163 Beautiful Quotes About Moms to Share on Mother’s Day

It’s time to show you the best motherhood quotes

There’s just something about moms that feels magical.

Whether it’s your own mom, someone who’s been like a mom to you, or even you as a mom yourself, there’s this amazing mix of love, strength, and determination that’s hard to explain—but people sure do try!

That’s why I love quotes about moms. They somehow capture the feelings we don’t always say out loud and remind us just how special moms are.

So today, I want to share some of my favorite mom-inspired quotes with you. They might make you smile, remind you of your own mom (or your role as one), or even inspire you to pick up the phone and call her.

Whatever they do, let’s take a moment to celebrate everything moms bring to our lives.

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My favorite quotes for Mother’s Day

1. “A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” — Dorothy Canfield Fisher
2. “The world, we’d discovered, doesn’t love you like your family loves you.” — Louis Zamperini
3. “Motherhood is hard enough without judgment from others who don’t know the whole story.” — Sarah Addison Allen
4. “There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.” — Jill Churchill
5. “At the end of the day, my most important job is still mom-in-chief.” — Michelle Obama
6. “Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” — Oprah Winfrey
7. “The best way to make children good is to make them happy.” — Oscar Wilde
8. “I can only hope to be 10% of the mom mine was to me.” — Charlize Theron
9. “It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?” — Mahatma Gandhi
10. “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” — Victor Hugo
11. “The best place to cry is in a mother’s arms.” — Unknown
12. “Oh mother, we’re stronger from all of the tears you have shed.” — Christina Aguilera
13. “A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

14. “Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.” — Barbara Walters
15. “We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” — Laura Stavoe Harm
16. “The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of God is the heart of a mother.” — St. Therese of Lisieux
17. “The soul is healed by being with children.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky
18. “As is the mother, so is her daughter.” — Ezekiel 16:4
19. “A mother’s love perceives no impossibilities.” — St. Padre Pio
20. “All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” — Abraham Lincoln
21. “Mothers can look through a child’s eyes and see tomorrow.” — Reed Markham
22. “God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” — Rudyard Kipling
23. “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation of all abundance.” — Eckhart Tolle
24. “My daughter introduced me to myself.” — Beyoncé Knowles
25. “Children are great comfort in your old age — and they help you reach it faster, too.” — Lionel Kauffman
26. “I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Maybe as big. But not as beautiful.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz
27. “Say yes to the feelings, even as you say no to the behavior.” — Daniel J. Siegel

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28. “Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” — Erich Fromm
29. “If I know what love is, it’s because of you.” — Hermann Hesse
30. “Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” — Marion C. Garretty
31. “Little souls find their way to you whether they’re from your womb or someone else’s.” — Sheryl Crow
32. “Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” — Robert Browning
33. “A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world.” — Agatha Christie
34. “It is never easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.” — Betty White
35. “My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family.” — Barack Obama
36. “There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood.” — Elder M. Russell Ballard
37. “You are my greatest adventure.” — The Incredibles
38. “Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.” — Ambrose Bierce
39. “A mother understands what a child does not say.” — Jewish Proverb
40. “My mother has a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.” — Mark Twain
41. “Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” — Barbara Kingsolver
42. “You never understand life until it grows inside of you.” — Sandra C. Kassis

43. “Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children!” — Sam Levenson
44. “If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” — Stevie Wonder
45. “All I am I owe to my mother.” — George Washington
46. “The mother’s heart is the child’s school-room.” — Henry Ward Beecher
47. “Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartthrob.” — Leroy Brownlow
48. “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” — W.R. Wallace
49. “Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind.” — Howard W. Hunter
50. “A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” — Irish Proverb
51. “The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.” — Honoré de Balzac
52. “There are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.” — Anne Lamott
53. “The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means you already are one.” — Jodi Picoult
54. “If you’re a mom, you’re a superhero. Period.” — Rosie Pope
55. “My mother’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.” — Buddy Hackett

The best quotes for mothers

1. “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” — Jill Churchill
2. “The way we talk to children becomes their inner voice.” — Peggy O’Mara
3. “The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant.” — Jane Sellman
4. “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” — Princess Diana
5. “The woman who is my best friend, my teacher, my everything: Mom.” — Sandra Vischer
6. “Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.” — Cheryl Lacey Donovan
7. “You might have a mom, she might be the bomb, but ain’t nobody got a mom like mine.” — Meghan Trainor
8. “The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents.” — John J. Plomp
9. “A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don’t even have.” — Robert Brault
10. “My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis.” — Drew Barrymore
11. “You don’t take a class; you’re thrown into motherhood and learn from experience.” — Jennie Finch
12. “Everything has changed, and yet, I’m more me than I’ve ever been.” — Iain Thomas
13. “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.” — Oscar Wilde

14. “If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.” — Bette Davis
15. “Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” — George Eliot
16. “Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.” — Kahil Gibran
17. “There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.” — Chinese Proverb
18. “No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother’s love.” — Edwin Chapin
19. “A mother’s love endures through all.” — Washington Irving
20. “The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” — James E. Faust
21. “Mother — that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.” — T. Dewitt Talmage
22. “A mother’s love is more beautiful than any fresh flower.” — Debasish Mridha
23. “We are born of love; love is our mother.” — Rumi
24. “But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begins.” — Mitch Albom
25. “If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.” — Bette Davis
26. “Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” — Erich Fromm
27. “A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.” — Cardinal Mermillod

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28. “Always listen to your mother.” — Despicable Me
29. “I always say if you aren’t yelling at your kids, you’re not spending enough time with them.” — Reese Witherspoon
30. “In the end, mothers are always right. No one else tells the truth.” — Randy Susan Meyers
31. “There are no goodbyes, wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” — Mahatma Gandhi
32. “The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.” — Elaine Heffnerr
33. “Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” — Lin Yutang
34. “There is eternal influence and power in motherhood.” — Julie B. Beck
35. “Mothers are the only ones that think nothing is beyond their control when it comes to their children.” — Ali Fazal
36. “Mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.” — Emily Dickinson
37. “A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go.” — Ash Sweeney
38. “The world needs our mothers.” — Liya Kebede
39. “My mother is a walking miracle.” — Leonardo DiCaprio
40. “Motherhood changes everything.” — Adriana Trigiani
41. “An aunt is a safe haven for a child. Someone who will keep your secrets and is always on your side.” — Sara Sheridan
42. “Mother—that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.” — T. DeWitt Talmage

43. “Such a mysterious business, motherhood. How brave a woman must be to embark on it.” — M.L. Stedman
44. “Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had.” — Linda Wooten
45. “Mother’s arms are made of tenderness, and sweet sleep blesses the child who lies within.” — Victor Hugo
46. “A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” — Marion C. Garretty
47. “(24/7) Once you sign on to be a mother, that’s the only shift they offer.” — Jodi Picoult
48. “You must first teach a child he is loved. Only then is he ready to learn everything else.” — Amanda Morgan
49. “Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.” — Tina Fey
50. “When you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” — Mitch Albom
51. “It’s not easy being a mother. If it were, fathers would do it.” — The Golden Girls
52. “My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was.” — Lisa Leslie
53. “The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” — Barbara Kingsolver
54. “Mothers possess a power beyond that of a king on his throne.” — Mabel Hale
55. “My mama always told me ‘you’re gonna be fine’.” — Nicki Minaj

Beautiful quotes about moms

1. “If your children fear you, they cannot trust you. If they don’t trust you, they cannot learn from you.” — Lori Petro
2. “To a child’s ear, ‘mother’ is magic in any language.” — Arlene Benedict
3. “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” — Cynthia Ozick
4. “I love you every day. And now, I will miss you every day.” — Mitch Albom
5. “The best aunts aren’t substitute parents, they’re co-conspirators.” — Daryl Gregory
6. “There is nothing as sincere as a mother’s kiss.” — Saleem Sharma
7. “Motherhood was the great equalizer for me; I started to identify with everybody.” — Annie Lennox
8. “If evolution really works, how come mothers have only two hands?” — Milton Berle
9. “A mother’s love endures through all.” — Washington Irving
10. “When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” — Charley Benetto
11. “Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.” — Lady Gaga
12. “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” — William Makepeace Thackeray
13. “The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness.” — Jessica Lange

14. “Usually, the triumph of my day is, you know, everybody making it to the potty.” — Julia Roberts
15. “Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first.” — Mignon McLaughlin
16. “Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs since the payment is pure love.” — Mildred B. Vermont
17. “A mother and daughter’s love is never separated.” — Viola Shipman
18. “Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.” — Bern Williams
19. “Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their children.” — Maxim Grosky
20. “I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” — Mitch Albom
21. “There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother.” — Sara Josepha Hale
22. “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.” — Maya Angelou
23. “In the mother’s eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child reads the message: ‘You are there!’” — Adrienne Rich
24. “Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.” — Robert A. Heinlein
25. “Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.” — Kate Winslet
26. “A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” — Marion C. Garretty

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27. “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” — Princess Diana
28. “A mother’s love is more beautiful than any fresh flower.” — Debasish Mridha
29. “The older you get, the more you need people who knew you when you were young.” — Mary Schmich
30. “I’ve never had more appreciation for anyone in my entire life until I became a mom.” — Chrissy Teigen
31. “A mom is like a teabag. You can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
32. “Becoming a mother has made me next-level confident. I’ve never felt more empowered.” — Kelly Clarkson
33. “An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.” — Spanish Proverb
34. “That’s the wonderful thing about mothers: you can because you must, and you just do.” — Kate Winslet
35. “Children do not need us to shape them; they need us to respond to who they are.” — Naomi Aldort
36. “Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” — Susan Gale
37. “Any mother could do the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease.” — Lisa Alther
38. “A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.” — Amit Kalantri
39. “I hope that one day my children will be as proud of me as I am of my mother.” — Chelsea Clinton
40. “I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then, I want to move in with them.” — Phyllis Diller

41. “A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.” — Amy Tan
42. “There’s nothing like your mother’s sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears.” — Sophie Kinsella
43. “The days are long, but the years are short.” — Gretchen Rubin
44. “My mother sacrificed her dreams so I could dream.” — Rupi Kaur
45. “Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.” — Ricki Lake
46. “As my mother always said: ‘You’d rather have my smile lines than frown lines.’” — Cindy Crawford
47. “I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.” — Lance Conrad
48. “What seems insignificant when you have it is important when you need it.” — Franz Grillparzer
49. “There is such a special sweetness in being able to participate in creation.” — Pamela S. Nadav
50. “It’s the curse of motherhood. You’re required to love us even when we vex you.” — Julia Quinn
51. “If I had a single flower for every time I think of you, I could walk forever in my garden.” — Claudia Ghandi
52. “Once you’re a mom, you’re always a mom. It’s like riding a bike, you never forget.” — Taraji P. Henson
53. “Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.” — William Feather

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What are quotes about moms, and why should I read these?

Quotes about moms are little reminders of how amazing moms are. They put big feelings into simple words—the kind we feel but don’t always say.

Moms hold everything together, whether they’re raising us, cheering us on, or just being there when we need someone who understands.

Reading quotes about moms can feel like hitting a pause button on life. They help you stop and think about what’s really important.

Maybe they remind you of your mom and all the love and care she’s given you. Or they might make you think of someone else who’s been like a mom to you—because family isn’t always about blood, but about love.

For me, reading these quotes has helped me see just how much my mom has done for me. Sometimes, I’ll read one and think, “Wow, I don’t tell my mom enough how much she means to me.”

Or I’ll realize all the sacrifices she made to make sure I was okay. Those moments make me feel grateful and remind me to show her more love.

Whether you’re looking for something sweet to share with your mom (or someone like a mom), need a little boost, or just want to think about how love shapes our lives, these quotes are worth it.

They’re more than just pretty words—they’re a way to appreciate one of the most important people in your life.

Did you like any of these quotes about moms?