Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied. Ruby Wax
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. Honore de Balzac
I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom. Susie Bright
When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps. Dick Gregory
Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working. Alice Hoffman
How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names. Alice Walker
Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up. Camille Paglia
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque. Denzel Washington
Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand. Helen Hunt Jackson
The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection. Arianna Huffington
Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I've always looked up to. Mike Krzyzewski
When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will become the foundation of a new race. Margaret Sanger
Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history. Anita Baker
Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials. Meryl Streep
What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles? Louisa May Alcott
Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children. Maxim Gorky
Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent. Barbara Ehrenreich
I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform. Sandra Bullock