“Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.” – Tina Fey

“Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown. In my heart it don’t mean a thing.” – Toni Morrison

“Motherhood: all love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning

“The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.” – Jessica Lange

“Motherhood is wonderful, but it’s also hard work. It’s the logistics more than anything. You discover you have reserves of energy you didn’t know you had.” – Deborah Mailman

“Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.” – Barbara Walters

“I know how to do anything- I’m a mom.” – Roseanne Barr

“Women do not have to sacrifice personhood if they are mothers. They do not have to sacrifice motherhood in order to be persons. Liberation was meant to expand women’s opportunities, not to limit them. The self-esteem that has been found in new pursuits can also be found in mothering.” – Elaine Heffner

“Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.” – Kate Winslet

“Making a decision to have a child- it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” – Elizabeth Stone

“There are so many times you will feel you have failed, but in the eyes, heart and mind of your child, you are supermom.” – Stephanie Precourt

“In a child’s eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.” – N.K. Jemisin

“The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly- indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.” – Arianna Huffington

“Successful mothers are not the ones that have never struggled. They are the ones that never give up, despite the struggles.” – Sharon Jaynes

“Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is…and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong.” – Donna Ball

“I’d like to be the ideal mother, but I’m too busy raising my kids.” – Anonymous

“Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.” – William Macneile Dixon

“The work of a mother is hard, too often unheralded work. Please know that it is worth it then, now, and forever.” – Jeffrey R. Holland

“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill

“The joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction.” – M. Russell Ballard