Motherhood Quotes - Page 13

• Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.

  H. L. Mencken

  Sad, Religion, Morality

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.617, Vintage

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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, Day Care

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

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• A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Love, Wise, Independent

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• I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform.

  Sandra Bullock

  Mom, Mother, Want

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• Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain.

  Khalil Gibran

  Life, Depression, Running

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• The mother...swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood.

  Victor Hugo

  Mother, Children, Eye

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• It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.

  Lafcadio Hearn

  Literature, Morality, Modern

  Lafcadio Hearn (2012). “Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn”, p.150, tredition

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• Mothers have a sacred role. They are partners with God, as well as with their own husbands, first in giving birth to the Lord's spirit children and then rearing those children so they will serve the Lord and keep his commandments. ...Motherhood is a holy calling, a sacred dedication for carrying out the Lord's work, a consecration and devotion to the rearing and fostering, the nurturing of body, mind, and spirit of those who kept their first estate and who came to this earth for their second estate to learn and be tested.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Mother, Husband, Children

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• I think that poetry is perfect for women raising children, with just bits of time and such need to connect to other women out of the isolation of motherhood.

  Francesca Lia Block

  Children, Thinking, Perfect

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• Women opened the windows of my eyes and the doors of my spirit. Had it not been for the woman-mother, the woman-sister, and the woman-friend, I would have been sleeping among those who seek the tranquility of the world with their snoring.

  Khalil Gibran

  Sister, Mother, Sleep

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• [My favorite thing about motherhood is] that it's made me grow into a woman finally, and I finally grew up, thank God.

  Nicole Polizzi

  Inspiring, Mom, Mother

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• I remember being seven and asking my mom if I was as pretty as Monique [my best friend in grade school]. And with all the love in the world, my mom looked at me and said, 'Oh, honey, you're so funny.' So, she doesn't lie to me...she answers the question by not answering and instead tells me what she thinks is my greatest strength.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Mom, Mother, Lying

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• Motherhood is heart-exploding, blissful hysteria.

  Olivia Wilde

  Inspiring, Mom, Mother

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

  Robert Cormier

  Family, Mother, Father

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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, Being A Mom, Want

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

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• Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls, it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage and motherhood to primary education. We certainly do not want to return to the simplistic duality of home economics classes for girls and wood shop for boys.

  Camille Paglia

  Girl, Home, Boys

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• The balancing act of motherhood and a career, and being a wife, is something that I don't think I'll ever perfect, but I love the challenge of it.

  Kerri Walsh

  Thinking, Careers, Perfect

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• I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Mother, Baby, Courage

  FaceBook post by Elizabeth Taylor from Jun 30, 2016

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• My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them.

  Milo Ventimiglia

  Mom, Mother, Sisterhood

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• Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother.

  Beverley Jones

  Funny, Family, Mom

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• My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash.

  Joan Rivers

  Dog, Baby, Memorable

  "Funny Ladies". Book by B. Adler, 2001.

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• Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Mother, Children, Soul

  St. Alphonsus Liguori (2015). “How to Converse with God”, p.7, TAN Books

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• Motherhood was my career. I'm totally satisfied with that.

  Ann Romney

  Careers, Being A Mom, Satisfied

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• Conventionality is not morality.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Wisdom, Fun, Morality

  'Jane Eyre' (2nd ed., 1848) preface

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• I really learned it all from mothers.

  Benjamin Spock

  Mothers Day, Mom, Mother

  "TIME" Magazine, April 8, 1985.

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