Mothers Quotes

Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions -- requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs -- there was no attention given to preparation for this office.  - Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. - Sophocles

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: One is roots. The other is wings.  - Hodding Carter, Jr.

Only a mother knows a mother's fondness. - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

A daughter reminds you of all the things you had forgotten about being young. Good and bad. - Maeve O'Reilly

My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.'  - Helen Hayes

My mother's best advice to me was: 'Whatever you decide to do in life, be sure that the joy of doing it does not depend upon the applause of others, because in the long run we are, all of us, alone.' -Ali MacGraw

Motherhood cannot finally be delegated. Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and pediatric visits may also be done by fathers...but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.  - Erica Jong

The doctors told me that I would never walk, but my mother told me I would, so I believed my mother. -Wilma Rudolph, American athlete