Mom Quotes - Page 112

~Before you have kids, when you're on a plane and there's a screaming kid, all you can think is, Give me earplugs! As soon as I became a mom, though, I got it. You find yourself asking, 'What can I do? You want me to hold him?' Because you think about the time your kids was screaming, and there was the one parent who looked at you and smiled. And that compassion was everything.~

What analysis is all about is for one hour a week, you sit and hope that for a flash of a moment you will experience connectedness.

Treat a woman how you'd want someone to treat your mom.

My family moved to the Philippines when I was 14. While living there, I learned that my mom grew up very poor. Seeing that kind of abject poverty firsthand during my travels deeply shaped my life. Seeing those living conditions motivated me to want to tell inspiring stories of struggle and triumph.

First and foremost, I am a mom. I get the most fulfillment being with my family.

I found that the camera was a comforting companion. It opened up new worlds, and gave me access to people's most intimate moments. I discovered the privilege of seeing life in all its complexity, the thrill of learning something new every day. When I was behind a camera, it was the only place in the world I wanted to be.

[My mother] always said I was beautiful and I finally believed her at some point.

The past is over, so it has no power now. The thoughts of this moment create my future.

Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.

I'm just trying to enjoy my moment, and I would like to enjoy it for a long time.

My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her.

She raised us with humor, and she raised us to understand that not everything was going to be great-but how to laugh through it.

Some people can touch your life for a brief moment but will leave an imprint for a lifetime.

In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home.

If you’re truly present in this moment, then you are a Buddha. At least for this moment!

Projecting into the future with hopes, dreams and desires can never fulfill you. Only the present moment can fulfill you.

The most important person is the one you are with in this moment.

Everybody is teaching Everybody to Love at every moment.

Every moment spent in unhappiness is a moment of happiness lost.

It is really funny how even cool chicks are sort of like, 'Our moms covered that feminism thing and now we're living in a post-that world,' when that just isn't true.

It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair.

If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.

In quiet moments, I love to read.

I say 'Mom, how come you don't change into an evening gown for dinner?' She says 'I do, it's called a bath robe. [...]

At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, 'OK, this is something I really like.' At 8, I was crying in front of the mirror and my mom was like, 'Oh boy, here we go. We know what she's going to do.'