Famous Quotes

"Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children."

Maxim Gorky on Mom

More quotes about Mom

• "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."

  George Washington on 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."

  Jessica Lange on Mom

• "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."

  Mark Twain on Mom

• "Men are what their mothers made them."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Mom

• "My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."

  Pablo Picasso on Mom

More quotes by Maxim Gorky

• "Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children."

• "A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains."

• "Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is."

• "When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery."