BABY SHOWER QUOTES 

In much of the western world we use baby shower quotes to express our love for the new mother and her babe. So often it seems that intense emotions are difficult to express, and so we borrow these inspirational baby quotes from others:

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When the first baby laughed for the first time, 
the laugh broke into a thousand pieces 
and they all went skipping about, 
and that was the beginning of fairies.
J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

It is no small thing that they, 
who are so fresh from God, 
love us.
Charles Dickens

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, 
more amazing than self-defense, 
and as courageous as either one.
Gloria Steinem

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared—twins.
Josh Billings

Here we have a baby.  
It is composed of a bald head and pair of lungs.
Eugene Field

Before you were conceived, I wanted you.
Before you were born, I loved you.
Before you were here an hour, I would die for you.
That is the miracle of life.
Maureen Hawkins, "The Miracle"

Woman is the artist of the imagination,
and the child in the womb is the canvas
whereon she paints her pictures.
Parascelsus, 15th century physician

A baby shower quote for the statistician:

Children are one third of our population and all of our future. 
Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981

Every child begins the world again.
Henry David Thoreau

Where did you come from, baby dear?
Out of the Everywhere and into here.
George MacDonald—"At the Back of the North Wind"

Babies are such a nice way to start people. 
Don Herrold

The moment a child is born,
The mother is also born.
She never existed before.
The woman existed, but the mother, never.
A mother is something absolutely new.
Osho (formerly Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)

Baby shower quotes from some famous mothers:

If men had to have babies, they would only ever have one each.
Princess Diana

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
Carol Burnett

I think it is such a privilege to give a baby its first home inside your body.
Celine Dion

The great high of winning Wimbledon lasts for about a week. You go down in the record book, but you don't have anything tangible to hold on to.
But having a baby—there isn't any comparison.
Chris Evert Lloyd

No baby shall at any time be quartered in a house where there are no soft laps, no laughter, or no love.
Erma Bombeck

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.
Bill Cosby

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Pregnancy is the only time in a woman's life she can help God work a miracle.
Erma Bombeck

And finally, this baby quote offers a great piece of advice on what to name the baby:

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Bill Cosby

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