J. A. Jance Quotes

When I became a mother, there was no doubt in my mind that it would be the most vital and important job I would ever have because I knew firsthand what it was like not to have a mother.

The highest and noblest work in this life is that of a mother.

A child's first teacher is its mother.

Now, I am thrilled to be a wife and mother, and I hope to be as good of a mother as my own mother, Carole.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

I'm a mom first.

Being a mother is magical.

I would not be a good mother. I mean, I love being an aunt to my niece and nephew. And I used to want to, like, adopt 10 kids - because I had friends who were adopted, and I thought that was the coolest thing, to be chosen. But again, my job is too selfish.

You bring children into the world. You love them with heart and soul.

I think the most important thing I have done in my life is to raise two boys.

Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.

I want to raise a family and have a couple of small Dirks running around. But it will not be easy to win my heart.

A career is a career, but you're a mother until you die.

Being a mom is really the greatest role in my life.

I was the oldest of five children, each about a year apart, and my mother, bless her heart, had her hands full.

As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.

My children are my whole life.

When you have children it completely shifts your focus; they become the most passionate love of your life.

Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.

I'm in charge of raising a young woman one day, to be a mother and hopefully a wife.

Mothers are so awesome. They do so much. They wear so many hats and have very passionate relationships with their kids, and with life, and I think it's a real balance having your own existence and then being this responsible, kind of loving person in someone else's life or several other people's lives.

I'm a mother and I adore my children. I live for them.

I am very lucky to have a wife who supports me, but the absence from my children was difficult from the moment I took a very difficult decision to have a career which requires so much dedication and focus, just like raising children.

It's hard, but what's the point of having children unless you're there to raise them, I reckon.

Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuriating at times when they're little, but on the whole, they're such a joy. I don't think I was the most brilliant mother when they were young. I had quite a bit of help because I was working and I enjoyed my work.