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“Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.”
– Pearl S. Buck
“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”
– Honoré de Balzac
“You count the hours you could have spent with your mother. It’s a lifetime in itself.”
– Mitch Albom
“Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs… since the payment is pure love.”
– Mildred B. Vermont
“Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.”
– Cheryl Lacey Donovan
“An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.”
– Spanish Proverb
“The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant.”
– Jane Sellman
“No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.”
– Florida Scott-Maxwell
“Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.”
– James Joyce
“Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.”
– Gail Tsukiyama
“A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.”
– Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.”
– Harriet Beecher Stowe