Ivana Milicevic Quotes

Becoming a mother was the single defining event of my life. It felt like the whole world shifted.

Becoming a mother has been the most amazing experience - in an instant, you become strong. You have to be a little bit wiser; it's the most important job in the world.

You instantly become less selfish. You can't be the biggest person in the world anymore-they are. [Motherhood] really grounds you.

Motherhood changes everything.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

I think my mother characters have changed a lot since Sasha was born, just because I understand what a hard job it is now, and I'm coming at it from another angle - like you just love and care about this person so much, and just want to protect them from everything.

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.

When I had my daughter, my priorities shifted. Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed and surrounded by people that are self-absorbed.

I have been a parent since I was 25. That's a large chunk of my adult life. Mother or father, it transforms you completely.

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

When you become a mother, it's a common thing that you just want to put every ounce of your being into your child, which is a very beautiful experience.

You go from thinking of yourself as primarily an individual to suddenly being a mother, first and foremost.

Being a mother is the ultimate training ground for anything.

Motherhood changed me completely.

Being a mother impacts every aspect of your life. It's a rite of passage which gives you an entirely different outlook on things.

Becoming a mother has turned my world upside down, but in a really good way - it's the best.

Before I had my babies, I would tend to be self-absorbed, and worry about little things, but now I am a changed person.

It [motherhood] has changed absolutely everything. I mean, it's changed my life. I think I've changed as a human being more since I've had Kai than in any other period in my life...It's such an incredible catalyst for growth. I found myself questioning absolutely everything: how I spend my time, how I speak, what kind of projects I work on, how I look at the world.

The greatest gift children can give you is that, for the first time, you're not the center of your own universe.

It's just kind of empowering when you become a mother. You just get overwhelmed with this new confidence and you feel really in control of your life. It's been beautiful.

To become a mother is to learn a whole language - to relearn it, perhaps, as it was the tongue to which we were born - and hence gain entrance to a forgotten world of comprehension.

I'm not thinking about me that much anymore. Every time I look, I'm looking for my daughter, you know? If I'm in a store, I'm looking at baby clothes. It's so much cuter to find things for her than to find things for me.

I think all of us as women have this super-human quality. We create life, we give life, we are the sources of life for our children - we're all pretty bionic.

Becoming a mother doesn't always change every aspect of your personality.