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With Mother's day just around the corner, I thought I'd put together a list of some quotes that are appropriate for the day. Feel free to add others 
"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much." - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." - Jewish Proverb
"There is only one beautiful child in the world, and every mother has it." - Chinese Proverb
"Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever." - Unknown
"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." - Rajneesh
"Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you." - Jill Bennett
"The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men – from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
"A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary." - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
"It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't." - Barbara Kingsolver
"Mother – that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries." - T. DeWitt Talmage
"Anyone who doesn't miss the past never had a mother." - Gregory Nunn
"No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement." - Florida Scott-Maxwell
"Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not." - James Joyce
"Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs...since the payment is pure love." - Mildred B. Vermont
"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much." - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." - Jewish Proverb
"There is only one beautiful child in the world, and every mother has it." - Chinese Proverb
"Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever." - Unknown
"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." - Rajneesh
"Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you." - Jill Bennett
"The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men – from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
"A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary." - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
"It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't." - Barbara Kingsolver
"Mother – that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries." - T. DeWitt Talmage
"Anyone who doesn't miss the past never had a mother." - Gregory Nunn
"No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement." - Florida Scott-Maxwell
"Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not." - James Joyce
"Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs...since the payment is pure love." - Mildred B. Vermont