There’s no question that behind almost every great leader or thinker there is a great mom. With this in mind, here are a few quotes from famed leaders and thinkers about good ol’ mom!
“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” Abraham Lincoln
“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.” Aristotle
“Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” Oliver Wendell Holmes
“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.” Abraham Lincoln
“No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones. “ Harry Truman
“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
“The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.” Henry Ward Beecher
“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained.” Winston Churchill
“Women’s Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It’s the men who are discriminated against. They can’t bear children. And no one’s likely to do anything about that.” Golda Meir
Happy Mother’s Day from everyone at the Bacharach Blog!
