How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.

Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.

Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand.

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.