Dedication to mothers everywhere. For all the love they bring to the world. This book covered all aspects from Mom's around the world, but one. I have shared my comments at the end of the review.
Inspiring & Motivating .... Celebrate wise & witty words on motherhood, from role models to movers & shakers to the famous Oprah to funny Erma Erma Bombeck.
You can fool some of the people some of the time, you can't fool mom. ... Anonymous
The mother is the one supreme asset of national life; she is more important by far than the successful statesman, or businessman, or artist, or scientist. ... Theodore Roosevelt
One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters. ... George Herbert
the famous: "Mothers are really the true spiritual leaders." ... Oprah Winfrey
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the funny: "My children refuse to eat anything that hasn't danced on television. ... Erma Bombeck
the rich: "Motherhood is not for the fainthearted." ... Danielle Steel
A Mother - Mum - Mom are known as diaper-changers & life-changers. They hug us & bug us. They take pride in what we do & take umbrage in what we don't do. They take care of us & are often there for us when no one else is. They love us unconditionally.
An ounce of mother is worth a ton of clergy. ... Spanish Saying
Moms are fantastic; even when spelled upside down they're still WOW! ... Anonymous
Mother: The most beautiful word on the lips of mankind. ... Kahil Gibran
A mother is a person who, seeing there are 4 pieces of pie for 5 people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ... Tenneva Jordan
Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers. ... Harriet Beecher Stowe
A man may compass important enterprises, he may become famous .. he may deserve a measure of popular approval, but he is not right at heart, & can never be truly great, if he forgets his mother. ... Grover Cleveland
Some mothers are kissing mothers & some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, & most mothers kiss & scold together. ... Pearl S. Buck
The greatest love is a mother's; then comes as dog's; then a sweetheart's. ... Polish Saying
The best medicine in the world is a mother's kiss. ... Anonymous
The greatest love is a mother's; then comes a dog's; then comes a sweetheart's. ... Polish Saying
No language can express the power, & beauty, & heroism, & majesty of a mother's love. It shrinks not where man cowers, & grows stronger where man faints, & over wastes of worldly fortunes sends the radiance of its quenches fidelity like a star. ... Edwin Hurbell Chapin
If your baby is "beautiful & perfect, never cries or fuses, sleeps on schedule & burps on demand, an angel all the time," you're the grandma. ... Teresa Bloomingdale
A Mother's Love: There are many kinds of love - we may love our pets, our spouse, our country, even love what we do - but none have the same quality, same power, same intense & in-depth connection as there is between a mother & her child.
My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, & one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters. ... Michelle Obama (First Lady)
I was not a classic mother, but my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn't bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can't buy love. ... Raquel Welch
Mother was the greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love & fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. Stevie Wonder
Why do mothers have big aprons? To cover the faults of their children. ... Jewish Saying
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the mother for the child. ... Henry Ward Beecher
A mother's love is patient & forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking. ... Helen Steiner Rice
Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside of your body. ... Elizabeth Stone
Maternity Clothes: 1st baby - You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy. ... Anonymous A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. ... Eda LeShan
There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother. ... Sarah Josepha Hale
The 3 most beautiful sights: A potato garden in bloom, a ship in sail, a woman after the birth of her child. ... Irish Saying
Baby's Name: 2nd Baby (If not 2nd/most of us have done this at least with one of our child/children) - Someone has to name their kid after your great-aunt. Mavis, right. It might as well be you. ... Anonymous
My mother is a walking miracle. ... Leonardo DiCaprio
My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have & I never will. ... Ruben Studdard
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated & more intelligent than college professors. ... Maya Angelou
My mother never gave up on me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back. ... Denzel Washington
My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was 4 years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house & made me find my way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost. ... Richard Branson
I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money. ... Joe Louis
I think my mother ... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms & you have to not worry about what other people think & you have to have the courage to do the unexpected. ... Caroline Kennedy
My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth & someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it. ... Whitney Houston
My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother. ... Wilma Rudolph
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook & ride the subway in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. ... Al Sharpton
My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles. ... Hedy Lamarr
My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a 1000 times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that. ... Etta James
For all the ways you've helped me to grow, I want to say I love you so. ... Anonymous
A mother never realizes her children are no longer children. ... Holbrook Jackson
A mother always has to think twice, once for herself & once for her child. ... Sophia Loren
If the world never knows your name, that's alright ... your kids do ... it's "mom." ... Linda Poindexter
Madame de Pompadour's Mother: "For heaven's sake, child do something about your hair." ... Bob Phillips
A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done. Anonymous
24/7 - once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer
Motherhood: In English Speaking Countries It's Mother, Mum, or Mama. In France, it's Mere or Maman. In Germany it's Mutter. In Spain, it's Madre, Mama or Mami.
Being a mother is one of the most rewarding jobs on earth & also one of the most challenging.
There is a tremendous amount of learning that takes place in the 1st year of your baby's life; the baby learns a lot, too.
Take care of yourself. If Mommy isn't happy, no one else in the family is happy either.
A good mother learns to love her child as he is & adjusts her mothering to suit her child. ... Debra Gilbert Rosenburg
I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book of the painter of a great masterpiece. ... Rose Kennedy
I was a mother's s boy. ... Don Rickles
Before my mother would give you that dime allowance she'd want you to do a little chore around the house. Like build a porch. ... Ray Romano
When Chelsea Victoria Clinton lay in my arms for the 1st time, I was overwhelmed by the love & responsibility I felt for her. Despite all the books I had read, all the children I had studied & advocated for, nothing had prepared me for the sheer miracle of her being. ... Hillary Rodham Clinton (Former First Lady)
"Mother Knows Best" ... Edna Ferber
Momma exhorted her children at every opportunity to "jump at the sun." We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground. ... Zora Neale Hurston
As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my mother said to me, "Elizabeth, anyone who angers you conquers you." ... Elizabeth Kenney
You cannot shake hands with a clenched first. ... Indira Gandhi
My mother gave lots of good advice & had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true. ... Lenny Kravitz
If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them & half as much money. ... Abigail Van Buren
Never allow you child to call you by your first name. He hasn't known you long enough. Fran Lebowitz
Historical Mom's Famous Last Words:
Gandhi's Mom:
"Eat something, You're skin & bones."
Ben Franklin's Mom:
"Get inside & quit playing with that cocka-mami kite!" ... Jan King
If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. ... Anonymous
Did you ever meet a mother who's complained that her child phoned her too often? Me neither. ... Maureen Lipman
My Aunt Jessie, Who Was Like A Second Mother to me, was divorced, raised 2 kids by herself & was on welfare. In spite of this, what I remember most about my aunt was her joyous spirit & sense of humor.
Maybe it was her Hungarian fiery heritage. Maybe it was because she was Jewish & steeped in a tradition of laughing through tears. Maybe it was her way of coping with life.
Aunt Jessie found happiness in bringing joy to others through her cooking & crocheting, & bringing laughs to others too.
Probably without knowing it, Aunt Jessie was living her life according to a Jewish saying - "You can't control the wind, but can adjust the sails."
And she did it through ups & downs, as we all can, Jewish or not, with a sense of humor.
Angela's thoughts on Mom's ... This book covered all areas of moms but one. I hope that we will keep moms in prayer that are in abused situations and do not - can not see their way out. I hope we also pray that the daddy(ies) that are abusers will be knocked off their horse like Saul/Shaul before being converted to the apostle Paul.
I received a complimentary copy for review from VIVA Editions.
Allen Klein (Author), is the world's only Jollytologist@, & an award-winning professional speaker & author based in San Francisco. He has inspired & uplifted, including the legendary Jerry Lewis.
