“When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.” LittlesSaidUsedMotherAirNeededDrawsFingersPencils Author:Oscar Niemeyer
“I cannot forget my mother. [S]he is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely.” LongEnoughRunningMotherForgetFamilyMomNeededMy MomBridgesBeing A MomYour MomMotheringMother LoveMother's LoveYour MumMother ProverbsLove For My MotherMother And Daughter RelationshipI Love My Mother Book:I Asked for Intimacy: Stories of Blessings, Betrayals, and Birthings Source: I Asked for Intimacy: Stories of Blessings, Betrayals, and Birthings
“As my mother said, I never sprang out of bed with a glad shout! My voice needed oiling and then it took off.” SaidMotherVoiceNeededBedGlad Author:Julie Andrews
“I have sat with the mothers who have lost addicted sons. I have sat with families of kids who have been killed in drug-related gang violence. I have been to the prisons. I have seen the effects. At some point in time, I felt I had to do something other than write a novel about it, that I needed to try to make some sort of contribution, at least try to make some sort of difference in the real world.” WorldWritingTryingHas BeensRealKidsMotherLostFeltDifferencesNovelViolenceEffectsSonNeededDrugPrisonSatRelatedContributionReal WorldGangGang Violence Author:Don Winslow
“My mother taught me the principles of hard work, setting my own goals and visualizing my future. From my early days with Destiny's Child, I understood I had to be focused and dedicated if I wanted true success. We were taught we needed a plan and the discipline to execute that plan to the fullest. I strongly believe if you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done but keep trying.” IfsKnowsWantTryingBelieveChildrenSaidHardDoneWantedMotherGoalMy OwnPrinciplesDestinyPlansTaughtHard WorkNeededDisciplineEasierUnderstoodFocusedSettingSettingsDedicatedKeep TryingMy FutureTrue SuccessVisualizingEasier Said Than Done Author:Beyonce Knowles
“I thought of the bowl of water my mother taught me to look into. It was true, everything a person ever needed to know was right there in a single bowl small enough to fit in the palm of one hand.” KnowsLooksPersonsEnoughHandsMotherWaterTaughtNeededFitBowlsPalms Book:Incantation Source: Incantation
“And, indeed, is there not something holy about a great kitchen?... The scoured gleam of row upon row of metal vessels dangling from hooks or reposing on their shelves till needed with the air of so many chalices waiting for the celebration of the sacrament of food. And the range like an altar, yes, before which my mother bowed in perpetual homage, a fringe of sweat upon her upper lip and the fire glowing in her cheeks.” MotherWaitingFireAirNeededHolyEatingLipsRangeKitchenSweatMetalsCelebrationPerpetualCheeksShelvesSacramentsHookVesselFringeAltarsGlowingHomageGleamCookeryIrreverenceChalice Author:Angela Carter
“Ideas about mothers have swung historically with the roles of women. When women were needed to work the fields or shops, experts claimed that children didn't need them much. Mothers, who might be too soft and sentimental, could even be bad for children's character development. But when men left home during the Industrial Revolution to work elsewhere, women were "needed" at home. The cult of domesticity and motherhood became a virtue that kept women in their place.” MenNeedsChildrenIdeasCharacterHomeMightMotherLeftWorkResponsibilityRolesVirtueFieldsRevolutionDevelopmentNeededMotherhoodExpertsShopsElsewhereSentimentalCultCharacter DevelopmentIndustrial RevolutionDomesticityKept Woman Author:Sandra Scarr