Sharmila Tagore Quotes

A parent knows better than any book or "expert" what their kid really needs.

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true.

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.

David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do.

Since I was a kid, he's told me to learn from his mistakes.

I have sometimes questioned the advice and direction I received from my parents and grandparents, but I never questioned the fact that they loved me. I learned that they were in a better position to know more about right and wrong than I did from my limited understanding and from my limited experience.

Come over here and sit on my knee and finish your orange juice.

The death of Mrs. Lincoln was a serious loss to her husband and children. Abraham's sister Sarah was only eleven years old, and the tasks and cares of the little household were altogether too heavy for her years and experience.

I didn't have my first child until I was 40. I actually learned about motherhood from management.

Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being.

I said I would get better with each baby, and I have.

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.

Being a caregiver for your child is part of the job description of being a mammal.

Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family has.

One of the best things about good mothers is that they remind their children to take care of themselves.

I think motherhood is just about instinct.

Motherhood is the most challenging as well as the utmost satisfying vocation in this world.

I never went through a biological clock experience. I never even heard it ticking.

It makes me sound like a domestic freak, but I care very much about my kids' nutrition.

This bringing up of children is so blithely undertaken by many of us, and the vast majority have had no training. It is one of those professions that every woman thinks she can undertake, so nobody really prepares for it.

A picture excites the love of parenting that comes through meditation on a child.

I think birth and motherhood are not things that you're trained to do. You might have a good example in your own mum, but nobody teaches you how to be a really great mum.

I can easily tap into the feeling of being a mother and the feeling of, you always want what's best for your kids. And that's where most parents come from.

At the end of the day, I'm Violet's mom, and I want the best for her.