Mothers - Motherhood Quotes

I have a newfound respect and admiration that borders on worship of my wife…. Just to see her turn into a mother overnight is amazing.

I studied dancing from the time I was a kid, but I was pushed into it by my mother. My brothers and I had to fight our way to and from dancing school.

My father would never confront anybody about anything and is just kind and gentle. And my mother is really funny and sarcastic. But in my family, nothing was ever confronted. Yet now it’s easy for me to tell other people what they’re doing and how it makes me feel.

Each time I help to investigate a medium I hope she may be all that she pretends to be. What wouldn’t I give to be able to talk to my mother.

After giving birth, I feel like I can do anything.

I have no sympathy for any of us, none, except for the women who stay at home and take care of the children and do things that don’t add to their ego.

I wish I could say everyone who’s hit as a child doesn’t hit when they’re parents, although I’m sure that it happens. I’ve definitely scared my children with my temper and have used a voice that’s not appropriate for use around children, and that’s yet another reminder of how our past does live in us. […]

I see myself as a baby in my son and because of that, it reminds me of moments that I had probably forgotten over time, just of me being a toddler in Trinidad.

I think people who haven’t had children don’t realize what it takes for us to really step into some different shoes to stay connected to the woman.

The American mindset, it’s like 99 percent female custody. My expectation is to say, “Look, we ain’t gonna be playing these little games.”