Quotes and a Verse on Mothers and Motherhood
"Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her."
- Proverbs 31:28
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"It seems to me that my mother was the most splendid woman
I ever knew. I have met a lot of people knocking around the world since,
but I have never met a more thoroughly refined woman than my mother.
If I have amounted to anything, it will be due to her."
- Charles Chaplin
Y
"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."
- H. W. Beecher
Y
"Is my mother my friend? I would have to say, first of all
she is my Mother, with a capital 'M'; she's something sacred to me.
I love her dearly... Yes, she is also a good friend,
someone I can talk openly with if I want to."
- Sophia Loren
Y
"At work, you think of the children you have left at home.
At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished.
Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent."
- Golda Meir
Y
"Mother is the name of God in the lips and hearts of children."
- William Makepeace Thackeray
Y
"There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave
as a lioness. The memory of my mother and her teachings were,
after all, the only capital I had to start life with,
and on that capital I have made my way."
- Andrew Jackson
Y
"If you bungle raising your children,
I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much."
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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"The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere
pleasant - and let the air out of the tires."
- Dorothy Parker
- Dedicated to my little mommy who taught me how to enjoy the little things in life.
Love you, mom!! Happy Mother's Day, mom, and all the moms out there!!


Valerie, your little Mommy is the sweetest!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this wonderful tribute to all of us and or to our own Mom's!!
Love you,
Merry