Mothers Quotes

The story of a mother's life: Trapped between a scream and a hug. - Cathy Guisewite, "Like Mother, Like Daughter"

The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old.  - Jean Kerr

In the evening, after she has gone to sleep, I kneel beside the crib and touch her face, where it is pressed against the slats, with mine.  - Joan Didion

My mother taught me to walk proud and tall 'as if the world was mine'. - Sophia Loren

As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war ... You have to learn when to let go. And that's not easy. - Aretha Franklin

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love. - Thomas C Haliburton

Bitter are the tears of a child: Sweeten them.   Deep are the thoughts of a child: Quiet them. Sharp is the grief of a child: Take it from him. Soft is the heart of a child: Do not harden it.  - Pamela Glenconner

Love your children with all your hearts, love them enough to discipline them before it is too late...Praise them for important things, even if you have to stretch them a bit. Praise them a lot. They live on it like bread and butter and they need it more than bread and butter.  - Lavina Christensen Fugal

What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp. - Marjorie Holmes

There came a moment quite suddenly a mother realized that a child was no longer hers. ... without bothering to ask or even give notice, her daughter had just grown up. - Alice Hoffman