Who can find a virtuous woman? She is far more precious than jewels… Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and loving instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the activities of her household and is never idle. Her sons rise up and call … Continue reading
“Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see.” Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
“The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.” Hamilton Wright Mabie (1846-1916) American Essayist, Editor, Critic and Lecturer
“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States
“The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men – from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.” Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) American Physician, Poet, Professor, Lecturer and Author
“A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” Irish Proverb
“A mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart – a heart so large that everybody’s grief and everybody’s joy found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation.” Mark Twain (1835-1910) American Author and Humorist
It's the Women, Not the Men! 