Mothers That Have Passed Away Quotes & Sayings

It's ironic when black non-Muslims say Islam is not a religion that uplifts black people when two of the most celebrated black heroes in recent history were both Muslim; Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali. — Habeeb Akande

May you find the confident to pursue your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Just as we are enhancing the customer side of our marketplace, we are also looking for ways to increase our contributor expense. — Jon Oringer

She took out a third blank sheet. It seemed to beg her to fill it. A blank page was nothing but potential, pointless until it was used. — Brandon Sanderson

I looked at the clock with the faint unconscious hope common to all mothers that time will somehow have passed magically away and the next time you look it will be bedtime. — Shirley Jackson

I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. It's perfectly okay to take a book, read it, have a good time, giggle and laugh - and turn off the TV. I love that. — Barbara Park

Just when she thought she had it all figured out something happened to test her faith or alter her view of reality. — Deanna Kahler

I like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything. — Kate Walsh

God is at the tip of our scalpels, our screwdrivers, our computer terminals, our dust rags, our vacuum cleaners, our pencils and pens. He is with us in our wheelchairs, or on our hospital beds, when all we can do is sit or lie flat. When we envision Him and His purpose in what we do, then we begin to grow aware of His presence in the middle of it. We are able to engage in our inward conversation with Him as we work, naturally, without strain. He becomes our partner, our collaborator. — Sue Monk Kidd

Mothers support certain illusions about their children, and one of my illusions was that I liked who I was, because she did. When she passed away, so did that idea. — Mitch Albom

We live in terribly complex times. We are confronted by very serious problems. Some of us are faced with sickness, with economic difficulties, with worry and concern over many matters. Our refuge, our peace, our well-being lie in walking in the way of the Lord. — Gordon B. Hinckley

You don't have to settle for what you are at this moment. You can work to make a difference.
Chex — Piers Anthony

When messengers are sent to minister to the inhabitants of this earth, they are not strangers, but from the ranks of our kindred, friends, and fellow beings. Our fathers and mothers, brothers, sisters and friends who have passed away from this earth ... bringing messages of love, warning, reproof and instruction, to those whom they had learned to love in the flesh. — Joseph Fielding Smith

Life is only beginning for you now ... since at last you're quite free and independent. And you never know what may be around the next bend in the road — L.M. Montgomery

Kissing Ally would be so easy. Touching her, holding her, tasting her ... it'd be like breathing.
I want to breathe. I want to inhale her in every way possible. I want her life to sustain me, her heartbeat to synchronize with mine.
But I don't want to taint her. I don't want her to be like me. A cheater. A deviant. An outcast. She deserves better, and I'm not better. — S.L. Jennings

I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it. — Bruce Sterling

This sad, extreme example is more common than you might think. I have known daughters who felt tremendous relief when their narcissistic mothers passed away. They feel delivered out from under a huge burden, but guilty about admitting it. — Karyl McBride

As a parent, you experience the most of everything. The most love, the most fear, the most hurt and the most tired, the most of every emotion. — Sarah Shahi

No words would ever be more powerful than the presence of a friend. — Rachel L. Schade