I appreciate all the kinds words left here by the posters in this thread.
U2 girls as a whole are one of the most loving, selfless, spiritual, giving, beautiful, thoughtful, compassionate, genuine human beings to populate our planet.
Quotes on Mothers and also Womanhood:
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love. ~Mildred B. Vermont
If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam. ~Lord Langdale (Henry Bickersteth)
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. ~Ambrose Bierce
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. ~Spanish Proverb
"I wonder if you sisters fully understand the greatness of your gifts and talents and how all of you can achieve the “highest place of honor”.... ... in the world. One of your unique, precious, and sublime gifts is your femininity, with its natural grace, goodness, and divinity. Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength. It is manifest differently in each girl or woman, but each of you possesses it.
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--James E. Faust, "Womanhood: The Highest Place of Honor", Ensign, May 2000, 95
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