64 Best Mom Quotes About the True Meaning of Motherhood

Yes, mom is totally a superwoman.



No, it doesn't have to be Mother's Day in order for us to want to take a moment to celebrate our mothers. But on that special Sunday in May, she's on our minds more than ever—which is why we've compiled this list of the best mom quotes and motherhood quotes out there, including mother-daughter quotes and heartfelt mother-son quotes. With our picks, you'll be able to more easily remind her just how much you love her, and explain to her why she'll always be one of the most important people in your life. From classic lines (like Abraham Lincoln's "I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life") to more contemporary favorites ("He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark," writes J.K. Rowling), there's something here for just about everyone. Whether you're looking for single mom quotes or more general Mother's Day quotes, you're bound to find something fitting here.

  1. “A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.” – Unknown
  2. “Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.” – Dorothy Canfield Fisher
  3. “Moms are the people who know us the best and love us the most.” – Unknown
  4. “A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible” – Marion C. Garretty.
  5. “Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” – Erich Fromm
  6. “For a mother is the only person on earth who can divide her love among 10 children and each child still have all her love.” – Unknown
  7. “A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.” – Cardinal Mermillod
  8. “There is nothing as powerful as mother’s love, and nothing as healing as a child’s soul.” – Unknown
  9. “Happiness is seeing your mother smile.” – Unknown
  10. “No matter how much I say I love you, I always love you more than that.” – Unknown
  11. “I love my mother as trees love water and sunshine. She helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights.” – Terry Guillemets
  12. “No matter your age, you will always need your mom.” – Unknown
  13. “As is the mother, so is her daughter.” – Ezekiel 16:4
  14. “You have my whole heart for my whole life.” – Unknown
  15. “I’m a strong woman because a strong woman raised me.” – Unknown
  16. “A mother and daughter’s love is never separated.” – Viola Shipman
  17. “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” – Princess Diana
  18. “Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.” – Tina Fey
  19. “When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.” – Sophia Loren
  20. “Little souls find their way to you whether they’re from your womb or someone else’s.” – Sheryl Crow
  21. “My daughter introduced me to myself.” – BeyoncĂ© Knowles
  22. “Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.” – Kate Winslet
  23. “My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis.” – Drew Barrymore
  24. “At the end of the day my most important job is still mom-in-chief.” – Michelle Obama
  25. “If you’re a mom, you’re a superhero. Period.” – Rosie Pope
  26. “I’ve never had more appreciation for anyone in my entire life until I became a mom.” – Chrissy Teigen
  27. “Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.” – Unknown
  28. “I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.” – Oprah Winfrey
  29. “I loved you before I knew you.” – Unknown
  30. “Of all the things my hands have held, the best, by far, is you.” – Unknown
  31. “I’m proud of many things in life but nothing beats being a mother.” – Unknown
  32. “I gave you life, but really, you gave me mine.” – Unknown
  33. “Let me love you a little more before you’re not little anymore.” – Unknown
  34. “Just when you think you know love, something little comes along and reminds you just how big it is.” – Unknown
  35. “Everything has changed, and yet, I’m more me than I’ve ever been.” – Iain Thomas
  36. “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill
  37. “Being a single parent is twice the work, twice the stress and twice the tears but also twice the hugs, twice the love and twice the pride” – Unknown
  38. “To the world you are a Mother, but to your family you are the World.” – Unknown
  39. “Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver
  40. “She has to have four arms, four legs, two hearts and double the love. There is nothing single about a single mother” – Unknown
  41. “Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had.” – Linda Wooten
  42. “Even on the days, you feel like you are failing, look around. Your child’s smile will bring you right back up” – Unknown
  43. “Taking care of yourself is part of taking care of your kids.” – Unknown
  44. “When you love what you have, you have everything you need.” – Unknown
  45. “A mom’s hug lasts long after she let’s go.” – Unknown
  46. “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother” – Abraham Lincoln
  47. “If I had a single flower for every time I think of you, I could walk forever in my garden.” – Claudia Ghandi
  48. “I love you every day. And now, I will miss you every day.” – Mitch Albom
  49. “There are no goodbyes, wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi
  50. “Always my mother; forever my friend.” – Unknown
  51. “Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.” – Ricki Lake
  52. “A mother’s love endures through all.” – Washington Irving
  53. “If I know what love is, it’s because of you.” – Hermann Hesse
  54. “The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness.” – Jessica Lange
  55. “Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning
  56. “Home is where your mom is.” – Unknown
  57. “May your coffee be stronger than your toddler.” – Unknown
  58. “Nothing is lost until your mother can’t find it.” – Unknown
  59. “It’s not easy being a mother. If it were, fathers would do it.” – Golden Girls
  60. “Becoming a mother makes you realize you can do almost anything one-handed.” – Unknown
  61. “Life doesn’t come with a manual; it comes with a mother” – Unknown
  62. “Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.” – Unknown
  63. “A sleeping baby is the new happy hour.” – Unknown
  64. “Motherhood: if you think my hands are full, you should see my heart.” – Unknown

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