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. 

    —Abraham Lincoln ?1809—1865? 

    無論我現(xiàn)在怎么樣，還是希望以后會怎么樣，都應(yīng)當(dāng)歸功于我天使一般的母親。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。 

    ——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. 

    —George Washington ?1732—1799? 

    我的母親是我見過的最漂亮的女人。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。
 
    ——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. 

    —Andrew Jackson 

    從來沒有一個女人像她那樣。她非常溫柔，就像一只鴿子；她也很勇敢，像一頭母獅……畢竟，對母親的記憶和她的教誨是我人生起步的惟一資本，并奠定了我的人生之路。 

    ——安德魯·杰克遜 

    A good mother is worth a hundred schoolmaster. 　—George Herbert(1593—1633) 

    一位好母親抵得上一百個教師。 ——喬治·赫伯特 

    Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall. A mother's secret hope outlives them all. 

    —Oliver Wendell Holmes ?1809—1894? 

    青春會逝去；愛情會枯萎；友誼的綠葉也會凋零。而一個母親內(nèi)心的希望比它們都要長久。 

    ——奧利弗·溫戴爾·荷馬　 

    God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. —Jewish proverb 

    上帝不能無處不在，因此他創(chuàng)造了母親。 ——猶太諺語 

    The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. 

    —Balzac ?1799—1850?
 
    母親的心是一個深淵，在它的最深處你總會得到寬恕。 　
 
    ——巴爾扎克 

    The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. 

    —Author Unknown 

    父親能夠為孩子所做的最重要的事就是愛他們的母親。 

    ——無名氏 

    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. 　
 
    —Booker T. Washington ?1881—1915? 

    在我努力學(xué)習(xí)閱讀的過程中，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，那一定是因為我繼承了她的氣質(zhì)。 

    ——布克·T·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. 

    —Charles Chaplin ?1889—1977? 

    對我而言，我的母親似乎是我認(rèn)識的最了不起的女人……我遇見太多太多的世人，可是從未遇上像我母親那般優(yōu)雅的女人。如果我有所成就的話，這要歸功于她。 

    ——查爾斯·卓別林