Parenting

13 So-True Quotes About How Strong Moms Are

ParentingPublished Apr 25, 2017
By Michele Zipp
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There is so much that goes into becoming and being a mother. We become strong, even stronger than we we were before, and that is a testament of the love we have for our children.

That strength is something to be in awe of; it teaches us and our kids, and it doesn't go unnoticed. Here are some incredible famous quotes on the strength of mothers that really say it all.

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"A hurricane in its perfect power."
Anne Meadows

"A hurricane in its perfect power."

"To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow." -- Maya Angelou

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"Strengths you didn't know you had."
Anne Meadows

"Strengths you didn't know you had."

"Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn't know you had, and dealing with fears you didn't know existed." -- Linda Wooten

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"Still will she cling to us."
Anne Meadows

"Still will she cling to us."

"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." -- Washington Irving

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"Greater than natural laws."
Anne Meadows

"Greater than natural laws."

"Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws." -- Barbara Kingsolver

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"Working mother."
Anne Meadows

"Working mother."

"The phrase 'working mother' is redundant." -- Jane Sellman

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"With ease."
Anne Meadows

"With ease."

"Any mother could do the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease." -- Lisa Alther

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"A feat that is umatched."
Anne Meadows

"A feat that is umatched."

"My mother was the one constant in my life. When I think about my mom raising me alone when she was 20, and working and paying the bills, and, you know, trying to pursue your own dreams, I think is a feat that is unmatched." -- President Barack Obama

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"An act of infinite optimism."
Anne Meadows

"An act of infinite optimism."

"[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary -- it's an act of infinite optimism." -- Gilda Radner

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"I am what I am."
Anne Meadows

"I am what I am."

"The word's out: I'm a woman, and I'm going to have trouble backing off on that. I am what I am. I'll go out and talk to people about what's happening to their families, and when I do that, I'm a mother. I'm a grandmother." -- Elizabeth Warren

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"Do the impossible."
Anne Meadows

"Do the impossible."

"I think every working mom probably feels the same thing: You go through big chunks of time where you're just thinking, 'This is impossible -- oh, this is impossible.' And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible." -- Tina Fey

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"She made me strong."
Anne Meadows

"She made me strong."

"Most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she was very strong. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That's more important."  -- Diane von Furstenberg

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"Women's power."
Anne Meadows

"Women's power."

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"Women are strong."
Anne Meadows

"Women are strong."

"We have a secret in our culture, and it's not that birth is painful. It's that women are strong." -- Laura Stavoe Harm

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