Motherhood Quotes - Page 4
Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.
Albert Schweitzer, Charles Rhind Joy (1947). “Albert Schweitzer: An Anthology”, Boston : Beacon Press
As a Christian, my highest calling is not motherhood; my highest calling is to follow Christ.
Rachel Held Evans (2012). “A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband 'Master'”, p.180, Thomas Nelson Inc
Misty May-Treanor (2010). “Misty: Digging Deep in Volleyball and Life”, p.285, Simon and Schuster
Such a mysterious business, motherhood. How brave a woman must be to embark on it.
M.L. Stedman (2012). “The Light Between Oceans: A Novel”, p.66, Simon and Schuster
Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
Ayn Rand (2005). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.966, Penguin
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2015). “The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 4 (Part II): The Friend”, p.90, Princeton University Press
Katha Pollitt (2014). “Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights”, p.10, Picador
Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper (1889). “History of woman suffrage”
I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me
Joseph Addison, Alexander Chalmers, Sir Richard Steele (1822). “The Tatler”, p.105