Shirley Temple Quotes

I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent child, so I'm trying to back off, but it's hard. I love him so much, and he's so funny and cute to me.

I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.

I've always wanted to be a mom. I had a great relationship with mine. I'm ready to pass on to my child all the great love that my mom had for me.

Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother.

I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm funny; I'll go on trips with them - I'll do all sorts of stuff.' But the momming? I'm not made for that. I have a really good mom; I know what she put into it.

I don't really remember, but I'm positive that whenever I cried, my mother gave me something to eat. I'm sure that whenever I had a fight with the little girl next door, or it was raining and I couldn't go out, or I wasn't invited to a birthday party, my mother gave me a piece of candy to make me feel better.

As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

The thing is, my fantasies about being a parent always involved fighting for my unpopular child, doing for her what my own parents couldn't do for me when I was a girl. I am so ready to be that little girl's mother.

Would not the child's heart break in despair when the first cold storm of the world sweeps over it, if the warm sunlight of love from the eyes of mother and father did not shine upon him like the soft reflection of divine light and love?

I've always wanted to be a mom because I want to give a kid all of the magical gifts my mom gave to me, such as love and friendship. She and I had this incredible connection that was so unbelievable.

My mother's my biggest supporter.

I think everyone's mother is slightly nuts.

There will be no 'Mommie Dearest' in the lives of my children, and no books like the one the Crosby boy wrote about Bing, or Bette Davis's daughter has written. My children love me very much, and they are loved.

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.

I know that a mother, no matter how impoverished or uneducated, will do anything to save her babies.

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.

I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.

Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched.

When I became a mother, there was no doubt in my mind that it would be the most vital and important job I would ever have because I knew firsthand what it was like not to have a mother.

I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn't bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can't buy love.

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

There is no one on earth who knew you from the day you were born; who knew why you cried, or when you'd had enough food; who knew exactly what to say when you were hurting; and who encouraged you to grow a good heart. When that layer goes, whatever is left of your childhood goes with her.

That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.

My family knows they are loved. As a mother, it is my job to let them know that they are, and it's a job I take quite seriously.