“Now that I'm a mom, I'm way more laid back. If you come into my house, don't look for a coaster. Forget it. There is not a piece of furniture in my house now that is too precious.”
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 got my first tattoo when I was 16 years old and I went with my mom to get it done - she has a bunch too so we're tattoo buddies now.”
“Now that I'm a mom, I'm way more laid back. If you come into my house, don't look for a coaster. Forget it. There is not a piece of furniture in my house now that is too precious.”
“My sisters and my mom, those people help me get through every single day.”
“It's always been my mom and I against the world.”
“My mom was always the support. I can always go out to her and she'll always find the positive in things.”
“I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I always played the mom and I played my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house.”
“Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.”
“Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched.”
“I work too much to be an appropriate parent. I feel like a bad mom to my dog some days because I'm just not here enough. I just feel like I would do a bad job if I took the time to literally give birth to a kid right now and try and juggle everything I'm doing.”
“We all seek approval, and our mother's seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom's blessing or not.”
“I don't spend a lot of time online. My mother's really good at picking out if she sees a really great review, and she'll forward it to me. She's like my little Internet filter. It's always nice to see something going up if I want to find something on Nathan Fillion, I do know where to look, but I've got a nice little delivery system in my mom.”
“It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.”
“How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.”
“My mom won't let anyone treat me like a little princess.”
“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!”
“My mom always says, 'If you don't believe in something, you'll lose yourself completely.'”