Dolores O'Riordan Quotes

Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.

I have three sons, and I think we're both fierce protectors of our children.

My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me.

I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids.

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

Being a mother is the best thing that ever happened to me. Before you have your first baby you are a girl and then you become a mother. There is no transition into being a woman; you literally become a mum and being a mum means you always love someone else more than yourself and it is an unexplainable situation.

Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It's the most wonderful thing.

Mildred Pierce was capable of great acts of love as a mother.

Being a mother comes first for me. Before my husband, before this surrogacy crusade, before myself. I don't see myself as particularly strong.

When you become a mother, it's a common thing that you just want to put every ounce of your being into your child, which is a very beautiful experience.

I devote my whole life to my family, and that's the least I could do, because there's only one me and 14 of them. I have to give all my energy and all of me to my kids.

I am a mother first. I will always be a mother, and I would die for my kids if need be.

I love being a mom. It's my favorite thing. If I had to give up everything and just be a mom, I would.

Motherhood is the ultimate call to sacrifice.

As a parent, I understand that on an individual level parents would do anything for their child.

I'm not thinking about me that much anymore. Every time I look, I'm looking for my daughter, you know? If I'm in a store, I'm looking at baby clothes. It's so much cuter to find things for her than to find things for me.

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person.

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

When you become a parent, it blows you open in ways that you never thought possible in terms of a level of love that I know I never thought I could possibly have.

I'm obsessed with my children.

When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore.

Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.

I gave myself to my children. It happens to some women.

I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them.