Lauren Alaina, “Like My Mother Does”
“When I’m weak and unpretty, I know I’m beautiful and strong, because I see myself like my mother does.”
Viola Davis
“I will not be a mystery to my daughter. She will know me and I will share my stories with her—the stories of failure, shame and accomplishment. She will know she’s not alone in that wilderness.”
Signe Hammer
"Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers and have remained so, in circles joined to circles, since time began."
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Catherine Pulsifer
"A mother’s treasure is her daughter."
Sonya Teclai
“My mom taught me a woman’s mind should be the most beautiful part of her.”
Martina McBride, “In My Daughter’s Eyes”
“In my daughter’s eyes, I am a hero. I am strong and wise, and I know no fear.”
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Sada Malhotra
“By the time you realize your mother was right, you have a daughter who thinks that you’re wrong.”
Serena Williams
“The fact is that nothing is a sacrifice for me when it comes to (my daughter). … I want to teach her how to tie her shoes, how to read, where babies come from, and about God. Just like my mom taught me.”
Daphne Wilder, "Because I Said So"
"God couldn't be everywhere so that is why he invented mothers."
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Honey County, "Got It From My Mama"
“Everything good in me, I got it from my mama.”
Rory, "The Gilmore Girls"
“My mother never gave me any idea that I couldn’t do whatever I wanted to do or be whomever I wanted to be. ... I don’t know if she ever realized that the person I most wanted to be was her.”
Heather Gudenkauf
"Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away."
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George Eliot
“Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.”
Meghan Trainor, “Mom”
“Her love’s ‘til the end, she’s my best friend. Ain’t nobody got a mom like mine.”
Rory, "The Gilmore Girls"
“My mom and I are freakishly linked.”
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Mariama Bâ
“One is a mother to shield when lightning streaks the night, when thunder shakes the earth, when mud bogs one down. One is a mother in order to love without beginning or end.”
Abraham Lincoln
“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
Nefertiti Austin
“Becoming a mother forced me to have hope.”
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Lauren Alaina, “Like My Mother Does”
“When I love I give it all I’ve got, like my mother does.”
Leroy Brownlow
“Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heart throb.”
Terri Robertson is the Senior Editor, Digital, at Country Living, where she shares her lifelong love of homes, gardens, down-home cooking, and antiques.
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