Mothers

· Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. --Chinese Proverb

· If evolution were true, mothers would have more than two hands. Only God gave us eyes in the back of our heads and the power to tune things out. --Unknown

· Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers. –Harriet Beecher Stowe

· Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. –Barbara Schapiro

· Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours; it wanders wherever your children do. –Unknown

· Her children arise up, and call her blessed. –Proverbs 31:28

· A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. –Victor Hugo

· Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. –Lin Yutang

· Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall: A mother’s secret love outlives them all. –Oliver Wendell Holmes

· Infinite goodness has wide arms. –Dante

· There is nothing wrong with the world that a sensible woman could not settle in an afternoon. –Jean Giraudoux

· Be kind to the women for they make up half of the population…and are the mothers of the other half. --Unknown

· Of course I can do anything. I’m a mother. –Unknown

· A mother’s love perceives no impossibilities. –Cornelia Paddock

· Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well. --Amos Bronson Alcott

· It is the wise mother who gives her child roots and wings. –Chinese Proverb

· Well behaved women rarely make history. –Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

· In mothering, if you do it right, you work yourself out of a job. –Karen H. Tyler

· A busy mother makes slothful daughters. --Portuguese Proverbs

· Richer Than Gold
You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be –
I had a mother who read to me.
--Strickland Gillian

· A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. –Cardinal Mermillod

· A mother understands what a child does not say. --Jewish Proverbs

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

· A mother's heart is always with her children.—Proverbs

· God couldn't be everywhere, so he created mothers. --Jewish Proverbs

· Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons. --Napoleon Bonaparte

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