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“Satan has declared war on motherhood. He knows that those who rock the cradle can rock his earthly empire. And he knows that without righteous mothers loving and leading the next generation, the Kingdom of God will fail.”

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Author:Sheri L. Dew

“In brief, when a man fails as a wallet, we put him in prison; when a woman fails as a mother, we offer her social services. We're taking a criminal approach to men, a social services approach to women.”

Men Mother Social Failing Offers Approach Prison Criminals Wallets Social Service

Author:Warren Farrell

“If you believe in the maternal instinct and fail at mother love, you fail as a woman. It is a controlling idea that holds us in an iron grip.”

Ifs Believe Ideas Mother Failing Love You Instinct Iron If You Believe Mother Love Maternal Instinct

Author:Nancy Friday

“We can't end poverty if we fail to save the lives of our world's mothers.”

Ifs World Ends Mother Poverty Failing Our World

Author:Liya Kebede

“Every act of motherhood contains a dual intent, as the mother holds the child close and prepares it to move way from her, as she supports the child and stands it firmly on its own feet, and as she guards it against danger and sends it out across the yard, down by the stream, and across the traffic-crowded highway. Unless a mother can do both - gather her child close and turn her child out toward the world - she will fail in her purpose.”

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Author:Margaret Mead

“Summer has come with the loveliness of a mother Heat, not warmth, now pours onto my face, aging me, taking me closer to death. Let it. I am here to live my story, to love my story. I will not fail to savor any gift out of a desire for self-preservation. Self-preservation is not a great virtue in this story.”

Self Stories Faces Mother Desire Virtue Failing Summer Aging Heat Warmth Preservation Self Preservation Loveliness

Author:N.D. Wilson

“Much is made of the accelerating brutality of young people's crimes, but rarely does our concern for dangerous children translateinto concern for children in danger. We fail to make the connection between the use of force on children themselves, and violent antisocial behavior, or the connection between watching father batter mother and the child deducing a link between violence and masculinity.”

Source: Family politics: love and power on an intimate frontier

“The good enough mother, owing to her deep empathy with her infant, reflects in her face his feelings; this is why he sees himselfin her face as if in a mirror and finds himself as he sees himself in her. The not good enough mother fails to reflect the infant's feelings in her face because she is too preoccupied with her own concerns, such as her worries over whether she is doing right by her child, her anxiety that she might fail him.”

Ifs Children Enough Feelings Might Faces Mother Worry Failing Anxiety Empathy Concern Mirrors Good Enough Infant Not Good Enough Owing Doing Right

Author:Bruno Bettelheim

“When it comes to explaining the Blessed Virgin Mary, having a lot of love is more important than having a lot of answers. When we come up lacking, she’ll make greater goods out of our deficiencies, as only a mother can do. Whenever we're humiliated and shown our weakness, we should get ready for something better than we could ever plan and prepare to accomplish. Evangelize with joy, then, and with confidence. Know from the start that you don’t have all the answers-but your Savior does, and He loves His mother. He will give you everything you need, even if sometimes you need to fail.”

“So your strength is failing you? Why don't you tell your mother about it? ... Mother! Call her with a loud voice. She is listening to you; she sees you in danger, perhaps, and she-your holy mother Mary-offers you, along with the grace of her son, the refuge of her arms, the tenderness of her embrace ... and you will find yourself with added strength for the new battle.”

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Author:Josemaria Escriva

“It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.”

Love Believe May Mother Found Sin Love Is Greater Failing Humility Daughter Gains Corners Commit Occasions Midst My Daughter Believe In Me Lapses

Book:Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila

Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila

“The job description of mother is clearly in need of revision. As it stands, the shifts are 24 hours, for a period of approximately 1,825 consecutive days. The benefits are sorely in need of amendment: no vacations, no sick leave, no lunch hours, no breaks. Moreover, it is the only unpaid position I know of that can result in arrest if you fail to show up for work.”

Ifs Knows Needs Shows Jobs Mother Hours Results Break Failing Position Periods Benefits Sick Description Lunch Vacation Amendments Revision Consecutive Sick Leave

Author:Mary Blakely

“If you say, "Woo, woo, woo!" to me, I'll say it back. I love it. "Woo, woo, woo" is something that my character used to say. It's something that my mother used to say to my brother and me when we were kids. When words would fail her, she'd just go, "Oh, woo, woo, woo." It's compassion. It's a combination of "I see you, I feel you, I acknowledge you, I got your back."”

Ifs Feels Character Kids Used Mother Compassion Failing Brother Combination Acknowledge My Brother Got Your Back Acknowledge You

Author:Kim Coles

“Often, you'll fail. But, as my mother also taught me, failure isn't the opposite of success - it's a stepping stone to success.”

Mother Failing Taught Stones Opposites Stepping Stones

Author:Arianna Huffington

“I think her comments - Hillary's Clinton comments just don't get the same attention that Trump's do. For example, she lied to a Gold Star mother. She lied to pre - Patricia Smith, the mother of Sean Smith, who - who was killed at Benghazi, I believe, because of her incompetence, her incompetence in failing to secure that mission.”

Thinking Believe Mother I Believe Stars Attention Failing Example Trump Gold Clinton Missions Secure Comment Lied Incompetence Sean Benghazi He Lied

Author:Rudy Giuliani