Quotes about Motherhood

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love. Mildred B. Vermont

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. Rajneesh

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. Abraham Lincoln

Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. Pearl S. Buck

If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been. Robert Brault

No one who traces the history of motherhood, of the home, of child-rearing practices will ever assume the eternal permanence of our own way of institutionalizing them. Jessie Bernard

To nourish children and raise them against odds is any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons. Marilyn French

Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical immortality and triumph over the fear of death. Rebecca West

No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. Florida Scott-Maxwell

There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is hardly an exaggeration. Olive Schreiner

A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's. Diana, Princess of Wales