Frances O'Grady Quotes

When you have kids you do grow up. I have just started realising it now-it changes the world, having children.

Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.

Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.

You just become more mature as a human being, having a child. The stakes are a lot higher, things are different. It teaches you to be patient and it's changed me a lot.

I think that when you have kids, it's all about them.

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.

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.

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

Being a mom has affected me in the greatest way possible - and in a necessary way. Having my son has helped me to be grounded, and I feel like with a child you have to really think about things all the way through.

No one understands the shift in priorities about having a child in your life... until you have a child in your life.

Having children is not for everyone, but I think it's a beautiful lesson in it not being all about me anymore. It's a relief, in a way. It's like, this is her story now, and I'm her mom. It's a nice shift.

It's amazing, all of the ways that having kids has changed me. I'm a much less selfish person because of them, and compared to who I was before, my patience level seems infinite.

Having a family is really important. And there would be something missing in my life as a woman if I didn't at least attempt to fulfil that side of me. Just for a certain period of your life, to have your sole purpose to be nurturing, feeding and protecting someone else: it's animalistic, isn't it? It's beautiful.

You see things through a different lens when you have a child.

A lot changed the moment I had kids; I had no idea of the perspective it would give me. It made making the right decisions a lot easier.

Well, being a mom is the best job in the world.

Fatherhood has gone and done much more than marriage. It has made me a far more responsible person.

You can't keep doing the same things when you get married and have a family. You have to slow down. You have to be responsible.

Having a kid is getting a certain kind of freedom in a way because you can't be self-obsessed anymore.

If you become a father, you're not doing things for yourself anymore. You're thinking about someone else. And that is not a burden.

You instantly become less selfish. You can't be the biggest person in the world anymore-they are. [Motherhood] really grounds you.

I've changed for the better. I'm much more selfless and humble and you're reminded about what life's really about. You love your kid so much that you just want to be a brilliant role model for them. It cleans up your act a bit.

When you have a kid, you have to be more mature.

The moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus.

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