The Power of a Mother

 

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honore de Balzac

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
- Jewish Proverb

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Further reading: Debt of Gratitude

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Opportunity for Daily Thanksgiving
     

Mother's Day 2021

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honore de Balzac

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
- Jewish Proverb

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Further reading: Debt of Gratitude

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Opportunity for Daily Thanksgiving
     

Mother's Day 2020

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
- Jewish Proverb

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honoré de Balzac

Honor your father and your mother.
- Exodus 20:12

Further reading: The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

A Happy Family 

What is Love?

What is a Home?

Marriage
     

Mother's Day 2019

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

We leave our most profoundly positive impact
on those around us by the nature of our lives
and the example we set.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honore de Balzac

You can't live a perfect day without doing something
for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- John Wooden

Further reading: Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Opportunity for Daily Thanksgiving

Debt of Gratitude
        

Mother's Day 2018

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

You can't live a perfect day without doing something
for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- John Wooden

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honore de Balzac

We leave our most profoundly positive impact
on those around us by the nature of our lives
and the example we set.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Debt of Gratitude

Opportunity for Daily Thanksgiving
        

Mothers' Day 2017

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honore de Balzac

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
- Jewish Proverb

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Further reading: Debt of Gratitude

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Opportunity for Daily Thanksgiving
     

Mothers Day 2015

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honoré de Balzac

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
- Jewish Proverb

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Further reading: The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

What is Love?

A Happy Family

What is a Home?

Marriage

Mother's Day

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Mother is the name for God
in the lips and hearts of little children.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honoré de Balzac

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
- Jewish Proverb

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
- George Bernard Shaw

Further reading: Forgiveness is Essential to a Great Relationship

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

A List of Gratitudes - a Thanksgiving

Family

Children

Forgiveness

Heart

Sharing

Inner Peace

Mother's Day

Mother is the name for God
in the lips and hearts of little children.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

Men are what their mothers made them.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Further reading: Pay It Forward

Aging With Grace by Dr. David Mokotoff

William Makepeace Thackeray: Mother is the name for God ...

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. - William Makepeace Thackeray 

 The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. - Honoré de Balzac 

 A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. - Emily Dickinson 

 A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary. - Dorothy Canfield Fisher 

 Further reading: What is Love? 

  The #1 Secret of Great Relationships 

  Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother.
- Roe Fulkerson

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa

Further reading: Acceptance Makes a Great Relationship Even Better

The Brick - a story of brotherly love

What is Love?

The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

Quotes about Family