Quotes by Motherhood In a sane society no woman would be left to struggle on her own with the huge transformation that is motherhood, when a single individual finds herself joined by an invisible umbilical cord to another person from whom she will never be separated, even by death. Germaine Greer umbilical-cord motherhood struggle Motherhood . . . is an act of infinite optimism. Gilda Radner optimism motherhood inspirational How can it be a large career to tell other people's children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one's own children about the universe? How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone, and narrow to be everything to someone? No; a woman's function is laborious, but because it is gigantic, not because it is minute. I will pity Mrs. Jones for the hugeness of her task; I will never pity her for its smallness. Gilbert K. Chesterton motherhood careers children To give life another being, what a gift! When he finally was placed into my arms, I looked into his precious eyes and felt an overwhelming, unconditial love... I never felt so complete and empowered in my life. Gisele Bundchen motherhood eye giving To counter-balance the natural humility of motherhood, I garden ... In the garden, more than any place, I really feel successful. Glenda Jackson motherhood humility successful Motherhood is the most dangerous and awesome relationship possible. ... The parent/child blood relationship is one-sided and irrevocable and enduring. And it is all rather humbling. Glenda Jackson motherhood children blood Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding. Gloria Estefan mothers-day motherhood inspiring Of the two lots, the woman's lot of perpetual motherhood, and the man's of perpetual babyhood, I prefer the man's. George Bernard Shaw women motherhood inspirational Mighty is the force of motherhood! It transforms all things by its vital heat; it turns timidity into fierce courage, and dreadless defiance into tremulous submission; it turns thoughtlessness into foresight, and yet stills all anxiety into calm content; it makes selfishness become self-denial, and gives even to hard vanity the glance of admiring love. George Eliot vanity motherhood self The home is under siege. So many families are being destroyed...If anyone can change the dismal situation into which we are sliding, it is you. Rise up, oh women of Zion, rise up to the great challenge which faces you. My message to you, my challenge to you, my prayer is that you will rededicate yourselves to the strengthening of your homes. Gordon B. Hinckley motherhood prayer home Do without if you need to, but don't do without mother. H. Burke Peterson motherhood mother needs Motherhood rarely allows for solitude, yet it begets its own kind of isolation: from one's past, from one's youth, from the women we once thought we were and would become. Hannah Nordhaus motherhood solitude past I've learned so much from being a mom about the kind of person I want to be, the kind of woman I want to be. Motherhood has taught me mindfulness. If you just parent on instinct, you'll screw your kid up for life. You have to be so mindful. Gwyneth Paltrow motherhood mom kids Motherhood sort of puts things into perspective, and it's bout real life, and life is about people, what we give, what we take, what we share. Halle Berry motherhood real people Feeling inadequate is an occupational hazard of motherhood. Harriet Lerner hazards motherhood feelings This is part of the essence of motherhood, watching your kid grow into her own person and not being able to do anything about it. Otherwise children would be nothing more than pets. Heather Armstrong motherhood kids children Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong. H. L. Mencken sad motherhood religion I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. Motherhood holds no interest for me. Helen Mirren maternal-instinct instinct motherhood Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others. Henry Drummond motherhood happiness inspirational At first, it must be remembered, that [women] can never accomplish anything until they put womanhood ahead of wifehood, and make motherhood the highest office on the social scale. Herbert Croly women motherhood wife «345678910111213»
