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

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

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 happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.” —Honore de Balzac

“The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.” —Elaine Heffner

“In the mother’s eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child reads the message: ‘You are there!’” —Adrienne Rich

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. -Stevie Wonder

“If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” —Stevie Wonder

“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.” —Unknown

Repetition is the mother of all skills, so the simplest way to ingrain something as a belief is to repeat it. Rosemary Peck, The Little Book of Tough Self Love 

“Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” —Erich Fromm

“Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs since the payment is pure love.” —Mildred B. Vermont

“When you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” —Mitch Albom

“There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.” —Jill Churchill

“There is no velvet so soft as a mother’s lap, no rose as lovely as her smile, no path so flowery as that imprinted with her footsteps.” —Archibald Thompson

“A mother’s love is everything. It is what brings a child into this world. It is what molds their entire being. When a mother sees her child in danger, she is literally capable of anything. Mothers have lifted cars off of their children, and destroyed entire dynasties. A mother’s love is the strongest energy known to man.” —Jamie McGuire

“A mother is clothed with strength and dignity, laughs without fear of the future. When she speaks her words are wise and she gives instructions with kindness.” —Proverbs

“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. ” —Robert Browning

“The mother’s heart is the child’s school-room.” —Henry Ward Beecher

Not only am I a fighter, but I’m a survivor. I think being a mother really plays into that. Willow Cross, Getting Over It 

Best Mother’s Day Quotes

“To the world you are a mother, but to your family you are the world.” —Unknown

“The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of God is the the heart of a mother.” —St. Therese of Lisieux

“Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” —Marion C. Garretty

“Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.” —Lady Gaga

“To a child’s ear, ‘mother’ is magic in any language.” —Arlene Benedict

“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” – Oprah Winfrey

Motherhood is more awesome than I ever thought it could be and harder than I ever would have imagined. Sarah Williams, Cupcakes On A Tuesday: Sweet Relief For The Early Years Of Motherhood

“In a child’s eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.” – NK Jemisin in ‘The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms’

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.  -Marion C. Garretty, quoted in A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul

“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dates all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” – Agatha Christie

“A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive.” —Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.” —Lance Conrad

“Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” —Lin Yutang

My mother is the neatest person I know. I mean that in every sense of the word. Rob Guinan, Soap Opera (for kids): A Clean Look at Motherhood 

My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters. Michelle Obama 

Inspiring Quotes About Moms

“Mothers can look through a child’s eyes and see tomorrow.” —Reed Markham

“Mother—that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.” —T. Dewitt Talmage

“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” – Jewish proverb

“My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.” —Michael Jordan

“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had.” —Linda Wooten

A mother is the one who is still there when everyone else has deserted you. Author Unknown 

“Mothers possess a power beyond that of a king on his throne.” —Mabel Hale

“No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother’s love.” —Edwin Chapin

My mother is a walking miracle. -Leonardo DiCaprio

“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.” – Stevie Wonder

Her life was not easy, yet she was a living example of someone who did the best with what life handed her. Thank you, Mom. We will always be grateful for the life lessons you taught and the love you shared. Sandra Bullock Smith, Trading Places: Becoming My Mother’s Mother: A Daughter’s Memoir 

When it comes to parenting, the practice of framing mothers and fathers as good or bad is both rampant and corrosive -it turns parenting into a shame minefield. The real questions for parents should be: ‘Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?’Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead