Yolandi Visser Quotes

My best friends are my children. We can have fun wherever we are together. They are my fashion icon.

I'm simply the mom who makes the lunch, drives to school, finds where the toys are, washes the clothes, and I'm here to play. And that's all I should be.

Having lived a full and stimulating life before I had my kids, I've relished every minute I've had to spend with them and felt a degree of confidence in dealing with their trials and tribulations to date.

Being a mom kind of grounded me in a way. Your body takes on a whole new meaning.

The time I spend with my kids informs every fiber of who I am.

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

I'm very lucky because I don't half get some juicy jobs. But I can't tell you the number I've turned down in the past 20 years because I wanted to be at home, looking after my son. There was never any question about that. Alfie and I are dead close. I can't bear it when he's away.

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.

I probably spend more time with my kids than the average stay-at-home mother.

That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children.

I took a long time off to have my baby and spend time with my family.

I love being a mother; I hate being a housewife - the cooking, the laundry - because it takes away time I could be with my kids.

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.

I feel like I just want to enjoy life and spend time with my daughter who is about to turn two, which is full-time job and the hardest job I've ever had in my life.

I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better.

I don't think I spoke to anyone apart from my daughter for the first two years of her life.

When my son was small, he just came with me everywhere, whether it was going to yoga class or auditions or sleeping over at friends' houses. We came as a pair.

Our children give us the opportunity to become the parents we always wished we'd had.

The joy of motherhood comes in moments. ... Families need unstructured time when relationships can deepen and real parenting can take place. Take time to listen, to laugh, and to play together.

~As a mom, you have to look at how much time you're spending with your kids. There is nothing you will regret more in your life - nothing - than not being present for your children.~

Coco is the greatest part of my life. I love everything about being a mom, but our talks and walks on the beach are my favorite moments.

If I cannot give my children a perfect mother I can at least give them more of the one they've got--and make that one more loving. I will be available. I will take time to listen, time to play, time to be home when they arrive from school, time to counsel and encouerage.

I've always worked really hard, and the hardest thing I've ever done is have kids!

Looking backwards, I look at my resume and I look at the things I've accomplished, but quite honestly there's just that word, 'Mother', I just saw it on the paper, and I that's the one that means the most to me.

Ha! Kids! You have no idea what you put your parents through, either. Wait till you have your own, you'll see. That's when you'll know what it really feels like." .. "What what feels like?"..."Love," said Angela.