The marvel that we call mom The marvel that we call mom Reflections on mothers and motherhood. Reflections on mothers and motherhood. ♫ Turn on the audio.

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 who rejoice with us in our sunshine 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.” 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 who rejoice with us in our sunshine 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.” Washington Irving ( )

“My mother was my best teacher. She showed me to be compassionate, to love and to not be afraid. If love is sweet like a flower, my mother is that sweet flower of love.” “My mother was my best teacher. She showed me to be compassionate, to love and to not be afraid. If love is sweet like a flower, my mother is that sweet flower of love.” —Stevie Wonder “Everything that I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in this life to the moral, intellection, and physical formation that I received from her.” “Everything that I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in this life to the moral, intellection, and physical formation that I received from her.” —George Washington “There is no influence as strong as that of a mother.” “There is no influence as strong as that of a mother.” —Sarah Josepha Hale

“A woman who is a mother is not a woman, but rather an angel. A mother has an unending reserve of love. No one loves like a mother loves. If we repudiate things for being old, then we should eliminate the sun, the moon, and a mother’s love.” “A woman who is a mother is not a woman, but rather an angel. A mother has an unending reserve of love. No one loves like a mother loves. If we repudiate things for being old, then we should eliminate the sun, the moon, and a mother’s love.” Anonymous “What makes a mother marvelous is the spirit that moves her to sacrifice time, strength and, if necessary, even her health for the good of her child.” “What makes a mother marvelous is the spirit that moves her to sacrifice time, strength and, if necessary, even her health for the good of her child.” David Brandt Berg ( )

I worship our Lord, not because he made them beautiful, but because he gave all of them the heart of a mother. I worship our Lord, not because he made them beautiful, but because he gave all of them the heart of a mother. “You will never in your life find greater, more profound, deeper, more self less and sincere tenderness than that of your mother.” “You will never in your life find greater, more profound, deeper, more self less and sincere tenderness than that of your mother.” José Hernández ( ), Argentine poet Honoré de Balzac ( ), French novelist "Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all." "Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all." Oliver Wendell Holmes

“One gram of a mother is equal to a kilogram of a priest.” Spanish proverb “There is only one thing in this world that is more beautiful and better than a woman: a mother.” Leopold Schaeffer ( ), German poet “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” Abraham Lincoln.

“Mother is the name of God in the heart and in the lips of children.” “There is only one thing in this world that is more beautiful and better than a woman: a mother.” William Thackeray ( ), English novelist Leopold Schaeffer ( ), German poet M otherhood is stronger than the laws of nature.” M otherhood is stronger than the laws of nature.” Bárbara Kingsolver

“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.” “The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.” Honoré de Balzac ( ), French novelist “Motherhood is the most important of all the professions. It requires more knowledge than any other endeavor known to man.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton ( ), American activist “A mother is our providence on earth in the first few years of life, our firmest support in the years following childhood, our best and most loyal friend in the turbulent years of youth.” “A mother is our providence on earth in the first few years of life, our firmest support in the years following childhood, our best and most loyal friend in the turbulent years of youth.” Severo Catalina ( ), Spanish politician and writer

“Motherhood is the greatest potential influence either for good or ill in human life. The mother's image is the first that stamps itself on the unwritten page of the young child's mind. It is her caress that first awakens a sense of security; her kiss, the first realization of affection; her sympathy and tenderness, the first assurance that there is love in the world.” “Motherhood is the greatest potential influence either for good or ill in human life. The mother's image is the first that stamps itself on the unwritten page of the young child's mind. It is her caress that first awakens a sense of security; her kiss, the first realization of affection; her sympathy and tenderness, the first assurance that there is love in the world.” —David O. McKay

“The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” William Wallace ( ), American poet and composer HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

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