893 private quotes tagged mom

“My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.”— Taylor Swift

“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.”— Maya Angelou

“The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.”— Henry Ward Beecher

“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.”— Oscar Wilde

“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”— Sophia Loren

“The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.”— Erich Fromm

“Mothers are the necessity of invention.”— Bill Watterson

“A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.”— Princess Diana

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

“I want to be more successful as a mother than I am in show business.”— Celine Dion

“I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. I feel lucky because I have the luxury of working only one or two days a week.”— Cindy Crawford

“I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.”— Maya Angelou

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“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.”— Aristotle

“My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”— Pablo Picasso

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

“Men are what their mothers made them.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“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

“Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.”— Ambrose Bierce

“My mom is a sculptress.”— P. J. Harvey

“Deep down, my mom had long suspected I was gay... Much of her anger and hurt came from her sense of betrayal that she was the last to be told.”— Chaz Bono

“I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.”— Cathy Guisewite

“My mom is a really good cook. I didn't get the cooking gene, but she cooks this really amazing dinner every Christmas, and that's always really fun.”— Miranda Cosgrove

“As a busy working mom I'm always pressed for time, so a quick and easy beauty routine is key!”— Angela Kinsey

“The real beauty of it - key to my life was playing key chords on a banjo. For somebody else it may be a golf club that mom and dad put in their hands or a baseball or ballet lessons. Real gift to give to me and put it in writing.”— Vince Gill

“My mom, the fabulous Bertie Kinsey, is an amazing seamstress. She quilts and sews and is so crafty. We call her the Southern Martha Stewart!”— Angela Kinsey