"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made Mothers."
~ Jewish proverb ~
"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a Mother."
~ Lin Yutang ~

"The heart of a Mother is a deep abyss at the bottom
of which you will always find forgiveness."
~ Honore' de Balzac (1799-1850) ~

"My Mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw.
All I am I owe to my Mother. I attribute all
my success in life to the moral, intellectual
and physical education I received from her."
~ George Washington (1732-1799) ~

"By and large, Mothers and housewives are the only workers
who do not have regular time off. They
are the great vacationless class."
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1907- ) ~

"The Mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."
~ Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) ~

"Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall;
A Mother's secret hope outlives them all."
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) ~

"I remember my Mother's prayers and they have always followed me.
They have clung to me all my life."
~ Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) ~

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their Mother."
~ Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) ~

To a Mother, a son is never a fully grown man;
and a son is never a fully grown man until he understands
and accepts this about his mother.
~Author Unknown~

"There is no influence so powerful as that of the Mother,
but next in rank in efficacy is that of schoolmaster."
~ Sarah Josepha Hale~

"The Mother eagle teachers her little ones
to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable
that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves
to the unknown world of air outside.
An just so does our God to us."
~ Hannah Whitall Smith~

"A Mother is not a person to lean on
but a person to make leaning unnecessary."
~ Dorothy Fisher~

An ounce of Mother is worth a ton of priest.
~ Spanish Proverb~

"Most of all the other beautiful things in life
come by twos and threes by dozens and hundreds.
Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers, and sisters,
aunts and cousins, but only one Mother in the whole world."
~ Kate Douglas Wiggin ~

Heaven is at the feet of Mothers.
~ Persian Proverb~
"I find, by close observation, that the Mothers
are the levers which move in education.
The men talk about it . . . but the women work most for it."
~ Frances Watkins Harper~

"I think, at a child's birth, if a Mother
could ask a fairy godmother to endow it
with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt~

It's easy to pick children whose Mothers are good housekeepers;
they are usually found in other yards.
~ Unknown ~

"My Mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier you'll be a general;
if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope.'
Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso. "
~ Pablo Picasso~