Thoughts on Love, Kindness, Mothering
Mother’s Day, May 14, 2023
Compiled by Kristine Litster Fales from a variety of Internet websites. After reading all these inspiring, thought-provoking quotations, some words came flowing into my mind that I quickly wrote down. I decided to put my own quotation at the beginning of this compilation.
“You do not need to give birth to be a mother. You only need to have the love of children in your heart. Then you automatically love all the children that you see. You mother them. And these special children feel safe, and warm, and happy in your love. They are home.””
“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.”
“You don’t have to move mountains. Simply fall in love with life. Be a tornado of happiness, gratitude, and acceptance. You will change the world just by being a warm, kind-hearted human being.”
“As a mother’s prayers for her children are unending, so are the wisdom, grace, and strength they provide to their children.”
“If you want peace, be calm. If you want love, be loving. If you want kindness, be kind.”
“Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.”
“As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.”
“A worthy woman personifies the truly noble and worthwhile attributes of life. ... And she knows of her own infinite worth.”
“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.”
“Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark. … To have been loved so deeply … will give us some protection forever.”
“It is vital that when educating our children’s brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts.”
“Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.”
“We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it.”
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
“Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering mothers of every race and creed and weep with them. You long to comfort all who are desolate.”
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”
“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.”
“A mother is the truest friend we have. When trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.”
“We all have the seeds of love in us. We can develop this wonderful source of energy, nurturing the unconditional love that does not expect anything in return.”
“As a mother, you have been given divine instincts to help you sense your child’s special talents and unique capacities.”
“You can always give something, even if it is just kindness.”
“Motherhood is more than bearing children. … It is the essence of who we are as women.”
“First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.”
“If you try your best to be the best parent you can be, you will have done all that a human being can do and all that God expects you to do.”
“We are born of love; Love is our mother. … Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.””
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in them.”
“A few little flowers will spring up briefly in the dry gulley through which torrents of water pass occasionally. But it is steady streams that bring thick and needed crops. In the agriculture of the soul that has to do with nurturing attributes, flash floods are no substitute for regular irrigation.”
“If at first you don’t succeed, try doing it the way mom told you to in the beginning.”