Lillian Gordy Carter Quotes

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

Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.

Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.

My children are my whole life.

When you have children it completely shifts your focus; they become the most passionate love of your life.

There's no doubt that motherhood is the best thing in my life. It's all that really matters.

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.

I really enjoy taking care of people, and I was really ready to have a kid, so I didn't have to sacrifice anything that I didn't want to give up.

I wouldn't take back having a kid for the world.

If I knew the joy a child brings, I'd have become a mom earlier.

Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuriating at times when they're little, but on the whole, they're such a joy. I don't think I was the most brilliant mother when they were young. I had quite a bit of help because I was working and I enjoyed my work.

I wish with all my heart I had children and I think I would've been a good mum.

Oh, my God. I want to be a mother, and I anticipate loving my children quite fiercely. I think about it all the time, though it's a silly thing to think about because the kind of mother I'll be depends on the kind of children I have. I can't wait to meet them.

My greatest sense of accomplishment has come from having two amazing sons, but it's also a paradox in that the times when I felt like the biggest failure have been times when I felt like, as a parent, I wasn't making the right decisions or succeeding in the way that I should.

I love the surprise element of being a mom.

I never thought I'd have a daughter.

Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.

Having twin girls is a life changer - that's for sure. But I like getting up and changing diapers. It's the things you do.

Being a father or a mother is not only a great challenge, it is a divine calling. It is an effort requiring consecration.

Being a mother is magical.

I think the most important thing I have done in my life is to raise two boys.

It's so great to love somebody and, out of that, to make a child. So that's my goal.

I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in.

Marriage and being a mother are absolutely crucial to my happiness and my life.

Children make you a better everything. Daughters open up a whole different sensibility to you. When you have children, it focuses you on them as opposed to on yourself.