Anne Lamott Quotes

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.

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'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 have always loved children. I've been fantasizing about motherhood since I was probably 2 ½. I loved to babysit my cousins, and nieces, you know.

I absolutely love being a mother.

I'm loving motherhood. It's way harder than soccer, but I love a challenge.

He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.

I love being a mum. Sophia is so funny and has a great personality.

It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

The real question isn't whether you love your kids or not, but how well you are able to demonstrate your love and caring so that your children really feel loved.

I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.

I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.

I'm a good mother. I'm a good person.

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

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.

It doesn't matter if a child comes to you or through you. That love is still the same. You are still a mother.

Do not judge other moms on how they raise their children.

My family knows they are loved. As a mother, it is my job to let them know that they are, and it's a job I take quite seriously.

We are born of love; Love is our mother.

My job as a mother isn't just to provide for my children, it's to be there for them, too - someone they can speak to, hang out with, and lean on.

A mother plays a very important role in every child's life.

Mama is the greatest teacher, teacher of love, fearlessness and compassion.

Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one.

A dutiful mother is someone who follows every step her child makes...And a good mother is someone whose child wants to follow her.

Nobody ever told you that being a mother is all about making what seemed like thousands of tiny decisions.