There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 55
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face. George Eliot British Author More George Eliot Quotes 9
I used to have seizures when I was young. My mother and father didn't know what to do or how to handle it but they did the best they could with what little they had. Prince Rogers Nelson American Musician More Prince Rogers Nelson Quotes 8
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. Abraham Lincoln American President More Abraham Lincoln Quotes 7
A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault. Walter Bagehot English Author More Walter Bagehot Quotes 6
My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost. Richard Branson British Businessman More Richard Branson Quotes 4
Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 4
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values. Al Sharpton American Politician More Al Sharpton Quotes 4
I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was 'the man goes on top and the woman underneath.' For three years my husband and I slept in bunk beds. Joan Rivers American Comedian More Joan Rivers Quotes 3
Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation. Billy Joel American Pianist More Billy Joel Quotes 3
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. Erma Bombeck American Journalist More Erma Bombeck Quotes 3
A mother who is really a mother is never free. Honore de Balzac French Novelist More Honore de Balzac Quotes 3
Fear is the mother of morality. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 3
My mother taught me if you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything at all. Phil Kearns More Phil Kearns Quotes 2
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged. Louisa May Alcott American Novelist More Louisa May Alcott Quotes 2
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. William Makepeace Thackeray English Novelist More William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes 2
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 American Psychologist More Erich Fromm Quotes 2
My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother. Wilma Rudolph American Athlete More Wilma Rudolph Quotes 2
My mother was born in Lima, Peru, and my father is American of primarily German and English descent. And as I understand it, Bratt is of English origin. People often ask me if it's a stage name. In fact, it is not. Benjamin Bratt More Benjamin Bratt Quotes 1
The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother. Christian Morgenstern German Poet More Christian Morgenstern Quotes 1
I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time. Barbara Bush American First Lady More Barbara Bush Quotes 1
I want to be more successful as a mother than I am in show business. Celine Dion Musician More Celine Dion Quotes 1