Mary As Mother Quotes

Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you. — Dorothy Parker

I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother. — Martin Sheen

At some point the talk got heated, and Paolo called Mother a strumpet, for which Daddy was said to have stomped a serious mudhole in Paolo's ass. — Mary Karr

We need to insist on fathers and mothers sharing the care of their offspring as well as the opportunity to enjoy the fulfillment of individual rights. — Mary Frances Berry

Babies! What a wonderful way to start people! — Mary Engelbreit

Being a mother comes first for me. Before my husband, before this surrogacy crusade, before myself. I don't see myself as particularly strong. — Mary Beth Whitehead

There should be a colossal mother going about the world to turn men over her lap and give them the slipper. They pine for it. — Mary Catherwood

Man and woman as coexistent and eternal with God forever reflect, in glorified quality, the infinite Father-Mother God. — Mary Baker Eddy

If anyone does not believe that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, such a one is a stranger to the Godhead. — Gregory Of Nazianzus

After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His Mother Mary. — Alphonsus Liguori

When we were growing up, our mother taught us never to have your belly button exposed. — Mary-Kate Olsen

You must pray for him, my child. It is to such as he that our Blessed Mother comes nearest. — Willa Cather

I must bear it well as I may. As my sainted mother used to say, we never come to the kingdom of Heaven but by troubles. — Alison Weir

Mary,' said her mother. 'We don't like sarcasm '
'You mightn't like it,' said Mary. 'But I love it. — Roddy Doyle

My mother was a leading lady in a local theatre in Birmingham, Alabama, where I grew up. — Mary Badham

What part did she give you?" Zoe asked her mother.
"Mary, the mother of God."
"Talk about miscasting," Nelia said. — Pamela Todd

It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor. — John Calvin

My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. — Mary Mother Of Jesus

For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart. — Mary McLeod Bethune

Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's. — Desmond Dekker

Mary was not only holy. She was also the mother of the Lord. — Martin Luther

Holy Mary, mother of God," my mother said. "You were being chased by Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and a rabbit. — Janet Evanovich

When you least expect it, you run in to an old friend from school, or the neighbour's cat, not Mary the Virgin Mother of God. — Margot McCuaig

My mother is a beauty. — Mary-Louise Parker

A mother can legitimately be said to 'have a baby' - but in a civilization such as ours, she can never claim to own a teenager. — Mary Blakely

I still feel as if I weren't a good enough mother. I didn't break any rules. — Mary Tyler Moore

Father-Mother is the name for Deity ... — Mary Baker Eddy

You are reduced / To the after-sorrow / That will last my lifetime. The hair-tearing / Grief of the mother / Whose child has been swept away. — Mary Jo Bang

She knew her mother was likely to blow her top like a geyser in Yosemite National Park, but Mary had stopped giving a damn one way or another. — William Mann

O heart the winds have shaken, the unappeasable host
Is comelier than candles at Mother Mary's feet. — William Butler Yeats

Don't fuck with me. I don't like it and I know your mother.
Jory to a Handsy-Hayes Fischer — Mary Calmes

Even if Mary gives birth to a child who is not her husband's, if she has a shining pride, they become a holy mother and child. — Osamu Dazai

No one else, ever, will think you're great the way your mother does. — Mary Matalin

We shall understand that when waiting is rightly comprehended, it is a deliciousness that is already indeed a wink of bliss. — Mother Mary Francis

I suppose my mother could have been a witch if she had chosen to. But she met my father, who was a rather saintly clergyman, and he cancelled her out. — Mary Stewart

Only a mother knows a mother's fondness. — Mary Wortley Montagu

There's only one thing in life for a woman; it's to be a mother ... A woman artist must be ... capable of making primary sacrifices. — Mary Cassatt

My first and strongest memories about perfume come from childhood, from my mother, and they are a complex blend of her private and public selves. — Mary Gaitskill

Mother was the disciplinarian, but it was Daddy who could turn me into an angel with just one look. — Mary Martin

Then take me on your knee, mother; And listen, mother of mine. A hundred fairies danced last night, And the harpers they were nine. — Mary Howitt

I would rather be a fairly happy wife and mother. — Mary MacLane

God intended motherhood to be a relay race. Each generation would pass the baton on to the next. — Mary Pride

Ah, now my pet, you'll be callin' me, Ma. Me gynecologist calls me Mrs. McClung," Charlie's mother instructed a blushing Marian. From "A Good Girl — Mary Anne Edwards

But a mother-son relationship is not a coequal one, is it? He is lonely with only you just as you are lonely with only him. — Mary Balogh

The world which worships Mother Mary and goddess Durga also has experienced such heinous crimes against her daughters. — Debajani Mohanty

Our Mother Mary is full of beauty because she is full of grace. — Pope Francis