Mother Quotes

He who made thee is made in thee. He is made in thee through whom you were made.... Give milk, O mother, to him who is our food; give milk to the bread that comes down from heaven.

My mother spoke of Christ to my father, by her feminine and childlike virtues, and, after having borne his violence without a murmur or complaint, gained him at the close of his life to Christ.

Did my infancy succeed another age of mine that dies before it? Was it that which I spent within my mother's womb?... And what before that life again, O God of my joy, was I anywhere or in any body?

India has no reason to be grateful to Mother Teresa

There are occasions that I love to be fashionable and enjoy, you know? But the work day of a mother doesn't include a hair making team or any consideration of your shoe.

On her daughters: I have a 5 year old and I have a 1 year old.

Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?

Becoming a mother has taught me to simply things and also to appreciate being at home more.

My mother was Canadian, so you never knew what she was thinking.

I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my life.

My mother was so beautiful, she really was a a wonderful person. Always walking like a queen. Like she owned the world. Maybe I took something from her.

I hadn't thought about the fact that I was a foster child but, did notice that (in films) I'm often without a mother or father or both.

Her mother was a cultivated woman - she was born in a greenhouse

[My mother] was the one who encouraged me constantly and always reminded me that God gave me a talent and I have to use it. I should not keep it locked inside.

Creating a warm, caring, supportive, encouraging environment is probably the most important thing you can do for your family.

Football is multigenerational. It used to be about fathers taking their sons. Now we're taking our daughters, too.

My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it.

I always wanted my mother to be Queen for a Day. I always used to watch that show that came on television.

My mother told me, if you call yourself 'Little' Stevie Wonder, you'd better be as good as Little Willie John.

The best principles in our lives were those which we heard from our mothers through our ears.

Before you ignore another homeless person on the street, just remember that that could be someone's father or someone's mother and they have a story.

It was my last act of love (first words to her mother in the hospital after her first major suicide attempt)

I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston.

Three of them got killed. My mother was shot in the knee. But by God's grace, she's still alive.

From the time I can remember my mother kept me in church. I think my first recollection of any place, being anywhere was in a church.

When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

It is generally admitted, and very frequently proved, that virtue and genius, and all the natural good qualities which men possess, are derived from their mothers.

When I was born, my mother didn't know what to name me. Eventually she named me after Thom Yorke.

Leisure is the mother of philosophy; and commonwealth, the mother of peace and leisure.

The thought that my mother would suddenly be a foreigner would upset me very much.

Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin.

I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.

when the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life.

'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.

I think one of the biggest things that affects young women is when they hear their mothers using fat talk.

I know my father and my mother, but beyond that I cannot go. My ancestry is blurred.

Yes. My mother was and still is a Folk Singer. She was very involved in the political movements for Unions and Civil rights. She sang with Pete Seeger among others. My father was an Actor.

I saw how, when my brother smoked reefer, it made my mother cry. He was 16 at the time. And I saw that she broke down and cried. I never wanted to hurt my mother, so I kept away from drugs.

I am the poet of the woman the same as the man, And I say it is as great to be a woman as to be a man, And I say there is nothing greater than the mother of a man.

My daughter is my greatest inspiration.

Life as Hunter Thompson's mother was no weenie roast.

My mother loved everyone she came in contact with. She always shared her love and was able to heal those around her with it.

For me, all mother in the world are my goddesses.

Maybe it's just a daughter's job to piss off her mother.

My mother was a Sunday school teacher. So I am a byproduct of prayer. My mom just kept on praying for her son.

I didn't fully realize it at the time, but the goal of my life was profoundly molded by this experience - to help produce, in the next generation, more Mother Teresas and less Hitlers.

You realize that you habitually thought of Mom when something in your life was not going well, because when you thought of her it was as though something got back on track, and you felt re-energized.

one of the best and the most painful things about time traveling has been the opportunity to see my mother alive.

My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.

His home was populated by things and creatures from Niall Lynch's dreams, and his mother was just another one of them