Mariska Hargitay Quotes

I'm not a mom, but I think the word 'mother' is about wisdom.

I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

I love kids and children, and I love being a mom.

I want to be a mom who listens.

Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched.

He knows my limitations and where I'm a good wife and a good mom.

I love that phrase that parents say to their children when they cry: 'I'll give you something to cry about.'

I remember one time I tried to pity this fool. He told me his name was Jeff. He was married. He pulled out his wallet and showed me three pictures of his kids; Kelly, Robert, Brittany. Real cute kids. Don't get too close man. It's hard to pity a fool if you get too close.

Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.

I'm more eager to have kids than I am to go back to college. I want to be a mom really badly.

When you're a mom, you need sparkle to compensate for the light inside of you that has died.

I love kids, and I get along great with kids.

I have a motherly instinct and I'm always trying to give therapy.

There are good men out there. There are guys who have their priorities straight, who take care of their kids, who respect their mothers.

Empathy isn't the same thing as expressing emotions. It's not about sharing your feelings - it can be really uncomfortable if a parent cries or loses strength at the moment her daughter needs it most. The message sent is that you need to be taken care of, not the other way around.

I think I would have appreciated being at home with my kids a little bit more. Raising a child, surely that in itself is the biggest thing we're ever going to do?

All children will do things that you may not want them to. That's part of parenting.

I'm a mom. That probably hinders sometimes and helps sometimes. To some people, that makes me more approachable.

A lot of first-time mothers worry about how they will cope. But I'm more patient than I thought I would be even though there are good days and bad days.

I don't think that moms, with all that's going on in our society today, would want to put their kids in front of something that will be disheartening rather than uplifting.

I've always wanted to be a mom. Because I want to give a kid all of the magical gifts my mom gave me, such as love and friendship.

I read [The Women's Room] in my 20s, and I was like, "I understand this now." And now I've become a mom and read it again and truly understand on a different level what one of the main characters goes through as a mother.

Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me!

I'm all right, not as good as my mom is. Maybe because I don't have kids.