Quotations on mother's day and mothers are just the perfect expressions for the wonderful lady who influences us positively all our lives. Whether one is down in the dumps or highly blissful, a mother provides a shoulder to cry and a captivating smile to rejoice. Here are some famous mother's day quotes.
It is well said that if one gets to see the pains involved while a woman gives birth to a baby, he will never look down on any woman all his life. Right from rocking the cradle to the unflinching support for the baby's first steps, a mother is always there as a pillar of strength for her child.
The tender look in her eyes and the countless sacrifices she makes while babysitting the child, are just a part of her divine nature.
Mother's Day Quotes
Use these quotes to inscribe cards or leave them as little notes inside her gift box. They will work their magic everywhere.
Woman in the home has not yet lost her dignity, in spite of Mother's Day, with its offensive implication that our love needs an annual nudging, like our enthusiasm for the battle of Bunker Hill. - John Erskine
On Mother's Day I have written a poem for you. In the interest of poetic economy and truth, I have succeeded in concentrating my deepest feelings and beliefs into two perfectly crafted lines: You're my mother, I would have no other! - Forest Houtenschil
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
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 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 troubles thicken 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
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. - Harry Truman
Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
My mom is a never-ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. - Graycie Harmon
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not. - James Joyce
The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best. - Hamilton Wright Mabie
Mother's Day Sayings
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
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.
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you - life.
A mother holds their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.
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.
A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done.
As they say, words are enough to win someone's heart over. And along with these lovely expressions of love, your quest for a perfect mother's day gift will become easier. Why? Because the basic idea should be to express and not to impress. For a mother, just a small token of the expression of love from her child is more valuable than a gift worth millions.