a good mother QUOTES

1 " I pursued education not instead of being a good mother, but because being a good mother required that I build a better life for my family. "

2 " I will not speak falsely and say to you: 'Do not grieve for me when I go.' I have loved my children and tried to be a good mother and it is right that my children grieve for me. But let your grief be gentle and brief. And let resignation creep into it. Know that I shall be happy. I shall see face to face the great saints I have loved all my life. "

― Betty Smith

3 " I had thought a good mother would not elicit such comments, but now I see that a good mother is required to somehow absorb all this ugliness and find a way to fall back in love with her child the next day. "

― Kelly Corrigan , Glitter and Glue

4 " Sometimes being a good mother gets in the way of being a good person. "

― , A Woman of Independent Means

5 " Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; it is also considerate, and that is why a good mother is the best home-ruler. "

― Charlotte M. Mason

6 " ...trying to be a good mother may be as distant from being a good mother as trying to have a good time is from truly having one. "

― Lionel Shriver , We Need to Talk About Kevin

7 " Then too, motherhood is broken because in this place, to be a good mother is to give yourself completely. It is to erase yourself. This is what I refused to do. "

― Nayomi Munaweera , What Lies Between Us

8 " being a good mother does not mean being perfect every single moment. we screw up. we get mad, we drink too much, eat too much, yell too much. a good mother learns from her mistakes and does what she can to not let them happen over and over. "

― Amy Hatvany

9 " Being a good mother is being a hero. Right? "

― Francesca Lia Block , Necklace of Kisses (Weetzie Bat, #6)

10 " The heart of a good mother is as big as the ocean "

11 " The young man who wants to marry happily should pick out a good mother and marry one of her daughters - any one will do. "

12 " As you are not yet married, and as marriage is the fundamental state of life as well as the unity of the commonwealth, make up your mind whether you are called to this state. If you make up your mind to marry, do not marry merely a good wife: marry a good mother to your children. "

13 " When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps. "