"All that I am or ever hope to
be, I owe to my angel Mother." -- Abraham
Lincoln (1809-1865)
"I remember my mother's
prayers and they have always followed me. They have
clung to me all my life." -- Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865)
"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 (1732-1799)
"There never was a woman like
her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a
lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings
were, after all, the only capital I had to start life
with, and on that capital I have made my way."
-- Andrew Jackson
"Youth fades; love droops, the
leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope
outlives them all." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1809-1894)
"God could not be everywhere
and therefore he made mothers." -- Jewish
proverb
"Of all the rights of women,
the greatest is to be a mother." -- Lin Yutang
"The heart of a mother is a
deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always
find forgiveness." -- Honore' de Balzac
(1799-1850)
"The most important thing a
father can do for his children is to love their
mother." --Author Unknown
"In all my efforts to learn to
read, my mother shared fully my ambition and
sympathized with me and aided me in every way she
could. If I have done anything in life worth
attention, I feel sure that I inherited the
disposition from my mother."-- Booker T.
Washington
"Woman knows what man has long
forgotten, that the ultimate economic and spiritual
unit of any civilization is still the family."
-- Clare Boothe Luce
PAUL REVERE'S MOTHER: "I don't
care where you think you have to go, young man.
Midnight is past your curfew!"
MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY'S
MOTHER: "I don't mind you having a garden, Mary,
but does it have to be growing under your bed?"
MONA LISA'S MOTHER: "After all
that money your father and I spent on braces, Mona,
that's the biggest smile you can give us?"
HUMPTY DUMPTY'S MOTHER:
"Humpty, if I've told you once, I've told you a
hundred times not to sit on that wall. But would you
listen to me? Noooo!"
COLUMBUS' MOTHER: "I don't
care what you've discovered, Christopher. You still
could have written!"
BABE RUTH'S MOTHER: "Babe, how
many times have I told you to quit playing ball in
the house! That's the third broken window this
week!"
MICHELANGELO'S MOTHER: "Mike,
can't you paint on walls like other children? Do you
have any idea how hard it is to get that stuff off
the ceiling?"
NAPOLEON'S MOTHER: "All right,
Napoleon. If you aren't hiding your report card
inside your jacket, then take your hand out of there
and prove it!"
CUSTER'S MOTHER: "Now, George,
remember what I told you - don't go biting off more
than you can chew!"
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S MOTHER:
"Again with the stovepipe hat, Abe? Can't
youjust wear a baseball cap like the other
kids?"
BARNEY'S MOTHER: "I realize
strained plums are your favorite, Barney, but you're
starting to look a little purple."
MARY'S MOTHER: "I'm not upset
that your lamb followed you to school, Mary,but I
would like to know how he got a better grade than
you."
BATMAN'S MOTHER: "It's a nice
car, Bruce, but do you realize how much the insurance
is going to be?"
GOLDILOCKS' MOTHER: "I've got
a bill here for a busted chair from the Bear family.
You know anything about this, Goldie?"
LITTLE MISS MUFFET'S MOTHER:
"Well, all I've got to say is if you don't get
off your tuffet and start cleaning your room,
there'll be a lot more spiders around here!"
ALBERT EINSTEIN'S MOTHER:
"But, Albert, it's your senior picture. Can't
you do something about your hair? Styling gel,
mousse, something...?"
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOTHER:
"The next time I catch you throwing money across
the Potomac, you can kiss your allowance
good-bye!"
JONAH'S MOTHER: "That's a nice
story, but now tell me where you've really been for
the last three days."
SUPERMAN'S MOTHER: "Clark,
your father and I have discussed it, and we've
decided you can have your own telephone line. Now
will you quit spending somuch time in all those phone
booths?"
THOMAS EDISON'S MOTHER: "Of
course I'm proud that you invented the electric light
bulb, Thomas. Now turn off that light and get to
bed!"
