About This Quote

About Maria Shriver

Maria Shriver was a contemporary American journalist and author. Maria Owings Shriver is an American journalist, author, a member of the prominent Shriver and Kennedy families, former First Lady of California, and the founder of the non-profit organization The Women's Alzheimer's Movement. She was married to actor and former Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, with whom she had four children, before separating in 2011 and divorcing in 2021. Read more on Wikipedia →

More quotes by Maria Shriver

“Starting at the bottom is not about humiliation. It's about humilitya realistic assessment of where you are in the learning curve.”
— Maria Shriver
humiliation humility inspirational-quotes learning

“Having kids the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings is the biggest job anyone can embark on”
— Maria Shriver
motherhood

“Listen: You can't short-circuit the learning process. It takes time to get to the top, and that's good-because by the time you get there, you'll have learned what you need to know in order to stay ...”
— Maria Shriver
inspiration inspirational learn lesson

“My mother's death brought me to my knees. She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to her every single day of my life. I really tried hard when I grew up to make her proud of me.”
— Maria Shriver
Life Hero Best Friend

“No matter who you are, what you've accomplished, what your financial situation is - when you're dealing with a parent with Alzheimer's, you yourself feel helpless. The parent can't work, can't live...”
— Maria Shriver
Work Alone Financial

“I like to make jokes I consider myself a funny person. I just think making jokes about people who are in a situation beyond their control is not funny to them or their families.”
— Maria Shriver
Myself Control People
View all quotes by Maria Shriver →

Related Quotes

“A word mother, means a world to me.”
— Auliq-Ice
mother nature

“Maa" The only word that holds power to give you strength when you are in pain.”
— Akansh Malik
mother pain power strength

“STAINSWith red clay between my toes,and the sun setting over my head,the ghost of my mother blows in,riding on a honeysuckle breeze, oh lord,riding on a honeysuckle breeze.Her teeth, the keys of a ...”
— Brenda Sutton Rose
mother mother-and-daughter music poetry

“Dont feel ashamed of working hard! Believe that things will change.”
— Mustafa Saifuddin
believe believe-and-achieve believe-in-yourself hard-work

“Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.”
— Gordon B. Hinckley
believe believing happiness happy

“Hearts will break and people will hurt you, darling. Her mother said. But when you let those people control your outlook on the life, you only allow them to have a greater hold on your happiness. O...”
— Courtney Giardina, Holding on to Georgia
believe finding-love happiness lessons

“The earth offers gift after giftlife and the living of it, light and the return of it, the growing things, the roaring things, fire and nightmares, falling water and the wisdom of friends, forgiven...”
— Kathleen Dean Moore, Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature
gift nature

“The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness”
— Esther Hicks
gift happiness selflessness

“The greatest gift of life is being wealthy with happiness.”
— Aloysius Jnr
gift happiness inspirational life