“We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?” MotherFatherAppreciateDistanceParentingExpectedCriticizeHookAppreciatedOur FatherLong DistanceCloseness Book:At Large Source: At Large
“My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother continue with always appreciating and always giving back. It's something I hope that I've become a role model for my children.” MenGivingChildrenMotherFatherRolesModelsAppreciateMy ChildrenGenerousRole ModelsGiving BackSiblingCharitablePhilanthropicMy Siblings Author:Steve Tisch
“Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.” ChildrenCharacterChristianMotherInfluenceMomAppreciateMy MomMotherhoodBeing A MotherGreat MotherInspirational MothersInspirational MotherhoodMoldingGodly Mothers Author:Billy Graham
“I appreciate your giving my book -- and in no small way, me -- a chance. To thank you, I really wanted to acknowledge all of you in the book. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough room for each name. So I've put in a code name that stands for all of you reading this book. The name is 'Mom.' It will be our little secret. So when you see 'Mom' in the acknowledgments, you'll know I'm really talking about you. And don't let my mother try to tell you otherwise.” KnowsWayGivingTryingLittlesBookEnoughWantedMotherReadingNamesChanceRoomsSecretTalkingMomAppreciateCodeAcknowledgeAcknowledgmentAppreciate You Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“the best compliment to a mother is to appreciate her little one.” LittlesMotherAppreciateCompliment Author:Anne Bronte
“Adolescent girls were fighting a mother's interference because they wanted her to acknowledge their independence. Whatever resentment they had was not towards a mother's excessive concern, or even excessive control, but towards her inability to see, and appreciate, their maturing identity.” WantedMotherGirlFightingIdentityConcernAppreciateIndependenceAcknowledgeMatureResentmentAdolescenceInabilityInterference Author:Terri E Apter
“Being a mother is more exhausting than working, and sometimes I push myself too hard and burn myself out. I can appreciate how exhausting it must be for women who have to do everything themselves all the time.” I CanSometimesHardMotherAppreciateExhaustingBeing A Mother Author:Salma Hayek
“I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.” FilmMotherCoursesWatchesAppreciateEntertainmentGood TimesHaving A Good TimeFamily Love Author:Salma Hayek
“Well, I dare not allow myself any illusions, and I am afraid it may never happen that Father and Mother will really appreciate my art. It is not their fault; we do not see the same things with the same eyes, or have the same thoughts raised in us by them. They will never be able to understand what painting is.” WellsMayArtHappensEyeAbleMotherFatherPaintingIllusionAppreciateFaultsRaisedDare Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts.” ArtRememberMotherMemoriesDoorsAppreciateExtraordinary Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov
“My mother was a huge influence on me - she was a free spirit and helped me appreciate, from a very early age, that everyone is different.” DifferentAgeSpiritMotherInfluenceHugeAppreciateFree SpiritEveryone Is Different Author:Christian Louboutin
“Families were living separately from the fathers. And so although, according to African culture, men were the head of the household, the truth is women were the ones who were raising everybody, including men. And growing up with my mother, that was something I really learned to appreciate.” MenMotherCultureFatherGrowing UpGrowingTruth IsAppreciateIncludingHouseholdAfrican Culture Author:Trevor Noah
“Becoming a mother has taught me to simply things and also to appreciate being at home more.” HomeMotherTaughtBecomingAppreciateBecoming A Mother Author:Shakira
“My daughter Alexandra once told me, "Mother, you're a pioneer. Now, hardly anybody cooks, but you were one of the first to stop." After 20 years of cooking, I started to appreciate the value of other people's work. So I would, say, go get a duck in Chinatown. I always had the salad and set the table, but I didn't have to clean the pots.” PeopleYearsFirstsMotherValuesDaughterAppreciateTablesCookingCleanCooksMy DaughterPotDucksPioneersSaladChinatown Author:Nancy Pelosi
“There's a saying that we use in golf: "I'd rather be lucky than good." Of course, to be lucky and good is the ideal. If you study hard, you can get good. And if you get lucky and get the proper parts for people to be able to appreciate what you're doing ... I'm sure there are many actors that are quite talented who have never been a success because they've never had the right opportunity and the right material. My mother used to think I had a guardian angel.” PeopleThinkingMotherOpportunityStudyLuckyAngelAppreciateGolfGuardianGuardian Angel Author:Clint Eastwood
“I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.” YearsArtMotherFamilyAspectAppreciateAppreciationHistorianArt HistoryCuratorArt AppreciationHistory And Art Author:David Rockefeller
“I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I now value as serenity.” FirstsLawMotherValuesAcceptingMarriedAppreciateSerenityIn-lawsMother In LawDiffidence Author:Ayelet Waldman
“A lot of people think this is a goodie two-shoes talking. But we do have a tendency to complain rather than celebrating who we are. I learned at my mother's knee it's better to appreciate what's happening... I think we kind of talk ourselves into the negative sometimes.” PeopleThinkingKindTwoSometimesMotherTalkingHappeningsNegativeAppreciateShoesComplainingTendenciesCelebrateKneesWho We Are Author:Betty White
“my mother was taught the ch'an concept of happiness, which was to find satisfaction in small things. i was taught to appreciate the fresh air in the morning, the colour of leaves turning red in autumn and the water's smoothness when i soaked my hands in the basin.” HandsMotherWaterMorningAirTaughtConceptsRedAppreciateSatisfactionColourAutumnSmall ThingsFresh Air Book:Empress Orchid Source: Empress Orchid
“So we're going to keep getting mega-hits like this?" Tomas's dark brown eyes sparkled as they landed on Sienna's down-bent head. "Not that I don't appreciate it, sugar, but it did make me 'hyper,' according to my mother.” EyeMotherDarkAppreciateBrownSugarBentHyperMegaBrown Eyes Author:Nalini Singh
“When you become a parent, you finally appreciate and understand what your mother did.” InspirationalMotherParentAppreciate Author:Julianne Moore
“I do think that the birth of my daughter was sort of a rebirth for me. It made me look at life in a completely new way. And that made me appreciate life in a way I don't think I ever had before.” ThinkingWayLooksMadeMotherBirthDaughterAppreciateMy DaughterNew WaysRebirthAppreciate Life Author:Madonna Ciccone
“When I heard that one in four women is affected by domestic violence in their lifetime, I was horrified. That's why this campaign is so important. A real man is happy to support the women in his life and appreciate them. My mother and my sisters are so important to me. Violence just doesn't make any sense.” MenImportantRealMotherSupportFourViolenceHeardAppreciateLifetimeCampaignsAffectedMy SisterDomestic ViolenceReal Men Author:Reggie Yates