My beautiful Mother |
You'll never know how important she was to you, and to the person you become, until she's gone. Then she'll live in your heart.
I celebrate my Mother today with some sweet words—and some sassy words—others have said about mothers and motherhood.
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If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way mom told you to in the beginning. —Unknown
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque. —Denzel Washington
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors. —Maya Angelou
The majority of my diet is made up of foods that my kid didn't finish. —Carrie Underwood
When your mother asks, Do you want a piece of advice? it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway. —Erma Bombeck
When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you. —Nora Ephron
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. —Oprah Winfrey
Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, and hold our breath, and hope we've set aside enough money to pay for our kids' therapy. —Michelle Pfeiffer
My family has very strong women. My mother never laughed at my dream of Africa, even though everyone else did because we didn't have any money, because Africa was the dark continent, and because I was a girl. —Jane Goodall
I always say if you aren't yelling at your kids, you're not spending enough time with them. —Reese Witherspoon
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. —Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. —Phyllis Diller
A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary. —Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Takeaway Truth
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. —Rudyard Kipling
Joan, this is awesome! A true keeper! Thank you.
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