Danny McBride Quotes

Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.

The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

I gave myself to my children. It happens to some women.

Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.

I've always put my horses, dogs, and pig before my own needs, so I was well prepared to put my son first. I'm used to waking up in the middle of the night... no matter how tired I am, jumping up to take care of my animals. Now, I do the same for my son.

When you have kids you sometimes have to do things you don't want to but every single thing I do is for my family.

I've always put everybody else's child first before my own health, before my own outfit, before my own time frame.

My mom has always put everyone before herself and sacrificed things unimaginable.

The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority. The gift of motherhood is the selflessness that it introduces you to, and I think that's really freeing... I think it allows you to put yourself in other people's shoes...the empathy that it slugs you with, being a mother. And I think it makes you a better storyteller.

Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred.

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

Improv requires one thing I lack that I think most mothers need - the basic instinct to put someone else first.

Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do even though it takes a lot.

In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our lives for someone else's sake - to abandon our own desires and put our child's interests first. Yet, according to His perfect design, it is through this selflessness that we can become truly fulfilled.

I'd make a good friend, not mother. I'm too selfish. I think a lot of mothers are selfish and they end up having children, but I don't want to put some small tiny person through that.

Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It's the most wonderful thing.

To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience.

Being a mother comes first for me. Before my husband, before this surrogacy crusade, before myself. I don't see myself as particularly strong.

Being a father taught me patience. And it taught me vulnerability. You don't realize how vulnerable you are when you love something else more far more than yourself.

You do things for your kids you won't do for yourself.

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 never sacrificed myself. I did what I did out of love.