All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother. I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
我所有的成就和一切的夢(mèng)想,都應(yīng)歸功于我天使般的母親。我記得母親的那些禱告,它們一直伴隨著我,而且已經(jīng)陪伴了我一生。
—Abraham Lincoln
——亞伯拉罕·林肯
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
我的母親是我見過(guò)的最漂亮的女人。我所有的一切都?xì)w功于我的母親。我一生中所有的成就都?xì)w功于我從她那兒得到的德、智、體的教育。
—George Washington
——喬治·華盛頓
There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way.
從來(lái)沒有個(gè)女人像她那樣。她輕柔得像一只斑鳩;她勇敢得像一頭母獅……畢竟,對(duì)母親的記憶和她的教誨,是我人生起步的唯一資本,并奠定了我的人生之路。
—Andrew Jackson
——安德魯·杰克遜
Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall. A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.
青春會(huì)逝去;愛情會(huì)枯萎;友誼的綠葉也會(huì)凋零。而一個(gè)母親內(nèi)心的希望,比它們都要長(zhǎng)久。
—Oliver Wendell Holmes
——奧利弗·溫戴爾·荷馬
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
上帝不能無(wú)處不在,因此他創(chuàng)造了母親。
—Jewish proverb
——猶太諺語(yǔ)
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
母親的心是一個(gè)深淵,在它的最深處,你總能找到寬恕。
—Author Unknown
——巴爾扎克
In all my efforts to learn to read, my mother shared fully my ambition and sympathized with me and aided me in every way she could. If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.
在我努力學(xué)習(xí)閱讀的過(guò)程中,母親一直分享著我的抱負(fù)、充分理解我,盡她所能幫助我。如果我一生中做了什么值得人們注意的事情,那一定是我繼承了她的氣質(zhì)。
—Booker T. Washington
——布克·華盛頓
It seems to me that my mother was the most splendid woman I ever knew... I have met a lot of people knocking around the world since, but I have never met a more thoroughly refined woman than my mother. If I have amounted to anything, it will be due to her.
對(duì)我而言,我的母親是我認(rèn)識(shí)的最了不起的女人……我遇見太多太多的世人,可是從未遇上像我母親那般更為透徹的優(yōu)雅的女人。如果我有所成就的話,這都要?dú)w功于她。
—Charles Chaplin
——查爾斯·卓別林