Mom Quotes - Page 50

I've got forward momentum. There's no virtue in it. It's just a balancing act. I don't dare stop.

You can’t change the past. You can’t even change the future, in the sense that you can only change the present one moment at a time, stubbornly, until the future unwinds itself into the stories of our lives.

~I don't always have a lot of energy, but my kids almost always revitalize me. Of course like any working mom, sometimes I'm guilt-ridden. I think I should be sitting down doing an educational computer game with Carrie or taking Ellie to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These kids are such sponges, and I should be taking advantage of that.~

At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.

Nothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.

During those rare moments of creativeness, when a person has something in common with the making of the universe, he feels a sense of transcendence. What could be a greater reward?

All that I am my mother made me.

One moment it's a cathedral, at another time there is no words to describe it when it ceases, for short periods of time, to have any regard for the proprieties that constitute not only Parliament, but its tradition. I've seen it in all its greatness. I have inwardly wept over it when it is degraded.

I hate Erma," I told Mom... "You have to show compassion for her..." She added that you should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. "Everyone has something good about them," she said. "You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that." "Oh yeah?" I said. "How about Hitler? What was his redeeming quality?" "Hitler loved dogs," Mom said without hesitation.

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.

There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.

Everyday is a birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.

keep fresh before me the moments of my high resolve.

What I do not see I do not know. I see, hear and know simultaneously and learn what I know as if in a moment.

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.

I think actions speak louder than words is one thing I think I always took from my mom. And to this day, I think about that in everything I do.

A time of disarray is also a moment of opportunity.

Youre still beautiful to me, cause youre my mom.

At the very last moment, Nature would force you to blink your eye. Nature will protect her own.

This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.

Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she could not afford to. She spoke the truth, bluntly, directly, and without much varnish. I am her son.

The basic concept of value to a private owner and being motivated when you're buying and selling securities by reference to intrinsic value instead of price momentum - I don't think that will ever be outdated.

some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.

If it wasn't for her literally doing my homework for me, I would not have even graduated high school. Guaranteed . . . My mom always said, 'Luck is nothing but preparation and opportunity.' I think because I've had that history of not really being great in school, I probably try to overcompensate. That's why I try to read so many books. Just so I don't feel . . . uneducated.

Also, I'm sleeping with your mom. Just thought you should know.