#mother

Diligence is the mother of good luck. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#good #good luck #luck #mother

My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She was an early undergraduate at Oxford, and her own mother was a doctor. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#advantage #been #being #believed #doctor

I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over my face. Then it was off, short. The main reason it was long was because my mother cut it short when I was little and I was trying to make up for that. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#bob #cut #face #falling #first

Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother. ↗

— Annette Funicello

#been #being #fulfilling #i #mother

My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that. ↗

— Cornelia Funke

#grandmother #she #stories #told #very

Everything my mother and father did was designed to put me where I am. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#designed #did #everything #father #i

When I was about 8 or 9, I lived in New Jersey with my mother and we were seven deep in one bedroom and sometimes we didn't have electricity. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

#bedroom #deep #electricity #i #jersey

I will tell you what I can't abide - and I think the Internet has really created a space for it - women criticizing other women and mothers criticizing other mothers. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#created #criticizing #i #i think #internet

My mother and father always supported my passion for acting. I think they just kind of expected me to move to New York and become an actress and have all these adventures. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#actress #adventures #always #become #expected

My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult - especially that question of how you find a balance. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#balance #being #both #confusing #difficult