Mother
Quotes - In a child's eyes, a mother is a goddess
A
mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us;
when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when
trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her
kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace
to return to our hearts.”
―
Washington Irving
“But
there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got
on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and
heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother's story,
because hers is where yours begin.”
―
Mitch Albom, For One More Day
“I
was always an unusual girl.
My
mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no
fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as
wavering as the ocean.”
―
Lana Del Rey
“If
you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good
fighter.”
―
Anchee Min, Red Azalea: A Memoir
“The
only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.”
―
Karl Lagerfeld
“No
man is poor who has a Godly mother.”
―
Abraham Lincoln
“The
Simple Path
Silence
is Prayer
Prayer
is Faith
Faith
is Love
Love
is Service
The
Fruit of Service is Peace”
―
Mother Teresa
“In
a child's eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible,
benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced
that this is the greatest power in the universe.”
―
N.K. Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
“But
kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better
you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the long run.”
―
Barbara Kingsolver, Pigs in Heaven
“Being
a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.”
―
Robert A. Heinlein, Have Space Suit—Will Travel
“My
mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I
attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education
I received from her.”
―
George Washington
“My
mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.”
―
R.J. Palacio, Wonder
“Can
you think what the Mirror of Erised shows us all?" Harry shook his head.
"Let
me explain. The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised
like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as
he is. Does that help."
Harry
thought. Then he said slowly, "It shows us what we want... whatever we
want..."
"Yes
and no," said Dumbledore quietly.
"It
shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our
hearts. You, who have never known your family, see them standing around you.
Ronald Weasley, who has always been overshadowed by his brothers, sees himself
standing alone, the best of all of them. However, this mirror will give us
neither knowledge or truth. Men have wasted away before it, entranced by what
they have seen, or been driven mad, not knowing if what it shows is real or
even possible.
"The
Mirror will be moved to a new home tomorrow, Harry, and I ask you not to go
looking for it again. If you ever do run across it, you will now be prepared.
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that. Now, why
don't you put that admirable cloak back on and get off to bed.”
―
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“Perhaps
it takes courage to raise children..”
―
John Steinbeck, East of Eden
“Children
are knives, my mother once said. They don’t mean to, but they cut. And yet we
cling to them, don’t we, we clasp them until the blood flows.”
―
Joanne Harris, The Girl with No Shadow
“I
am writing you from inside a body that used to be yours. Which is to say, I am
writing as a son.”
― Ocean
Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“What's
your heart telling you to do?
I
don't know.'
Maybe,
you're trying too hard to hear it.”
―
Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember
“That
was the thing about best friends. Like sisters and mothers, they could piss you
off and make you cry and break your heart, but in the end, when the chips were
down, they were there, making you laugh even in your darkest hours.”
―
Kristen Hannah, Firefly Lane
“I
don't know what it is about food your mother makes for you, especially when
it's something that anyone can make - pancakes, meat loaf, tuna salad - but it
carries a certain taste of memory.”
―
Mitch Albom
“I
love you every day. And now I will miss you every day.”
―
Mitch Albom, For One More Day
“Art
is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mothers face.”
―
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“The
best love in the world, is the love of a man. The love of a man who came from
your womb, the love of your son! I don't have a daughter, but maybe the love of
a daughter is the best, too. I am first and foremost me, but right after that,
I am a mother. The best thing that I can ever be, is me. But the best gift that
I will ever have, is being a mother.”
― C.
JoyBell C.
“I
remember these things clearly because that was how my mother loved you, not
through white lies and constant verbal affirmation, but in subtle observations
of what brought you joy, pocketed away to make you feel comforted and cared for
without even realizing it.”
―
Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart
“I
realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you
will ever know.”
―
Mitch Albom, For One More Day
“No
one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood
chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at what you've got, say "Oh, my
gosh," and recognize that of all the balls there ever were, this is the
one you should not drop. It's not a question of choice.”
―
Marisa de los Santos, Love Walked In
“I
like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.”
―
Adriana Trigiani, Viola in Reel Life
“By
day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.”
―
Cormac McCarthy, The Road
“My
dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had
limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do
harm.”
―
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
“You
realize that you habitually thought of Mom when something in your life was not
going well, because when you thought of her it was as though something got back
on track, and you felt re-energized.”
―
Kyung-Sook Shin, Please Look After Mom
