Children are what the mothers ...

Children are what the mothers are.
 Walter Savage Landor

Quotes from the same author

Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition; never to be listened to, and to be listened to always.
 Walter Savage Landor
Men universally are ungrateful towards him who instructs them, unless, in the hours or in the intervals of instruction, he presents a sweet-cake to their self-love.
 Walter Savage Landor
Hope is the mother of faith.
 Walter Savage Landor
We talk on principal, but act on motivation.
 Walter Savage Landor
Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.
 Walter Savage Landor