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?yàn)楹⒆铀�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?yàn)槲依^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?dú)w功于她。 

    ——查爾斯·卓別林