Read the Printed Word!
Showing posts with label #mother. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #mother. Show all posts

Friday, 15 June 2012

MOTHER'S LOVE: SELECTED QUOTES


Photo: singlemomfinance.com

A mother's love is instinctual, unconditional, and forever || Unknown

Mother is the bank where we deposit all our hurts and worries || Unknown

For mother's sake the child was dear,
and dearer was the mother for the child.
|| Samuel Taylor Coleridge

My mother's love for me was so great I have worked hard to justify it || Marc Chagall

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother || Sarah Josepha Hale

The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws || Barbara Kingsolver

Mothers are instinctive philosophers || Harriet Beecher Stowe

To a child's ear, "mother" is magic in any language || Arlene Benedict

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face || George Eliot

Mother is the name of God in the lips and hearts of children || William Makepeace Thackeray

A mother is she who can take the place of all others || Cardinal Mermillod  

She's my teacher, adviser, and greatest inspiration || Whitney Houston

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters || George Herbert

A mother loves her children even when they least deserve to be loved || Kate Samperi

There is no substitute for mother || Unknown

Mother is the one we count on for the things that matter most of all || Katherine Butler Hathaway

When it comes to love, Mom's the word.
For all the ways you've helped me grow
I want to say I love you so.
|| Renaissance® Greeting Cards

Who ran to help me when I fell,
Or kissed the place to make it well?
....My mother.
|| Ann Taylor

A mother understands what a child does not say || Jewish Proverb

Mother's love is peace.
It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.
|| Erich Fromm

All I am I owe to my mother || George Washington

A man loves his sweetheart the most,
his wife the best,
but his mother the longest.
|| Irish Proverb

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,
And that's what parents were created for.
|| Ogden Nash

Mother is the home we come from.
She is nature, soil, ocean.
|| Erich Fromm

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary || Dorothy C. Fisher

She brings the sunshine into the house; it is now a pleasure to be there || Cecil Beaton

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible || Unknown

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night || Margaret Mead

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world || W.R. Wallace

God could not be everywhere and therefore He made mothers || Jewish Proverb

Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.
|| William Shakespeare

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom || Henry Ward Beecher

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

A MOTHER’S BEATITUDE


Source Unknown

Blessed is the mother who understands her child,
for she shall inherit the kingdom of memories.

Blessed is the mother who knows how to comfort,
for she shall possess a child's devotion.

Blessed is the mother who guides by the path of righteousness,
for she shall be proud of her offspring.

Blessed is the mother who is never shocked,
for she shall receive confidences.

Blessed is the mother who teaches respect,
for she shall be respected.

Blessed is the mother who emphasizes the good and mimimizes the bad,
for in like manner the child shall make evaluations.

Blessed is the mother who treats her child as she would be treated,
for her home shall be filled with happiness.

Blessed is the mother who answers simply the startling questions,
for she shall always be trusted.

Blessed is the mother who has character strong enough to withstand the thoughtless remarks and resentments of the growing child,
for again, in due time, she shall be honored.