35 Mom Quotes Everyone Should Read

Mom Quotes Inspire Everyone to Love More

Whether you’re a mom who needs a virtual hug or a child who wants to appreciate her mom more, these quotes are sure to leave you with a renewed respect for mothers everywhere!

“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.” – George Washington

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

“The most powerful thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” – Unknown

“A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Anonymous

“The days are long but the years are short.” – Gretchen Rubin

Mom Quotes that Will Make You Smile

“Nothing is lost until your mother can’t find it.” – Unknown

“Life doesn’t come with a manual. It comes with a mother.” – Unknown

Mom Quotes that Inspire Others

“Sometimes I open my mouth, and my mother comes out.” – Unknown

“To the world you are a mother…to your family you are the world.” – Henry Miller

“A child’s first teacher is its mother.” – Peng Liyuan

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

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

Mom Quotes from Influential People

“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” – Princess Diana

I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Men are what their mothers made them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.” – Billy Sunday

Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” – George Eliot

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

The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.” – Henry Ward Beecher

Mom Quotes That Make a Difference

“A mother continues to labor long after the baby is born.” – Lisa Jo Baker

“There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.” — Chinese Proverb

“Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother’s love is not.” – James Joyce

“As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.” – The Holy Bible

“The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world” – William Wallace

“My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.” – R.J. Palacio

“It’s not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It’s our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.” – L.R. Knost

“The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl’s highest calling. I hope I am ready.” – Nancy Turner

“If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?” – Milton Berle

“There are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.” – Anne Lamot

“I like to think of motherhood as a great big adventure. You set off on a journey, you don’t really know how to navigate things, and you don’t exactly know where you’re going or how you’re going to get there.” – Cynthia Rowley

“Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.” – Charles Dickens

“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed. ” – Linda Wooten

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

“A baby is a wishing well. Everyone puts their hopes, their fears, their pasts, their two cents in.” – Elizabeth Bard

“No one told me how amazing motherhood was. I found out for myself.” – Anonymous

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