Mothers Day QuotesMothers Day Quotes IndexAbout Mothers"Only mothers can think of the future-because they give birth to it in their children."~ Maxim Gorky "Most mothers are instinctive philosophers." "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." "A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them." "It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have...One pair that see through closed doors. Another in the back of her head...and, of course, the ones in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and reflect 'I understand and I love you' without so much as uttering a word. "I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes All I Am I Owe to You"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."~ George Washington "My mother was the making of me. She was so true and so sure of me, I felt that I had someone to live for - someone I must not disappoint. The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me." "All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes "There was never a great man who had not a great mother." "Men are what their mothers made them." "I shall never forget my mother, for it was she who planted and nurtured the first seeds of good within me. She opened my heart to the lasting impressions of nature; she awakened my understanding and extended my horizon and her percepts exerted an everlasting influence upon the course of my life." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Appreciation of a Mother's Love"My Mother's love is the Almond Blossom of my mind and the fragrance is worth dying for. Her gentle compassionate touch shaped my very essence and -- forever -- I shall remember and although we are separated by the corridor of life and the door way of heaven, I will always attempt to become the man that she perceived me to be. I love you mom, where ever you are and I hope you can feel my written word and I envision you enveloped in a shortcut of kindness and love and -- forever -- happy and content. God bless all of the Mother's of his world and other Space Time Continuum."~ Frank L. de Roos III "A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, and it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking." "Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. " "You never realize how much your mother loves you till you explore the attic - and find every letter you ever sent her, every finger painting, clay pot, bead necklace, Easter chicken, cardboard Santa Claus, paperlace Mother's Day card and school report since day one." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes "A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all." "Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved." "Mother's love grows by giving." "Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Appreciation of a Spiritual Mother"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."~ Abraham Lincoln "My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint." "If I was damned of body and soul, Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Appreciation of Mother as an Adult"When I stopped seeing my mother with the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself."~ Nancy Friday "Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever." "We never know the love of the parent until we become parents ourselves." "It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Appreciation of Mother as Comforter"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts."~ Washington Irving "Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries." "Everybody knows that a good mother gives her children a feeling of trust and stability. She is their earth. She is the one they can count on for the things that matter most of all. She is their food and their bed and the extra blanket when it grows cold in the night; she is their warmth and their health and their shelter; she is the one they want to be near when they cry. She is the only person in the whole world in a whole lifetime who can be these things to her children. There is no substitute for her. Somehow even her clothes feel different to her children's hands from anybody else's clothes. Only to touch her skirt or her sleeve makes a troubled child feel better." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes "[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled." "Who ran to help me when I fell, "I cannot forget my mother. [S]he is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Appreciation of Mother as Teacher"The mother's heart is the child's school-room."~ Henry Ward Beecher "That best academy, a mother's knee." "One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters." "A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary." "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Appreciation of Mother's Hard Work"Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease."~ Lisa Alther "By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class." "The phrase 'working mother' is redundant." "Nobody knows of the work it makes Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes "All mothers are working mothers." "Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother." "A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after." "A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes
Belated Mothers Day"The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones."~ Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960 Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes For a Birth Mother"No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you - life."~ Anonymous Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes For a New Mother"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. "~ Bagwan Shree Rajneesh "In the sheltered simplicity of the first days after a baby is born, one sees again the magical closed circle, the miraculous sense of two people existing only for each other." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes
For a Single Mother"A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all."~ Washington Irving Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes For a Stepmother"Mother's Day is in honor of the best Mother who ever lived - the Mother of your heart."~ Anna Jarvis "Don't forget Mother's Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad's Third Wife Day." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes For an Adoptive Mother"Mother's Day is in honor of the best Mother who ever lived - the Mother of your heart."~ Anna Jarvis Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Humorous"Don't forget Mother's Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad's Third Wife Day."~ Jay Leno "My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint." "If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?" "Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease." "Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother." "A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after." "Okay, using the dreaded middle name is not the best way to forge a bond." "Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be President, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process." "Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Importance of Mothers"The noblest calling in the world is that of mother. True motherhood is the most beautiful of all arts, the greatest of all professions. She who can paint a masterpiece or who can write a book that will influence millions deserves the plaudits and admiration of mankind; but she who rears successfully a family of healthy, beautiful sons and daughters whose immortal souls will be exerting an influence throughout the ages long after paintings shall have faded, and books and statues shall have been destroyed,deserves the highest honor that man can give."~ David O. McKay "Motherhood is the greatest potential influence in human society. Her caress first awakens in the child a sense of security; her kiss the first realization of affection; her sympathy and tenderness, the first assurance that there is love in the world. Thus in infancy and childhood she implants ever-directing and restraining influences that remain through life." "Motherhood: All love begins and ends there." "No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you - life." "Motherhood is priced Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes "Motherhood is the one thing in all the world which most truly exemplifies the God-given virtues of creating and sacrificing. Though it carries the woman close to the brink of death, motherhood also leads her into the very realm of the fountains of life and makes her co-partner with the Creator in bestowing upon eternal spirits mortal life." "Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see." "Mothers are the pivot on which the family spins, "No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones." "Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children." "I affirm my profound belief that God's greatest creation is womanhood. I also believe that there is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes
Inspirational"Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever."~ Unknown "The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms." "Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes
Jaded"Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines."~ Amy Tan "To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power." "My mother's great. She has the major looks. She could stop you from doing anything, through a closed door even, with a single look. Without saying a word, she has that power to rip out your tonsils." "Don't forget Mother's Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad's Third Wife Day." "Okay, using the dreaded middle name is not the best way to forge a bond." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Like a Mother to Me"Mother's Day is in honor of the best Mother who ever lived - the Mother of your heart."~ Anna Jarvis "How can I ever thank you enough It takes a generous person You've always had time to listen You're like a Mother to me Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Men and Their Mothers"A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest."~ Irish Proverb "A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror, that confidence of success that often induces real success." "Men are what their mothers made them." "There was never a great man who had not a great mother." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Mothers Day"Mother's Day is in honor of the best Mother who ever lived - the Mother of your heart."~ Anna Jarvis "The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones." "You never realize how much your mother loves you till you explore the attic - and find every letter you ever sent her, every finger painting, clay pot, bead necklace, Easter chicken, cardboard Santa Claus, paperlace Mother's Day card and school report since day one." "Don't forget Mother's Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad's Third Wife Day." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Proverbs About Mothers"God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers."~ Jewish Proverb "Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother." "An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy." "A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest." "There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Quotes by Famous People"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."~ Abraham Lincoln "All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother." "I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother." "Because I feel that in the heavens above "Women know "[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes "It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have...One pair that see through closed doors. Another in the back of her head...and, of course, the ones in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and reflect 'I understand and I love you' without so much as uttering a word". "It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding." "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her." "No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones." "A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, and it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking." "I shall never forget my mother, for it was she who planted and nurtured the first seeds of good within me. She opened my heart to the lasting impressions of nature; she awakened my understanding and extended my horizon and her percepts exerted an everlasting influence upon the course of my life." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes "Don't forget Mother's Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad's Third Wife Day." "Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be President, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process." "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." "If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?" "Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all." "The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms." "Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes "I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them." "Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see." "Motherhood: All love begins and ends there." "If I was damned of body and soul, "Is my mother my friend? I would have to say, first of all she is my Mother, with a capital 'M'; she's something sacred to me. I love her dearly...yes, she is also a good friend, someone I can talk openly with if I want to." "My mother was the making of me. She was so true and so sure of me, I felt that I had someone to live for - someone I must not disappoint. The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes "A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." "A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all." "The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated." "My mother's great. She has the major looks. She could stop you from doing anything, through a closed door even, with a single look. Without saying a word, she has that power to rip out your tonsils." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Sentimental"She is my first, great love. She was a wonderful, rare woman - you do not know; as strong, and steadfast, and generous as the sun. She could be as swift as a white whiplash, and as kind and gentle as warm rain, and as steadfast as the irreducible earth beneath us."~ D. H. Lawrence "I cannot forget my mother. [S]he is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely." "The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness." "A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories." "The sweetest sounds to mortals given Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes "My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune." "I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine - she helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights." "Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn, "Who fed me from her gentle breast "Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; "Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, comrades and friends - but only one mother in the whole world." "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." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes "Because I feel that in the heavens above "A mother laughs our laughter, "A little girl, asked where her home was, replied, 'where mother is'." "Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heart throb." "Who ran to help me when I fell, Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Women and Their Mothers"Mothers and daughters are closest, when daughters become mothers."~ Unknown "A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are their daughters' role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships." "It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding." Return to Index of Mothers Day Quotes Return to Quotes by Famous People - from Mothers Day Quotes Return to Inspiration Oasis Home Page |
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