Compiled by Kathy Banaszak
"Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky."
Fran Lebowitz
"A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium."
Mary Jo Blakely
"One hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had, nor what my clothes looked like. But the world may be better, the universe a little brighter, because I was important to a child." Unknown
"The real menace in dealing with a five-year old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year old." Jean Kerr
"A little child is an uncommonly interesting object - an immortal soul confined in such fairy form." Unknown
"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom." Henry Ward Beecher
"The greatest battle that ever was fought, shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you will not find it: it was fought by the mothers of men." Joaquin Miller
"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." Mark Twain
"A kiss from my mother made me a painter." Benjamin West
"A mother has to always think twice: once for herself and once for her child." Loren
"Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is a mother." Beverly Jones
"Children are unpredictable. You never know which inconsistency they're going to catch you in next." Henry Ward Beecher
"I value this delicious home feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow."
Washington Irving
"One truly affectionate soul in a family will exert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members." Henry Van Dyke
"Our children are living messages we send to a time and place we will never see." Unknown
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