Keri Russell Quotes

Motherhood: 24/7 on the frontlines of humanity. Are you man enough to try it?

I feel like the word 'mom' and 'supermom' should be synonymous. When you are a mom, you are a superhero.

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

You'll be a good parent when you're ready to no longer be selfish. Until I was about 35, it was all about me. I look back and I'm astonished at how I lived my life - it was totally self-involved.

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.

Being a mother is the ultimate training ground for anything.

Motherhood is always an act of courage.

[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism.

Parenthood offers many lessons in patience and sacrifice. But ultimately, it is a lesson in humility. The very best thing about your life is a short stage in someone else’s story.

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.

If you become a father, you're not doing things for yourself anymore. You're thinking about someone else. And that is not a burden.

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.

This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body.

Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person.

Being a mom has made me a better person. It's made me more compassionate. It's just awesome. I think I was put here to be a mom.

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.

Whatever past you had, when you become a mother, it's a whole different thing. You can't even predict it. I've seen women who were nightmare party girls, who were just crazy, and then they have a baby, and this thing comes over them and changes them.

I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.

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.

Being a mom has changed me forever.

Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.

Being a mom has affected me in the greatest way possible - and in a necessary way. Having my son has helped me to be grounded, and I feel like with a child you have to really think about things all the way through.

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

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