Isabel Gillies Quotes

My parents were crazy. They just wanted to do everything they could for their kids.

My mom had five kids. And she came home after working three jobs, and I'd rub her feet. We'd all rub her feet. We were lucky to get any time with her.

My sister, like our mother, always put her children first.

It's so nice not to worry about myself anymore. I only worry about my children.

I always tried to do the best for my kid.

Mom raised me all by herself, and although we went through our share of lean years, she always worked hard to make our home warm and welcoming.

I have been devoted to my son, and there have been lots of jobs in the past that I haven't done because I didn't want to be away from him.

As any mother knows, we just want our babies to feel better quickly, and we all do whatever we have to do to help them - no matter how much it inconveniences us or hurts our backs!

I'll get depressed out on the road simply because I'm not being the mama that's cooking supper every night, or that's fixing my husband's plate and my baby's plate. You miss those things, and I miss them.

As the oldest I was a daddy's girl and loved him with all my heart. My daddy had holes in his shoes so that he could pay for my photography classes, you know what I mean.

When I sold my first business, I wanted to do something nice for my dad. I wanted to give my parents a bunch of money, but they wouldn't take anything from me. They were so happy for me; they felt they didn't need money.

My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day.

My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me.

I have said a lot that it's very important to me to make time for my child and make her the priority. I made sacrifices so that I'm around and not traveling for that.

My mum actually gave up work to look after my child, which is so touching.

You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.

I love to cook. My mom taught me to cook at a very, very young age.

My mother would work 14 hours, and she'd come home, and she'd just get right into cooking... she wanted to make sure my brother, my sister and I had food in our bellies.

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.

My mom is really dedicated to me. She drives me to school and skating, wakes up for me, and I'm just really appreciative.

My children have stolen my dreams in a very literal sense. I've lost months in the minutes and hours that Sabine and Zoey have needed me at night, their thin, butterfly-beating hearts pushed against me in the darkness.

As far as I can remember, I was always with my dad. He exemplified what it means to make sacrifices for your family.

My mum tried her best. Now I try to make her life as enjoyable as I can because she has done so much for my brother and me.

My parents worked very hard for me and my sister.

Everything I do is for my children.