Ever wondered what would be your quote to "the" woman in your life?
I'm still thinking of mine...
Here's 8 great ones I picked out:
1. "The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears."
--Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, lawyer, and statesman. From "Of Parents and Children" (1625).
2. "A mother is a mother still,
The holiest thing alive."
--Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), British poet. From "The Three Graves" (1798).
3. "The hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world."
--William Ross Wallace (1819-1881), U.S. poet and songwriter. From "What Rules the World" (1865).
4. "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."
--Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish-born writer and wit. From The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).
5. "Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions--requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs--there was no attention given to preparation for this office."
--Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), U.S. abolitionist and campaigner for woman suffrage. From Eighty Years and More: 1815-1897 (1898).
6. "Dear Mary, We all knew you had it in you."
--Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), U.S. writer and wit. Telegram sent to a friend upon the successful outcome of a much-publicized pregnancy.
7. "I love all my children, but some of them I don't like."
--Lillian Carter (1902-1983), mother of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. In Woman (April 9, 1977).
8. "Motherhood meant I have written four fewer books, but I know more about life."
--A. S. Byatt (1936- ), British novelist and academic. In the London Sunday Times (October 21, 1990).
I'm still thinking of mine...
Here's 8 great ones I picked out:
1. "The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears."
--Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, lawyer, and statesman. From "Of Parents and Children" (1625).
2. "A mother is a mother still,
The holiest thing alive."
--Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), British poet. From "The Three Graves" (1798).
3. "The hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world."
--William Ross Wallace (1819-1881), U.S. poet and songwriter. From "What Rules the World" (1865).
4. "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."
--Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish-born writer and wit. From The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).
5. "Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions--requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs--there was no attention given to preparation for this office."
--Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), U.S. abolitionist and campaigner for woman suffrage. From Eighty Years and More: 1815-1897 (1898).
6. "Dear Mary, We all knew you had it in you."
--Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), U.S. writer and wit. Telegram sent to a friend upon the successful outcome of a much-publicized pregnancy.
7. "I love all my children, but some of them I don't like."
--Lillian Carter (1902-1983), mother of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. In Woman (April 9, 1977).
8. "Motherhood meant I have written four fewer books, but I know more about life."
--A. S. Byatt (1936- ), British novelist and academic. In the London Sunday Times (October 21, 1990).
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