God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity.
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.
Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.
There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.
[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
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