1,337 Quotes About Motherhood

A mother has the best of all smiles; she is a wonderful friend, lover and adviser.

A mother`s job is not complete till she has taught and imbibed God`s Words, and principles into her kids.

All my friends have proper mothers. And I ended up with a batty Englishwoman who can't do laundry.

God gives us these raw, little people, and we have to form them and mold them and teach them how to operate in society. And if we get a glimpse of all the ugliness that lies right beneath our own polished surface? Well, then, there's a humbling lesson too. It's those moments when I realize I have to extend grace to Caroline as she figures these things out by trial and error in the same way God lavishes me with mercy, even as I make the same mistakes over and over again.

guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine

Crying over their children’s hearts is what mothers do.

Got anything to eat?" I asked."You know where the gas station is," said my incredibly nurturing and maternal mother.

Generally she kept her head down, but on the occasions she raised it she was treated to the most intimate of panoramic views: the scattered possessions of the three people she had created. Several small items made her cry: a tiny woollen bootie, a broken orthodontic retainer, a woggle from a cub-scout tie. She had not become Malcolm X's private secretary. She never did direct a movie or run for the Senate. She could not fly a plane. But here was all this.

What’s a mother for but to be blamed?