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Quotes about Mothers

God could not be everywhere, and therefore He made mothers.
Jewish Saying

There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
Olive Schreiner

Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers.
Harriet Beecher Stowe

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
Mark Twain

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
Source Unknown

Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this very often. God's will be done, and if He decrees that we are to have a great number of children why we must try to bring them up as useful and exemplary members of society.
Queen Victoria, Queen of Great Britain

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.
Alice Walker

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
George Washington First President of the USA

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realize you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.
Fay Weldon

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.
Rebecca West

Lord Illingworth: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. Mrs. Allonby: No man does. That is his.
Oscar Wilde

 

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