are better suited for careers than for marriage and motherhood.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Mom, Motherhood, Careers

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