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?

　　无论我现在怎么样，还是希望以后会怎么样，都应当归功于我天使一般的母亲。我记得母亲的那些祷告，它们一直伴随着我，而且已经陪伴了我一生。

　　——亚伯拉罕· 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?

　　我的母亲是我见过的最漂亮的女人。我所有的一切都归功于我的母亲。我一生中所有的成就都归功于我从她那儿得到的德、智、体的教育。

　　——乔治·华盛顿

　　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

　　从来没有一个女人像她那样。她非常温柔，就像一只鸽子；她也很勇敢，像一头母狮……毕竟，对母亲的记忆和她的教诲是我人生起步的惟一资本，并奠定了我的人生之路。

　　——安德鲁·杰克逊

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

　　一位好母亲抵得上一百个教师。 ——乔治·赫伯特

　　Youth fades; love droops¹; the leaves of friendship fall. A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

　　—Oliver Wendell Holmes ?1809—1894?

　　青春会逝去；爱情会枯萎；友谊的绿叶也会凋零。而一个母亲内心的希望比它们都要长久。

　　——奥利弗·温戴尔·荷马　

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

　　上帝不能无处不在，因此他创造了母亲。 ——犹太谚语

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

　　—Balzac ?1799—1850?

　　母亲的心是一个深渊，在它的最深处你总会得到宽恕。 　

　　——巴尔扎克

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

　　—Author Unknown

　　父亲能够为孩子所做的最重要的事就是爱他们的母亲。

　　——无名氏

　　In all my efforts to learn to read, my mother shared fully² 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 disposition³ from my mother. 　

　　—Booker T. Washington ?1881—1915?

　　在我努力学习阅读的过程中，母亲一直分享着我的抱负、充分理解我，尽她所能帮助我。如果我一生中做了什么值得人们注意的事情，那一定是因为我继承了她的气质。

　　——布克·T·华盛顿

　　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 thoroughly⁴ refined woman than my mother. If I have amounted to anything, it will be due to her.

　　—Charles Chaplin ?1889—1977?

　　对我而言，我的母亲似乎是我认识的最了不起的女人……我遇见太多太多的世人，可是从未遇上像我母亲那般优雅的女人。如果我有所成就的话，这要归功于她。

　　——查尔斯·卓别林