Words matter. These are the best Maria Shriver Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
You can spend the rest of your life trying to figure out what other people expect from you, or you can make a decision to let that all go.
Our mothers give us so many gifts. They give us the precious gift of life, of course, but they also leave treasured lessons that can guide us along our journeys even when they are no longer with us.
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 alone, and is totally dependent, like a toddler. As the disease unfolds, you don’t know what to expect.
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.
I feel very blessed to have four brothers. My brothers always say, ‘Oh, you know, we prepared you for the world of journalism. We prepared you for Arnold. We prepared you for everything.’ And in a way they’re right. Because you know, they take no prisoners. They were very tough.
I appreciate your support, particularly this year, for sticking with me.
My father never was and isn’t a mean man. You know, he never was ruthless. And he succeeded in life without sticking it to anybody. And that’s a great example for a man, a strong man, a man’s man, to give to his children. You can succeed, you can be successful, without walking over somebody.
I lost myself in the process and I realized how much I had identified myself with Maria Shriver, newswoman. When that was gone, I had to really sit back and go, ‘Well, actually, who am I today?’
Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.
At work, you’re replaceable… but as a parent, you’re irreplaceable.
Don’t think of him as a Republican. Think of him as the man I love, and if that doesn’t work, think of him as the man who can crush you.
We all know what happens to first ladies who shoot their mouths off.
Women somehow get portrayed as one type. You’re either a feminist or you’re not. You’re a working woman or you’re not. I’m raising two girls, and I say to them, ‘I need you to be strong and soft. You can be smart and beautiful… You can be all of these things.’
One of my greatest joys is poetry. I read it almost every day, and I’ve even taken a stab at writing some of my own. A poem I wrote for my mother when she was dying really helped me get through that hard time.
I, I am my own woman. I have not been, quote, ‘bred’ to look the other way. I look at that man back there in the green room straight on, eyes wide open, and I look at him with an open heart.
I like cookies, any cookie you put in front of me – animal cookies, sugar cookies, anything crunchy.
When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.
I thought I had to show people that I would get in early, stay late or even all night, work on holidays. I didn’t want to be the rich kid who was along for a free ride.
