117 mother quotes for the woman who taught you everything

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. — Abraham Lincoln

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. — Victor Hugo

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. — William Makepeace Thackeray

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

A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. — Cardinal Mermillod

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

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. — Henry Ward Beecher

Men are what their mothers made them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind. — Kahlil Gibran

Her children arise up, and call her blessed. — Proverbs 31:28

Motherhood: all love begins and ends there. — Robert Browning

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. — William Ross Wallace

A mother carries you for nine months in her body and for the rest of her life in her heart.

Everything soft in me came from her, and everything strong in me did too.

A mother is the first person who ever loved you, and the one who never once stopped.

She gave up a thousand small things so quietly that I only noticed them years later.

The safest place I have ever been is a hug from my mother.

A mother's love doesn't ask whether you've earned it. It simply arrives, every single day.

I became who I am because someone believed in me before I could walk.

Her hands were never still, and every one of those hours was for us.

No one in this world will ever know you the way the person who taught you to speak does.

A mother is the one who stays up worrying so you can sleep without a care.

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us. — Washington Irving

A mother understands what a child does not say. — Jewish proverb

Home is wherever Mom is.

First my mother, forever my friend.

Mom: the original superhero.

Her love is the thread that holds us all together.

A mother's heart has room for everyone.

Mom knew. Mom always knew.

All my best parts are borrowed from you.

Behind every one of us is a very tired, very proud mother.

Love you to the moon and back, Mom.

Mother's love grows by giving. — Charles Lamb

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. — Spanish proverb

Thank you for everything, Mom. Truly everything.

Mom, I used to want to be anyone but you. Now I catch myself hoping I'm half as good.

A daughter learns what love looks like by watching her mother give it away.

Every time I hear your words come out of my mouth, I smile. You raised me well.

You taught me to be strong and soft in the same breath. That's the best thing a daughter can learn.

Mom, you were my first role model, and you're still the standard.

Being your daughter is the one thing in my life I never had to work for and will never stop being grateful for.

The older I get, the more I understand you, and the more I love you for it.

A mother and daughter share a bond no distance, argument, or decade can loosen.

You held my hand first, Mom. Now let me hold yours.

Everything I know about kindness I learned at your kitchen table.

Mom, I am my mother's daughter, and I say that with pride.

A boy's first hero is his father, but his first love is always his mother.

Mom, you taught me how to treat people. Everyone I'm kind to is thanking you too.

No matter how tall I grew, you've always been the one I look up to.

A son never outgrows the need to hear his mother say 'I'm proud of you.'

Mom, you worried about me more than I deserved and loved me more than I understood.

The man I am today was built by the woman who refused to give up on the boy I was.

Every good thing I do carries a little of your handwriting on it.

You were tough when I needed it and gentle when I didn't know I needed it. Thank you, Mom.

A mother raises a son by letting him go, one small step at a time, and loving him through every one.

I may not call enough, Mom, but there's not a day you're not with me.

A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. — Irish proverb

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality. — Emily Dickinson

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal; love leaves a memory no one can steal. — Irish proverb

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. — Helen Keller

A mother's love doesn't end. It just changes address.

I still hear your voice in the quiet moments, Mom, and it still steadies me.

You're gone from my sight but never from my habits, my kitchen, or my heart.

Every flower I plant is a small conversation with you.

Grief is just love that has nowhere left to go, so I pour it into remembering you.

Mom, I carry you in the way I laugh, the way I cook, and the way I love my own children.

Some mothers leave the world; none of them ever leave their children.

I didn't lose you, Mom. I just have to look in different places now: the garden, the mirror, my own heart.

Missing you is the price of having been loved so well.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. — Mark Twain

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

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

Mom, thanks for not selling me to the circus. I know you had offers.

A mother's 'because I said so' is the shortest complete argument in the English language.

Being a mom means never having a hot cup of coffee or a full night's sleep, but having endless material.

My mother can find anything in the house, including things I haven't lost yet.

Moms don't sleep. They just close their eyes and keep worrying in the dark.

I finally understand why you were always tired, Mom. It was me. I was the reason.

Mom, you were right about everything. Please don't make me say it twice.

Motherhood: the only job where 'I need to pee alone' counts as a vacation request.

Happy Mother's Day to the woman who gave me life, love, and a very low tolerance for nonsense.

Flowers for the one who helped me grow. Happy Mother's Day, Mom.

Mom, you planted every good thing in me. Enjoy the blooms today.

Happy Mother's Day to my first friend, my best teacher, and my favourite person to call.

These flowers will fade in a week. My gratitude for you won't. Happy Mother's Day.

Thank you for every packed lunch, every late pick-up, and every 'drive safe'. Happy Mother's Day.

Mom, you deserve a garden. This bouquet is a start.

Happy Mother's Day to the woman who still knows exactly what I need before I do.

To the heart of our family: today is yours. Happy Mother's Day with all my love.

No card is big enough, so I added flowers. Happy Mother's Day, Mom.

Happy Mother's Day to the strongest, gentlest person I know.

For all the days you put us first, today is the one we put you first. Happy Mother's Day.

You've never done this before, and you're already doing it beautifully.

A baby is born, and so is a mother. Welcome to the most tired and wonderful club in the world.

To the new mom: you don't have to be perfect. You only have to be theirs.

The nights are long and the years are short. You're already a wonderful mother.

Motherhood began the moment you first worried about them, and that was long before today.

A new mother carries two heartbeats in her chest: her own and the one she can't stop watching.

Trust yourself. Nobody in the world knows this baby better than you already do.

Congratulations, Mama. You grew a whole person and then became a new one yourself.

The little one is lucky. Every day they'll wake up to the best person I know.

Welcome to motherhood: more love than you thought possible, and more laundry than you'll ever finish.

Being a new mom means learning on the job and loving before the first lesson.

Who ran to help me when I fell, and would some pretty story tell, or kiss the place to make it well? My mother. — Ann Taylor

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face. — George Eliot

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. — Agatha Christie

A mother's strength isn't loud. It's showing up again tomorrow, and the day after that.

Mothers hold the family's roots steady so everyone else can grow toward the light.

A mother is the proof that one person can change a whole life, simply by refusing to stop loving.

The world is held together by women who did the unglamorous work with their whole hearts.

To be a mother is to teach courage daily and to practise it in secret.

Every mother is building a person who will carry her kindness places she'll never see.

A mother teaches by example long after she's finished talking.

Behind every kind adult is a mother who modelled it a thousand times without applause.

Motherhood is the quiet art of giving everything and asking only that they bloom.