A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.
~ Washington Irving
Lox and Bagels
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
~ Oscar Wilde
There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.
~ Chinese Proverb
Sticky Bun Monkey Bread
A man’s work is from sun to sun, but a mother’s work is never done.
~ Unknown Author
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.
~ Rajneesh
Fresh Fruit and Custard Tart
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
~ Jewish Proverb
Curried Deviled Eggs
I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
Enchiladas with Eggs Poached in Red Chili
The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Orange Craisin Cinnamon Rolls
That best academy, a mother’s knee.
~ James Russell Lowell
