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(huì)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(gè)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(duì)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(gè)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(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(gè)深淵,在它的最深處你總會(huì)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铀龅淖钪匾氖戮褪菒鬯麄兊哪赣H。
——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(duì)我而言,我的母親似乎是我認(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