The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.- Jodi Picoult
The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.
-William Goldsmith Brown
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. – Washington Irving
A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. -Victor Hugo
Our mothers give us so many gifts. They give us the precious gift of life, of course, but they also leave treasured lessons that can guide us along our journeys even when they are no longer with us. – Maria Shriver
But there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begin.– Mitch Albom
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. -Tenneva Jordan
I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. – Abraham Lincoln
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.- George Washington
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love. – Mildred B. Vermont
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. -Honoré de Balzac
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. -Sophia Loren
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"Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief", "Mend My Broken Heart", "Questions to God", "To Love an Invisible God", "Defending My Catholic Faith", and more - click here.
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