Mom Quotes

In 1985, I was arrested, along with my mother and brother, Martin III, in a protest against apartheid at the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life.

My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.

We all seek approval, and our mother’s seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom’s blessing or not.

Among her many accomplishments, my mother is often identified as the leader of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday movement.

You can get used to eating breakfast with a man in a fedora. You can get used to anything, my mother was in the habit of saying.

Sometimes when you love someone like a mother loves her child, that love can turn into fear. It happens to me all the time. I am so afraid that the world will not be kind to my children.

Assess and then decide whether women who are in active politics and public life, like men, whether in this process they may not lose their importance and role as mothers, daughter, and sisters.

I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.