Mothers Day quotes
204 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"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."
"A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's."
"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."
"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."
"A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes."
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"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother."
"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness."
"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."
"Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all."
"There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one."
"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground."
"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts."
"When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway."
"To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow."
"Today there are people trying take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen."
"My mom is definitely my rock."
"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found."
"We should recognize that women become mothers the moment they are pregnant."
"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."
"[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled."
"A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity."
"Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face."
"Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own."
"As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her."
