Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. –Oprah Winfrey

Every minute in the presence of a child takes seven minutes off your life. –Barbara Kingsolver

In the end, it’s not what you do for your children, but what you’ve taught them to do for themselves. –Ann Landers

The more people have studied the different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all. –Benjamin Spock

Contributors include: Oprah Winfrey Edith Wharton Eleanor Roosevelt Diana, Princess of Wales William Blake Barbara Kingsolver Agatha Christie Barbara Walters Benjamin Spock Harriet Beecher Stowe Bette Davis Harry S. Truman Anna Quindlen Mark Twain Beatrix Potter Pablo Picasso Ann Landers Dr. Joyce Brothers
William Shakespeare Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis