| "If
one feels the need of something
grand, something infinite, something
that makes one feel aware of God,
one need not go far to find it.
I think that I see something deeper,
more infinite, more eternal than
the ocean in the expression of
the eyes of a little baby when
it wakes in the morning and coos
or laughs because it sees the
sun shining on its cradle"
- Vincent Van Gogh |
"A
baby is God's opinion that
life should go on."
- Carl Sandburg |
| "A
babe in the house is a well-spring
of pleasure, a messenger of peace
and love, a resting place for
innocence on earth, a link between
angels and men." - Martin
Fraquhar Tupper |
"A
baby will make love stronger,
days shorter, nights longer,
bankroll smaller, home happier,
clothes shabbier, the past forgotten,
and the future worth living
for." |
| "Children
reinvent your world for you."
- - Susan Sarandon
|
"Making
the decision to have a child
is momentous. It is to decide
forever to have your heart go
walking around outside your
body." - Elizabeth
Stone |
"To
become a mother is one of life’s
greatest blessings. It is a
lifelong event that forever
changes you. Becoming a mother
changes your heart, your thoughts,
and your actions. However, you
may soon wish you had a few
extra hands." |
"A
new baby is like the beginning
of all things-wonder, hope,
a dream of possibilities."
- Eda J. Le Shan |
"Your
children will become what you
are; so be what you want them
to be." - David
Bly |
"Have
a baby is the greatest JOY in
the entire world. No matter
how much you read about it,
or hear about it, nothing can
prepare you for the incredible
LOVE, JOY and sheer HAPPINESS
new babies bring." |
"Every
baby born into the world is
a finer one than the last."
- Charles Dickens |
"Loving
a baby is a circular business,
a kind of feedback loop. The
more you give the more you get
and the more you get the more
you feel like giving."
- Penelope Leach |
| "Birth
is not only about making babies.
Birth is about making mothers
~ strong, competent, capable mothers
who trust themselves and know
their inner strength." -
Barbara Katz Rothman |
"Whenever
a woman gives birth
to a child, she remembers
the hard work no more, for the
joy that a child has been born
into the world." John
|
"A
collection of my favorite quotes,
though not always pertaining
to birth, they can certainly
be applicable."
|
"Birthing
is the most profound initiation
to spirituality a woman can
have." - Robin
Lim |
"Pregnancy
is a disease from which you
recover in 18 years and 9 months."
- Carrie Latet |
Somewhere
on this globe, every ten seconds,
there is a woman giving birth
to a child. She must be
found and stopped." - Sam
Levenson |
"A
ship under sail and a big-bellied
woman, Are the handsomest two
things that can be seen common."
- Benjamin Franklin |
| "By
far the most common craving of
pregnant women is not to be pregnant."
- Phyllis Diller |
