- Expired
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mother Quotes
On mothers, their advice, and what stays with us.
Several of these lines trace back to childhood impressions left by a mother's words, whether about appearance, privacy, or simply keeping close watch. For prayer-toned reflections, see Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I poke fun of everybody and everything. And who's easier to make fun of than your mother?
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
That attitude that I wouldn't succeed didn't come from my family; it came from school and then the township we lived in. I wasn't going to settle for that, and my mother warned us not to settle for less, to make the most of our lives.
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was little, I got to pick my hair ribbon from my mother's collection that hung over her dressing-table mirror. I have an entire room of ribbons in my New York apartment.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a mother and grandmother is the best of the best in my life. My grandchildren multiply the joy my daughters bring me.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother, throughout her entire life, has been faithful to the church, even though the church has not been that faithful to her because of her politics.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in place itself made you quite tough. And then you've got this British mother whose entire being rejects 'coddling' in case it makes you too soft. So there's absolutely nothing standing between you and a fairly rough experience.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my mother so much, because I see the whole of her.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
In retrospect, I have come to recognise just how astounding my mother was during our childhood. She kept a woodwork shop and made beautiful furniture, as well as raising the pair of us in a society dominated by men. There really is nothing like war to reveal the power of patriarchy, but she always retained her independence.
- Grow Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't grow up in public life. I lived with my mother in Boston, not in Washington, DC, so I was somewhat sheltered from that.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
A woman's body never really belongs to herself. As an infant, my body was my mother's, a detachable extension of her own, a digestive passage clamped and unclamped from her body. My parents would watch over it, watch over what went into and out of it, and as I grew up, I would be expected to carry on their watching by myself.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colorful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020