inspiration for mothers

 i'm reading a book on families and i've found so many inspiring quotes, i just had to share!!
 
"women today are being encouraged by some to have it all - generally, all simultaneously:  money, travel, marriage, motherhood and separate careers in the world... .  doing things sequentially - filling roles one at a time at different times - is not always possible, as we know, but it gives a woman the opportunity to do each thing well in its time and to fill a variety of roles in her life... [a woman] need not try to sing all the verses of her song at the same time."
   - president james e. faust

"taking care of a small, dependent, growing person is transforming, because it... exposes our vulnerabilities as well as our nobility.  we lose our sense of self, only to find it and have it change again and again... . we figure out how we want to interpret the wider world, and we learn to interact with all those who affect our children.  often our fantasises are laid bare, our dreams are in a constant tug of war with realities.  and perhaps we grow.  in the end, we have learned more about ourselves, about the cycles of life, and humanity itself."
   - researcher ellen galinsky

"there is no more noble work than that of a good and God-fearing mother."
   - president ezra taft benson

"have joy in your mothering... don't wish away your days of caring for children.  this is your great day."
   - marjorie pay hinckley

"mothers, we acknowledge and esteem your faith in every footstep.  please know that it is worth it then, now and forever...  yours is the work of salvation, and therefore you will be magnified, compensated, made more than you are and better than you have ever been as you try to make honest effort, however feeble you may sometimes feel that to be...  you are doing God's work.  you are doing it wonderfully well.  he is blessing you and he will bless you, even - no, especially - when your days and your nights may be the most challenging."
   - jeffrey r. holland