Children are the sum of what mothers contribute to their lives. --Unknown A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love --Thomas C. Haliburton Only Adam had no mother-in-law. That's how we know he lived in paradise. --Old Yiddish Saying check this Isidor Isaac Rabi's mother used to ask him, upon his return from school each day, Did you ask any good questions today, Isaac? --Steve Chandler 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself Men are what their mothers made them. --Ralph Waldo Emerson A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path --Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976) The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. --Henry Ward Beecher If evolution really works how come mothers only have two hands? --Ed Dussault Everything I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother --Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) My mother's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it. --Buddy Hackett