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 who rejoice with us in our sunshine 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.
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The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, read more
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.
A mother who is really a mother is never free.
A mother who is really a mother is never free.
There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one
There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one
A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the read more
A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking
Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers.
Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers.
I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.
I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their read more
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
