Mothers Day Quotes - Page 3

• Few of us will reach our potential without the nurturing of both the mother who bore us and the mothers who bear with us.

  Sheri L. Dew

  Inspiring, Bears, Nurturing

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• I really learned it all from mothers.

  Benjamin Spock

  Mom, Mother, Motherhood

  "TIME" Magazine, April 8, 1985.

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• I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women.

  Erykah Badu

  Inspiring, Strong Women, Long

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• I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.

  Melinda Gates

  Inspiring, Baby, Museums

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I get e-mails from mothers asking me to call their daughters for a date. I have a great life.

  Shaun White

  Daughter, Asking, Mail

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• I know what it's like to struggle and to have those concerns that all mothers have.

  Ann Romney

  Inspiring, Struggle, Concern

  "Ann Romney: the privileged housewife worth more to Mitt than his millions" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2012.

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• All my friends' mothers were appalling women.

  Doris Lessing

  Inspiring, Mother, My Friends

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• At about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers

  Kathleen Turner

  Inspiring, Grandmother, Play

  "Why I'm moving to Europe" by Sharon Krum, www.theguardian.com. January 17, 2006.

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• All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Inspiring, Want, Chef

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• I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.

  Ogden Nash

  Inspiring, Dog, Juice

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• I always brought up my children not to believe in Mothers Day gifts, and now I regret it.

  Lauren Bacall

  Children, Regret, Believe

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• One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

  Lawrence Welk

  Inspiring, Daughter, Ambition

  Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1971). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”, Prentice Hall Direct

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• Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?

  Donald E. Westlake

  Inspiring, Mom, Boys

  "Fictional character: Roy Dillon". "The Grifters", www.imdb.com. 1990.

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• Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Family, Inspiring, Mom

  Barbara Kingsolver (2001). “Homeland and Other Stories”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• [A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.

  Emily Dickinson

  Mom, Mother Daughter, Mother And Daughter

  Emily Dickinson, Thomas Herbert Johnson, Theodora Ward (1986). “The Letters of Emily Dickinson”, p.475, Harvard University Press

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• A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.

  Bob Hope

  Mean, Motherhood, Psychological

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• Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

  Gloria Estefan

  Inspiring, Motherhood, Being A Mom

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• Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.

  Sam Levenson

  Funny, Hilarious, Mom

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• Catholics have guilt and Jews have guilt, fine. But mothers can trump them all.

  Diane Lane

  Inspiring, Catholic, Guilt

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• Most mothers kiss and scold together.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Mom, Motherhood, Mother And Son

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

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• Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Family, Mom, Children

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• All mothers go through the exact same things.

  Angie Harmon

  Inspiring, Mother

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• As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.

  Buddy Hackett

  Funny, Family, Mom

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• A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three.

  Grantly Dick-Read

  Baby, Food, Breastfeeding

  Grantly Dick-Read (2006). “Childbirth Without Fear”, p.388, Pollinger in Print

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• Men are what their mothers made them.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Success, Mom, Motivation

  The Conduct of Life "Fate" (1860)

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