~M. H. H., quoted in Our Mothers, compiled by Mary Allette Ayer, 1916 The mother is queen of that realm and sways a scepter more potent than that of kings and priests. The formative period for building character for eternity is in the nursery. ~Pam Brown, To a Very Special Mother, 1992, What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever? ~Thomas Wentworth Higginson, "A Shadow," 1870 Floyd (1869–1923), "Home, Sweet Home," Floyd's Flowers: or, Duty and Beauty for Colored Children, 1905 It has been said that the sweetest words in our language are "Mother, Home and Heaven" and one might almost say that the word "Home" included the others. ~Meryl Streep, in The Ladies' Home Journal, 1984 I just couldn't have balanced it all physically. Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort. What is it about being at your mom's house that lets you completely relax? ~ The Middle, "Mother's Day," 2010, written by Jana & Mitch Hunter Dayton Wegefarth (1885–1973), "To My Mother," Smiles and Sighs, 1910 A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in theeĬalls back the lovely April of her prime. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick, The Meaning of Service, 1920Īn ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers. One primary effect, however, of such devotion to one's own mother should be the making of all motherhood everywhere infinitely sacred. ~Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, 1895
Dayton Wegefarth (1885–1973), "Mother," Rainbow Verse: A Book of Helpful Sunny Philosophy, 1919Īll women become like their mothers. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)įor the love that glows in your kindly face,įor the smile that is constant, ever there,įor your cheer that banishes dark despairįor all that you are, for all that you do, ~Golda Meir, 1972īesides, the real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men, - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
And no one's likely to do anything about that. It's the men who are discriminated against. Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. Sweater, n.: garment worn by a child when its mother is feeling chilly. ~Author unknown, quoted from The American Legion, 2002 ~Pam Brown, To a Very Special Mother, 1992, Ī Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.
Vickers Oberholtzer, "A Blossom of Mother-love," 1890 If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been. ~Cousin Alice, "All's Not Gold that Glitters " or, The Young Californian, 1858 "Dear, dear mother!" and the tears came at last, raining through his fingers, and taking away that dull stupor of pain from his heart. "Oh, mother, mother, mother," the boy groaned, and he longed, as if his heart was breaking, to lay his head on her knee, and look up for comfort to her face, as he had often done in his childish troubles. If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam. The woman existed, but the mother, never. Suburban life is merely motherhood on wheels. VermontĪny suburban mother can state her role sardonically enough in a sentence: it is to deliver children - obstetrically once and by car forever after. ~Jay Benson Hamilton, "How Santa Claus Made One Dollar Hold Out," 1891īeing a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in the world, since the payment is pure love. One warm mother-kiss dried the little wet eyes and stilled the little troubled heart. It shrinks not where man cowers, and grows stronger where man faints, and over wastes of worldly fortunes sends the radiance of its quenchless fidelity like a star. No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother's love. Quotes about Mothers (Sayings about Mom, Moms, Mother, Mums, Mamas, Mommies, etc) The Quote Garden ™
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