Olive Schreiner Quotes

The truth is that all great men have had great mothers. Great women have had, as a rule, great fathers.

Everything I am is because of my mom.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

Men are what their mothers made them.

What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.

You really get your sense of women, to begin with, from your mom.

I was raised by a strong single mother.

My mom, my aunt, and my grandma banded together and gave me a village of support when I was growing up.

We all come from women, and there's something extraordinary about the mothers who raised us.

It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

I don't know what it feels like not to have a great family support system - I was lucky to have that.

Tenderness has created the first 'social order' - that of the mother with her offspring. Through motherliness, woman later makes her great contributions to civilization.

My parents were there: in front of me, behind me, in the middle of my life at all times: reprimanding me, giving me confidence, teaching me valuable lessons, to help make me the man I am today.

I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously complicated. My mother and I are quintessential examples of the rewards and frustrations, and the joys and infuriations it can yield.

Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.

I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom.

My mom is my heart. She was a rock for me even though she was not around as much as dad.

As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.

I've got three sisters, five aunties, and my mom. It must have had an influence on me growing up.

My mother and grandmother raised me. Queens raised me.

...The wisest of all ages have acknowledged that the most important period in human education is in childhood.. - - This most important part of education is left entirely in the hands of the mother. She prepares the soil for future culture.... But the mother cannot give what she does not possess; weakness cannot impart strength.

My father raised me from the time I was 12 years old. And it would never occur to me that I wouldn't be strong - I wasn't raised like that.

There's no real substitute for the care of the real mother.

The women here are the ones that hold the families together. So if my mom were to be unhappy with me, in a way, it would be like I would have lost my entire family.