The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children. – Jessica Lange
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. – Erma Bombeck
I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. – E. M. Forster
Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me. – Alice Walker
Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother. – Erma Bombeck
My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully. – Chris Brown
How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names. – Alice Walker
Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up. – Camille Paglia
The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly – indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection. – Arianna Huffington
When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will become the foundation of a new race. – Margaret Sanger
Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent. – Barbara Ehrenreich
Mothers are the necessity of invention. – Bill Watterson
My mom always said that there would be haters. Not everyone can love ya. – Joel Madden
I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time. – Barbara Bush
A woman must combine the role of mother, wife and politician. – Emma Bonino
I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me. – Carol Burnett
I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl. – Sandra Bullock
I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it. – Jane Elliot
I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by guilt on steroids! – Arianna Huffington
My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them. – Milo Ventimiglia
