My Favourite Quotes

Here are 10 of the most inspiring quotes for a working mother like me.  May they put the fire back in you and inspire you to take what you are doing with your work and family further than ever before!

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

"When you live in reaction, you give your power away. Then you get to experience what you gave your power to."
- N. Smith

"A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

"You can't help getting old, but you don't have to get old."
- George Burns

"Whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free . . . your true self comes out. "
- Tina Turner

"The most important thing she’d learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one."
- Jill Churchill

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."
- Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."
- Mignon McLaughlin

"For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe."
- Anonymous

"Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos."
—Don Kardong