Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

mom

Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well. 13 views from Amos Bronson Alcott

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles? 10 other thoughts from Louisa May Alcott

The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother. 9 quotes from Elizabeth Cady Stanton

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. 98 quotes from Mark Twain

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse. 11 quotes from Rebecca West

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. 26 thoughts from E. M. Forster

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living. 9 quotes from Ethel Merman

Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced. 9 other thoughts from Ethel Merman

My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be. 9 quotes from Ethel Merman

Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name. 3 more quotes from Harriet Ann Jacobs

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. 33 wisdom & wit from Erma Bombeck

Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother. 33 more quotes from Erma Bombeck

Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. 2 sayings from Nelson Algren

Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children. 4 other quotes from Maxim Gorky

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three. 5 quotes from Billie Holiday

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like. 3 other quotes from Arnold Bennett

Men are what their mothers made them. 135 thoughts from Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are only two things a child will share willingly communicable diseases and its mother's age. 6 more quotes from Benjamin Spock

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion it is a joy of every moment. 53 other sayings from Honore de Balzac

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers. 23 sayings from E. W. Howe

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

If I made a list of the people I admire, Mom would probably fill up half of it. She could do anything and everything. 4 wisdom & wit from Patsy Cline

Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me. 4 thoughts from Ethel Waters

Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand. 6 thoughts from Helen Hunt Jackson

We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can. 4 sayings from Ethel Waters