Being a mother is more than just giving birth to a child. In honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve compiled some of our favorite quotes about motherhood to recognize all mothers, their love and sacrifices, and their roles in shaping the future generations.
"Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn't know you had, and dealing with fears you didn't know existed."
Linda Wooten
-
“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.”
— Jill Churchill
-
“A mother is she who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take.”
— Cardinal Mermillod
-
“Successful mothers are not the ones that have never struggled. They are the ones that never give up, despite the struggles.”
— Sharon Jaynes
-
“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.”
— Susan Gale
-
“Having kids — the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings — is the biggest job anyone can embark on.”
— Maria Shriver
-
“A mother’s love endures through all.”
— Washington Irving
-
“Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.”
— Ricki Lake
-
“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity.”
— Agatha Christie
-
“No matter your age, you will always need your mom.”
— Author Unknown
-
“A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.”
— Author Unknown
"Silence is golden. Unless you have kids, then silence is just suspicious"
Author Unknown
-
“All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
— Abraham Lincoln
-
“A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.”
— Irish Proverb
-
“Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.”
— Erich Fromm
-
“Sooner or later, we all quote our mothers.”
— Unknown
-
“A mother understands what a child does not say.”
— Jewish Proverb
-
“My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was.”
— Lisa Leslie
-
“Making a decision to have a child—it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
— Elizabeth Stone
-
“You don’t take a class; you’re thrown into motherhood and learn from experience.”
— Jennie Finch
-
“A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.”
— Dorothy Canfield Fisher
-
“Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.”
— Meryl Streep
"If you’re a mom, you’re a superhero. Period."
Rosie Pope
-
“Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.”
— Marion C. Garretty
-
“I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”
— Mitch Albom
-
“A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.”
— Tenneva Jordan
-
“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.”
— Princess Diana
-
“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.”
— Author Unknown
-
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
— Honore de Balzac
-
“My daughter introduced me to myself.”
— Beyoncé Knowles
-
“If I had a single flower for every time I think of you, I could walk forever in my garden.”
— Claudia Ghandi
-
“Home is where your mom is.”
— Author Unknown
-
“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”
— Abraham Lincoln
"Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy."
Barbara Walters
-
“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.”
— Sophia Loren
-
“Motherhood is wonderful, but it’s also hard work. It’s the logistics more than anything. You discover you have reserves of energy you didn’t know you had.”
— Deborah Mailman
-
“Great women raise great women who raise great women.”
— Jennifer Fujita
-
“God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.”
— Jewish Proverb
-
“The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.”
— James Faust
-
“Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.”
— Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Funny Mother's Day Quotes
-
“Silence is golden. Unless you have kids, then silence is just suspicious.”
— Author Unknown
-
“Becoming a mom to me means you have accepted that for the next 16 years of your life, you will have a sticky purse.”
— Nia Vardalos
-
“Show me a messy house and I’ll show you a really fun mom.”
— Ellen Brenneman
-
“The majority of my diet is made up of foods that my kid didn’t finish.”
— Carrie Underwood
-
“The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.”
— Lane Olinghouse
-
“I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.”
— Phyllis Diller
-
“You know how once you have kids you never ever pee by yourself again? At least one of them is always in there with you at all times.”
— Jennifer Garner
-
“Motherhood: Powered by love. Fueled by coffee. Sustained by wine.”
— Author Unknown
1 comments
I really loved reading your thoughts, obviously you know what are you talking about! Your site is so easy to use too, I’ve bookmark it in my folder
ReplyDeleteבלונים לברית