Cheryl Tiegs Quotes

I think as mothers we are all just trying our best.

I feel like I'm a really good mom.

It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.

I'm happy that I took time off to become a mom and raise my daughter properly and build a bond between the two of us.

I was a perfect mother.

I took being a mom very seriously.

It's [motherhood] the biggest on-the-job- training program in existence today.

Definitely being a mom changes your perspective on everything.

Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids... but when you look more closely, you realize that they're doing those kids a favor. They're just trying to give them a better life.

I hope, what I hope the most is to be more successful as a mother than in show business, because to be a mother is the most difficult I will ever have to do.

I'd be the best mum ever. I would. I've got great training from my mum.

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.

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

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.

The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.

We still want to idealize moms, and sometimes we want to idealize actresses who are moms, too. I know that's something I've experienced, but we're all just doing the best we can and we're all trying to raise our kids and talk to them about everything that needs to be discussed.

I like being a mother.

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.

I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.

I think motherhood is just about instinct.

Perhaps the soundest advice for parents is: Lighten up. People have been raising children for approximately as long as there have been people.

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

I think I would probably have been a good mother.

An incredible number of people have raised children who aren't too screwed up. Surely, I won't be the worst at it.

I think birth and motherhood are not things that you're trained to do. You might have a good example in your own mum, but nobody teaches you how to be a really great mum.