The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.

Quote by Hamilton Wright Mabie

Topics: Motherhood Quotes, Mothers Quotes

The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he...

The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he...

Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one...

Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one...

New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march...

New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march...

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!

Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single...

Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single...

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

Ricky was L but he's home with the flu, Lizzie, our O, had some homework...

Ricky was L but he's home with the flu, Lizzie, our O, had some homework...

What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not...

What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not...

Beauty is everything. Love is innocent. A future with the perfect man is life.

Beauty is everything. Love is innocent. A future with the perfect man is life.

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They...

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They...

The first duty of love is to listen.

The first duty of love is to listen.

The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.

The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.

I think that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we wind...

I think that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we wind...

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was...

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was...

The image of the tormented man is taken and reproduced in the dirtiest political ways...

The image of the tormented man is taken and reproduced in the dirtiest political ways...

I'm aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit...

I'm aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

None love, but they who wish to love

None love, but they who wish to love

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.