Mothers Day Quotes

Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.

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.

There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?

A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three.

A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.

As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.

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.

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.

I know from my constituency what is going on. Doctors that are told, begged, by mothers, 'Please don't write down that my child as asthma. Please lie and say it's bronchitis, because if you write down asthma, when my child turns 18 or 20 and has to get his or her own insurance, it will be a pre-existing condition.'

Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days... or a few months after childbirth.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

A mother's love is something that no one can explain — It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain. It is endless and unselfish and enduring, come what may, For nothing can destroy it or take that love away. It is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, And it never fails or falters even though the heart is breaking.

Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers, and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world.

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women.

There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

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.

Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King's daughter, I would have gone nevertheless.

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.

Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering mothers of every race and creed and weep with them. You long to comfort all who are desolate.

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.

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions and unwanted children

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.

I want to say a little something that's long overdue, the disrespect to women has got to be through. To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends, I wanna offer my love and respect till the end.

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

MOTHER (a word that means the world to me)

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.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

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.

It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.

Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There's no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.

My mom is definitely my rock.

I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

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.