“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

---Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States of America

“The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.”

---Jodi Picoult, award winning American author, 40 million books in print

"My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always won. I’m an only child, and I could count on my mother’s vote.”

 ---Condoleezza Rice, an American Political Scientist and Diplomat

“I tell my kids, ‘I am thinking about you every other minute of my day."

 ---Michelle Obama, an American lawyer, writer, and First Lady of the United States

“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”

 ---Mark Twain, an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer 

“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” 

---Oprah Winfrery, an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

I feel like I run a business although I haven’t one. Its planning, planning, planning 

---Meryl Streep, an American actress and philanthropist

“My mother is a walking miracle.”

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

“[My mother] always said I was beautiful and I finally believed her at some point.”

---Lupita Nyong’o, a Mexican-Kenyan actress

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

---Jill Churchill, an American author

“Sometimes when I want to take on the world, I try to remember that it’s just as important to sit down and ask my son how he’s feeling or talk to him about life.”

---Angelina Jolie, an American actress, filmmaker, philanthropist and humanitarian

 “As my mom always said, ‘You’d rather have smile lines than frown lines.’”

---Cindy Crawford, an American model and actress

  “There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn’t have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.”

---Taylor Swift, an American singer-songwriter

"The time I'm not spending with my kid has to be worth it"

---Jessica Alba, an American actress and businesswoman

 “When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.”

---Erma Bombeck, an American humorist and author

“You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.”

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart walking around outside of your body.”

---Elizabeth Stone, an American author

 In a child’s eyes, a mother is a goddess. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.”

  The FINALE

HAPPY MOTHER's DAY!!