40 Mother’s Day Quotes That Are Sure to Brighten Her Day
Updated: Mar. 17, 2022These Mother's Day quotes will make you laugh, cry, and call your mom! Whether you're a mom or just have one, you'll love these motherhood words of wisdom.
It can be easy to take our moms for granted. We should all let our moms know how much we admire them on the regular, but of course we have a yearly holiday just for appreciating our moms! One of the best ways to let your mom know how much you love and appreciate her is with words, and thanks to this list of the best Mother’s Day quotes, they don’t even have to be your own. We’ve collected the wisest words on mothers and motherhood to share with your mom and warm her heart. If you really want to impress Mom, read her one of these Mother’s Day poems, or tailor your words to your specific relationship with these mother-daughter quotes and mother-son quotes.
Stevie Wonder
“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
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Abraham Lincoln
“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”—Abraham Lincoln
Tenneva Jordan
“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
Unknown
“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.”—Unknown
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Ezekiel 16:4
“As is the mother, so is her daughter.”—Ezekiel 16:4
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Jodi Picoult
“The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.”—Jodi Picoult
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Michael Jordan
“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
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Lady Gaga
“Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.”—Lady Gaga
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Lupita Nyong’o
“[My mother] always said I was beautiful and I finally believed her at some point.”—Lupita Nyong’o
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!["My mom is my hero. [She] inspired me to dream when I was a kid, so anytime anyone inspires you to dream, that's gotta be your hero."](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/TimMcGraw.jpg?fit=696,696)
Tim McGraw
“My mom is my hero. [She] inspired me to dream when I was a kid, so anytime anyone inspires you to dream, that’s gotta be your hero.”—Tim McGraw
Emma Stone
“My mother has always been my emotional barometer and my guidance. I was lucky enough to get to have one woman who truly helped me through everything.”—Emma Stone
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Mark Twain
“My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart—a heart so large that everybody’s joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation.” —Mark Twain
!["[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary—it's an act of infinite optimism."](https://www.rd.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GildaRadner.jpg?fit=696,696)
Amy Sedaris
“My mother always said ‘Don’t bother other people.’ I think that’s good advice.”—Amy Sedaris
Shannon Alder
“Blessed is a mother that would give up part of her soul for her children’s happiness.”—Shannon Alder
Richelle Goodrich
“Mothers were meant to love us unconditionally, to understand our moments of stupidity, to reprimand us for lame excuses while yet acknowledging our point of view, to weep over our pain and failures as well as cry at our joy and successes, and to cheer us on despite countless start-overs. Heaven knows, no one else will.”—Richelle Goodrich
M.B. Antevasin
“They are not kidding when they say that mothers are strong women. We need to be strong in more ways than our children will ever know.”—M.B. Antevasin
Erin Kelly
“A good mother loves fiercely but ultimately brings up her children to thrive without her.”—Erin Kelly
Mitch Albom
“But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begins.”—Mitch Albom
Marguerite Duras
“Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we’ve ever met.”—Marguerite Duras
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Shannon Alder
“Clarity and focus doesn’t always come from God or inspirational quotes. Usually, it takes your mother to slap the reality back into you.”—Shannon Alder
Lisa Leslie
“My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was.”—Lisa Leslie
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Susan Gale
“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.”—Susan Gale
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Maya Angelou
“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.”—Maya Angelou
Jill Churchill
“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.”—Jill Churchill
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Kate Winslet
“That’s the wonderful thing about mothers: You can because you must, and you just do.”—Kate Winslet
Princess Diana
“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.”— Princess Diana
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