“I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom.”
Mothers are the first teachers, the last phone call, and the voice in your head long after you have left home. These quotes capture the tireless, often thankless, always essential work of motherhood — and the love that fuels it.
“I'm a lioness. I have four cubs. I'm a mom. I want to take care of my kids and protect them.”
“I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom.”
“Once in high school, I completely over plucked my left eyebrow all the way up to where you're not supposed to. I had no idea what I was doing and it looked terrible! My mom was like 'What did you do to yourself?' I was so embarrassed.”
“I'm kind of lucky that we've finished shooting 'Cougar Town,' so I'm able to kind of just enjoy my pregnancy and be a stay-at-home mom and go to prenatal Pilates and do all that fun stuff that, if I were working, would be almost impossible to do.”
“My mom always says, 'If you don't believe in something, you'll lose yourself completely.'”
“It's about getting the kids up and fed, getting one to school, getting the other down for a nap, going to the grocery store, picking one up from school, getting the other one down for another nap, cooking dinner... I live my life at these two extremes. I'm either a full-time stay-at-home mom or a full-time actress.”
“The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.”
“I think because I became a mom later in life, everything in life means more.”
“I like to write and draw and paint, and my mom's an artist, so I think I get caught up in thinking, 'I'm afraid it's gonna be bad,' and it's hard for me to start sometimes.”
“When I was a new mom, I used to think that life was going to be balanced, and I strived for that. But life is crazy!”
“Not to be weird, but I still have an ongoing relationship with my mom, even though she passed away, and I've been surprised at how much I've been able to convey to her. Now I sound like a total weirdo, but that's true.”
“I'd say that if you had a strained relationship with your mom, for whatever reason, the best thing to do is be open with each other, talk it over, try and work it out somehow as opposed to just putting a wall up and pushing them away.”
“It's always been my mom and I against the world.”
“I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.”
“My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing.”
“I'm from Tennessee. My mom lives in Nashville. I'm born and bred country. That's all I listen to.”