Men are what their mothers made them #quote

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George Washington
“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.”

A cynical quote from old GW, who was perhaps still bitter he didn’t accept the Brit’s offer to throw Valley Forge, but nonetheless, an insightful quote. Anyone can be bought, and only a select number of strong willed men are impervious to a price. There are two lessons here: One, a man should always strive to honor his principles no matter what the monetary offer may be. Two, if it’s $500,000 or more, make sure you get it in cash -- up front.

A female bonobo holds her four-week-old baby in their enclosure at the Cincinnati zoo, where it was introduced to the public on 29 April

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs… since the payment is pure love.

“A Boy’s best friend is his mother”.

Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he’ll end up hating you.
by: Jill Bennett

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher
At work, you think of the children you have left at home.
At home, you think of the work you’ve left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.
- Golda Meir
Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.
- Unknown
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
-Ezekiel 16:4
Men are what their mothers made them.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.
-Harriet Beecher Stowe
We never know the love of the parent until we become parents ourselves.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Honore de Balzac, author
The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
-Henry Ward Beecher, US Congressional clergyman

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