#moth

I felt that the best I could do for my father, and the best I could do for myself, and my mother and my family was to stay open to the experience, and learn whatever I could at every step of the way as it was going on. ↗

— Patti Davis

#could #every #every step #experience #family

My mother is a walking miracle. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#miracle #mother #walking

You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand new shoes that did not quite fit. ↗

— Donna K. Childree

#adoption #dysfunctional-families #dysfunctional-family #mothers #the-wayward-gifted

My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S. ↗

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

#constantly #degree #growing #growing up #important

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#greater #laws #motherhood #natural #natural laws

A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by a mother who sees that the others get it. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#away #family #frequently #get #goes

My father was always telling himself no one was perfect, not even my mother. ↗

— Broderick Crawford

#always #even #father #himself #mother

I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#around #father #husband #i #i always

I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#aging #back #been #context #enough

My mother was always working for a job, so I guess I was always trained that I should have multiple jobs, multiple aspirations. And I remember she had multiple aspirations, always hearing about her dreams and things she did in the past and things she wanted to do. ↗

— Puff Daddy

#always #aspirations #did #dreams #guess