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Quotes About Guidance

All I am I owe to my mother.
~ George Washington
My mother was the making of me.
~ Thomas A. Edison
My mother is very wise and intelligent. If I have children and can do half as good a job as she did in keeping me in line, I'll be very happy.
~ Brandon Lee
Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. Legend tells us that Lincoln's dying mother called her small son to her bedside and whispered, 'Be somebody, Abe'.
~ Wilferd Peterson
Mama, you taught me to do the right things / So now you have to let your baby fly / You've given me everything that I will need / To make it through this crazy thing called life
~ Carrie Underwood
Who can put a pricetag on the influence of a mother?
~ L. Tom Perry
Recommend me to the Lord and to the Virgin Mother because I am in extreme need of their help.
~ Pio of Pietrelcina
A good education is the next best thing to a pushy mother.
~ Charles M. Schulz
Faith is a strong word in my life. That's one thing my mother has always stressed to me.
~ LaDainian Tomlinson
The father is the sun, the mother is the moon and the light they mutually shed on their kids makes them bright stars against a very dark night.
~ Shmuley Boteach
I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.
~ Andre Leon Talley
There may be some doubt as to who are the best people to have charge of children, but there can be no doubt that parents are the worst.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Your daughter is your child for life.
~ Marlene Dietrich
A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes.
~ Burt Lancaster
A mother's job... is very much to hold back the coming of manhood.
~ Michael Gurian
People make the world go, and Mothers make people, so they lead the dance.
~ Peter V. Brett
If you try your best to be the best parent you can be, you will have done all that a human being can do and all that God expects you to do.
~ Jeffrey R. Holland
Who can ever measure the benefit of a mother's inspiration?
~ Charles R. Swindoll
The most important person to thank is...my mother. She gave me four golden rules to live by: be a proud black man, take care of your family, make education a priority, and try to do the right thing.
~ Edward B. Lewis
My mother was always supportive.
~ Adam Lambert
My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.
~ Jim Carrey
I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
~ Vanessa Lachey
My mother taught me that the universe guides, teaches, and offers up gifts... even when bad things happen.
~ John Wozniak
No mother who stands upon low ground herself can hope to place her children upon a loftier plane. They may reach it, but it will not be through her.
~ Julia Caroline Dorr