- Me
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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
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my child's-eye view, whenever I was exposed to pain, it meant that my mother had let me down.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my children, but I don't really want to talk about them. I'm not that much of a freakish middle-aged mother, I'm just very lucky, and there isn't much more to say. I'd like not to be constantly expected to be a spokesman for things that are part of the natural rhythm of a woman's life.
- War
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents met at Fort Riley, Kan., during World War II. My father was an Army civilian; he had been trampled by a horse in his youth and couldn't enlist. My mother was studying to be a nurse and, when war broke out, joined the Women's Army Corps without even telling her parents.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 9 years old when my father - a strong, vibrant man in his early 40s - died of a heart attack. He was such a central figure in our lives that losing him was a terrible shock to all of us, my mother in particular.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother did what all great leaders do: She sparked the growth of future leaders.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leaders have to see past problems to solutions, and my mother excelled at just that.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a mother.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother sees things but from the distance; she does not weigh them in regard to my position, and she judges me too harshly. But she is my mother, who loves me dearly; and when she speaks, I can only bow my head.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have doubtless heard, my dear mother, the misfortune of Madame de Chartres, whose child is born dead. But I would rather have even that, terrible as it is, than be as I am without hope of any children.
- Her
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother is the best storyteller. And her mother was too.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have the capacity to make sure that every mother has pre-natal care. Yet, we don't do it. What is it about America? It says we don't value children and families. We are hypocrites.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to the big Picasso retrospective at the Tate in the sixties, and I think I went to an Andy Warhol retrospective at the Tate in the sixties, too. My mother was very good at taking me to things like that. We lived in Reading, but we went on these cultural trips to London.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am better at my job for being a mother and vice versa.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020