Marla Gibbs Quotes

I'm doing everything in my power to be a great mother. I wish I could be with her throughout the day, because I'm always working, but I make sure that whether it's the morning or nighttime, I make it extra special.

Looking back, I don't feel that I was the most brilliant mother. I was always very good at giving my children the right food, but it was one of my regrets in life that I didn't spend more time listening to them or playing with them.

I feel such a sense of empowerment being a mom. But I do wonder: How do they/we do it all?

It's my favorite role - being a mom.

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

There is nothing I love more than my role as a mom.

I love every second of being a mom.

Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.

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

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

~I don't always have a lot of energy, but my kids almost always revitalize me. Of course like any working mom, sometimes I'm guilt-ridden. I think I should be sitting down doing an educational computer game with Carrie or taking Ellie to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These kids are such sponges, and I should be taking advantage of that.~

I've always wanted to be a mom. I had a great relationship with mine. I'm ready to pass on to my child all the great love that my mom had for me.

I'm like any working mom.

I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm funny; I'll go on trips with them - I'll do all sorts of stuff.' But the momming? I'm not made for that. I have a really good mom; I know what she put into it.

I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.

I am a good mother and I feel proud about it.

I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!

What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?

My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I now think guilt is a universal part of being a mother. I used to think it was Jewish-mother guilt but now I think it is working-mother guilt.

Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.

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

Being a mom is what life is about. I hope people realize what the priorities in life should be and know not everything has to be perfect.

Being a mom has made me a better person. It's made me more compassionate. It's just awesome. I think I was put here to be a mom.

I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent child, so I'm trying to back off, but it's hard. I love him so much, and he's so funny and cute to me.

When I gave birth to my son, something happened. It is a huge thing for a woman: a whole set of emotions you never had before arrives, and a love you never had before in your life is now on tap.