{"id":50957,"date":"2025-05-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.success.com\/?p=50957"},"modified":"2025-05-06T21:56:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T02:56:22","slug":"mothers-day-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.success.com\/mothers-day-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"70 Mother\u2019s Day Quotes to Express Your Love and Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mothers are the backbone of society. They care for your basic needs, offer advice and are there when you need them. Although we love and appreciate mothers, we don\u2019t always give them the credit they deserve\u2014and mom deserves a lot of credit. After all, she\u2019s the one who made us, us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Mother\u2019s Day, show her and other motherly figures how much you care.<em> <\/em>Whether it\u2019s your grandma, aunt, niece or friend, celebrate with these 70 Mother\u2019s Day quotes that express the beauty and magic of motherhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-happy-mother-s-day-quotes-to-express-appreciation-for-all-she-s-done\">Happy Mother\u2019s Day Quotes to Express Appreciation for All She\u2019s Done<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Using a special \u201cHappy Mother\u2019s Day\u201d quote can help show your appreciation for your mother or another mother figure in your life. You can use it in a card, as the start or end to a letter, in a social media post, or in another way to remind her how much she means to you. There are many quotes about mothers voiced by notable people, ranging from musical artists to political figures. Browse our list to find one that expresses your feelings toward mom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cGod could not be everywhere, and, therefore, he made mothers.\u201d \u2014<em>Rudyard Kipling<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.\u201d \u2014<em>Oprah Winfrey<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI remember my mother\u2019s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.\u201d \u2014<em>Abraham Lincoln<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMy mother is everything to me. She&#8217;s my anchor, she&#8217;s the person I go to when I need to talk to someone. She is an amazing woman.\u201d \u2014<em>Demi Lovato<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIn the heavens above, the angels, whispering to one another, can find, among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of \u2018Mother.\u2019\u201d \u2014<em>Edgar Allan Poe<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-wrapper\"><div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-container\" style=\"position: relative; display: inline-block;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mpthers-Day-Quotes-Edgar-Allan-Poe.png\" alt=\"\u201cIn the heavens above, the angels, whispering to one another, can find, among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of \u2018Mother.\u2019\u201d \u2014Edgar Allan Poe\" class=\"pinterest-pin-image\" style=\"display: block; position: relative;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fmothers-day-quotes%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F05%2FMpthers-Day-Quotes-Edgar-Allan-Poe.png&description=%E2%80%9CIn+the+heavens+above%2C+the+angels%2C+whispering+to+one+another%2C+can+find%2C+among+their+burning+terms+of+love%2C+none+so+devotional+as+that+of+%E2%80%98Mother.%E2%80%99%E2%80%9D+%E2%80%94Edgar+Allan+Poe\" class=\"pinterest-pin-button\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 15px; left: 15px; display: none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/success.com\/assets\/images\/btn-pin-it.svg\" alt=\"Pin it\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><script>\n        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n            $(\".pinterest-pin-button-container\").hover(\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"block\");\n                },\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"none\");\n                }\n            );\n        });\n    <\/script>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cOver the years, I learned so much from Mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition.\u201d \u2014<em>Martha Stewart<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth.\u201d \u2014<em>Margaret Dilloway<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMy mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential. Two things were important to her and she repeated them endlessly. One was to \u2018be a lady,\u2019 and that meant conduct yourself civilly, don\u2019t let emotions like anger or envy get in your way. And the other was to be independent, which was an unusual message for mothers of that time to be giving their daughters.\u201d \u2014<em>Ruth Bader Ginsburg, <\/em>My Own Words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMy doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.\u201d \u2014<em>Wilma Rudolph<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYou can feel when your mom&#8217;s proud of you, you can feel the love, and know she doesn&#8217;t go away.\u201d \u2014<em>Jimmy Fallon<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Related:<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/15-inspiring-quotes-to-help-you-find-joy\/\"> 75 Joy Quotes to Fill Your Day<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.achieversallaccess.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SUCCESS_CTA_r1@2x.png\" alt=\"SUCCESS+ Subscription offer\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-quotes-about-mothers-for-a-touching-mother-s-day-message\">Quotes About Mothers for a Touching Mother\u2019s Day Message<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A touching message for Mother\u2019s Day can help convey the deep emotions for all mom has done in your life. The years she sacrificed and spent caring for you, the lessons she taught you along the way and every unspoken way she encouraged you through hard times\u2014all these add up to a lifetime of love. Share one of these heart-touching Mother\u2019s Day quotes to celebrate all she is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cWhen a mother sees her child in danger, she is literally capable of anything. Mothers have lifted cars off of their children and destroyed entire dynasties. A mother\u2019s love is the strongest energy known to man.\u201d \u2014<em>Jamie McGuire<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI loved my mother like I love the moon\u2014for just existing. Despite all her scars and changes, despite her cyclical darkness, she couldn\u2019t help but mirror the light of life itself.\u201d \u2014<em>Robin Brown, <\/em>Glitter Saints<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThere is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.\u201d \u2014<em>James E. Faust<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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 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.\u201d \u2014<em>Washington Irving<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMothers and their children are in a category all their own. There\u2019s no bond so strong in the entire world, no love so instantaneous and forgiving.\u201d \u2014<em>Gail Tsukiyama<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty, but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world.\u201d \u2014<em>Rose Kennedy<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA mother\u2019s arms are more comforting than anyone else\u2019s.\u201d \u2014<em>Princess Diana<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-wrapper\"><div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-container\" style=\"position: relative; display: inline-block;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mothers-Day-Quotes-Princess-Diana.png\" alt=\"\u201cA mother\u2019s arms are more comforting than anyone else\u2019s.\u201d \u2014Princess Diana\" class=\"pinterest-pin-image\" style=\"display: block; position: relative;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fmothers-day-quotes%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F05%2FMothers-Day-Quotes-Princess-Diana.png&description=%E2%80%9CA+mother%E2%80%99s+arms+are+more+comforting+than+anyone+else%E2%80%99s.%E2%80%9D+%E2%80%94Princess+Diana\" class=\"pinterest-pin-button\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 15px; left: 15px; display: none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/success.com\/assets\/images\/btn-pin-it.svg\" alt=\"Pin it\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><script>\n        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n            $(\".pinterest-pin-button-container\").hover(\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"block\");\n                },\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"none\");\n                }\n            );\n        });\n    <\/script>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cA mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.\u201d \u2014<em>Dorothy Canfield Fisher<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWomanliness means only motherhood. All love begins and ends there.\u201d \u2014<em>Robert Browning<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTo describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.\u201d \u2014<em>Maya Angelou<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.\u201d \u2014<em>Amy Tan, <\/em>Saving Fish From Drowning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/60-loving-quotes-about-family\/\">60 Loving Quotes About Family<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-some-of-the-best-mother-s-day-quotes-for-all-the-ladies\">Some of the Best Mother\u2019s Day Quotes for All the Ladies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Relationships with mothers can be complicated. Maybe some of these quotes work for your own mom, or maybe there is another figure in your life you want to share them with. You might also want to say \u201cHappy Mother\u2019s Day\u201d to a friend or other person in your life who you know is navigating the ups and downs of motherhood. You can use these inspiring Mother\u2019s Day quotes to say thank you or wish any mom you know a fantastic day and make her smile.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cNo one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at what you&#8217;ve got, say \u2018Oh, my gosh,\u2019 and recognize that of all the balls there ever were, this is the one you should not drop. It&#8217;s not a question of choice.\u201d \u2014<em>Marisa de los Santos<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s the job that I take most seriously in my life and I think it\u2019s the hardest job.\u201d \u2014<em>Debra Messing<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI tell my kids, \u2018I am thinking about you every other minute of my day.\u2019\u201d \u2014<em>Michelle Obama<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI can pinpoint that as the single happiest moment of my life, because I realized then that Mom would always have my back. It made me feel giant. I raced back down the concrete ramp, faster than I ever had before, so fast I should have fallen, but I didn&#8217;t fall, because Mom was in the world.\u201d \u2014<em>Maria Semple, <\/em>Where\u2019d You Go, Bernadette<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI like my body so much better after I had kids. Is that a crazy thing to say? I&#8217;m more womanly. I feel sexier.\u201d \u2014<em>Reese Witherspoon<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-wrapper\"><div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-container\" style=\"position: relative; display: inline-block;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mothers-Day-Quotes-Reese-Witherspoon.png\" alt=\"\u201cI like my body so much better after I had kids. Is that a crazy thing to say? I&#039;m more womanly. I feel sexier.\u201d \u2014Reese Witherspoon\" class=\"pinterest-pin-image\" style=\"display: block; position: relative;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fmothers-day-quotes%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F05%2FMothers-Day-Quotes-Reese-Witherspoon.png&description=%E2%80%9CI+like+my+body+so+much+better+after+I+had+kids.+Is+that+a+crazy+thing+to+say%3F+I%27m+more+womanly.+I+feel+sexier.%E2%80%9D+%E2%80%94Reese+Witherspoon\" class=\"pinterest-pin-button\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 15px; left: 15px; display: none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/success.com\/assets\/images\/btn-pin-it.svg\" alt=\"Pin it\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><script>\n        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n            $(\".pinterest-pin-button-container\").hover(\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"block\");\n                },\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"none\");\n                }\n            );\n        });\n    <\/script>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cThe best part of having two babies at once, a son and a daughter, is mostly everything. You\u2019re just having that feeling of love inside you all the time and motherhood is such a fulfilling place to be. I kind of wish it would have happened to me earlier in my life.\u201d \u2014<em>Jennifer Lopez<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I feel like a bad mom, but at the end of the day I\u2019m always plagued with, \u2018Did I do enough? Should I go in a different direction?\u2019 But I also know that my entire life revolves around [my son] Louis.\u201d \u2014<em>Sandra Bullock<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThey\u2019ve been safe inside your belly for almost 10 months, and now they\u2019re in your arms. Intuition kicks in, where you will do anything for them and you have all the tools inside of you to take care of them.\u201d \u2014<em>Hilary Duff<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA mother\u2019s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.\u201d \u2014<em>Agatha Christie, <\/em>The Hound of Death and Other Stories<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-unique-things-to-say-to-your-mom-on-mother-s-day-nbsp\">Unique Things to Say to Your Mom on Mother\u2019s Day&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for things to say to your mom on Mother\u2019s Day, you might want to share something truly unique. You can use one of the simple Mother\u2019s Day quotes below, which are original sayings written by SUCCESS\u00ae contributors, or be inspired to come up with your own heartfelt or funny message. Think about your mom\u2019s personality, what has meant the most to you over your life and what might help her feel truly cherished to choose what to say on Mother\u2019s Day.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cMom spelled backwards is still mom.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI love you, so I got you your favorite flower: Mums.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIt took a lot of courage to raise me. It still does.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYou don\u2019t need to earn the title \u2018World\u2019s Best Mom.\u2019 You\u2019ve been one since the day I was born.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMom, you\u2019re the chicken to my waffle.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMom, you\u2019re the hidden strength behind everything I do. Thank you for encouraging me to follow my dreams.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-wrapper\"><div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-container\" style=\"position: relative; display: inline-block;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mothers-Day-Quotes-SUCCESS.png\" alt=\"\u201cMom, you\u2019re the hidden strength behind everything I do. Thank you for encouraging me to follow my dreams.\u201d\" class=\"pinterest-pin-image\" style=\"display: block; position: relative;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fmothers-day-quotes%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F05%2FMothers-Day-Quotes-SUCCESS.png&description=%E2%80%9CMom%2C+you%E2%80%99re+the+hidden+strength+behind+everything+I+do.+Thank+you+for+encouraging+me+to+follow+my+dreams.%E2%80%9D\" class=\"pinterest-pin-button\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 15px; left: 15px; display: none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/success.com\/assets\/images\/btn-pin-it.svg\" alt=\"Pin it\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><script>\n        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n            $(\".pinterest-pin-button-container\").hover(\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"block\");\n                },\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"none\");\n                }\n            );\n        });\n    <\/script>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cSaying \u2018thank you\u2019 or \u2018I love you\u2019 doesn\u2019t seem to be enough for all the lessons you taught me, the wounds you helped heal and the sacrifices you\u2019ve made. Thank you for giving me more than words can express, Mom.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYou have helped me see all the beautiful colors of the world and shaped the person I\u2019ve become. There is nothing more powerful than being a mom. This Mother\u2019s Day, I just want to say thank you for all you\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cFrom diapers to heartbreaks, you\u2019ve been there every step of the way. Thank you, Mom.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhen I was little, you would catch me when I fell. Then you taught me what to do when there was no one there to catch me. Thank you for helping me learn to find my own way in this world, Mom.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMom, thank you for believing in me\u2014and teaching me how to believe in myself. Happy Mother\u2019s Day.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-short-amp-simple-mother-s-day-quotes\">Short &amp; Simple Mother\u2019s Day Quotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Short Mother\u2019s Day quotes can still have impact and meaning. If you\u2019re looking for a sweet, simple and short quote to share this May with your mom, try one of these to express your love and appreciation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cMy mom is cool and my mom will treat you right.\u201d \u2014<em>Sam Hyde<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPerhaps it takes courage to raise children.\u201d \u2014<em>John Steinbeck, <\/em>East of Eden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe best place to cry is in a mother&#8217;s arms.\u201d \u2014<em>Jodi Picoult,<\/em> House Rules<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMoms are as relentless as the tides.\u201d \u2014<em>Steve Rushin<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI see myself as Mom first. I\u2019m so lucky to have that role in life.\u201d \u2014<em>Angelina Jolie<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhen you\u2019re in the thick of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/9-success-principles-i-learned-from-my-single-mom\/\">raising your kids by yourself<\/a>, you tend to keep a running list of everything you think you\u2019re doing wrong.\u201d \u2014<em>Connie Schultz<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe phrase \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/career-motherhood-10-ways-to-make-it-work\/\">working mother<\/a>\u2019 is redundant.\u201d \u2014<em>Jane Sellman<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-wrapper\"><div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-container\" style=\"position: relative; display: inline-block;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mothers-Day-Quote-Jane-Sellman.png\" alt=\"\u201cThe phrase \u2018working mother\u2019 is redundant.\u201d \u2014Jane Sellman\" class=\"pinterest-pin-image\" style=\"display: block; position: relative;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fmothers-day-quotes%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F05%2FMothers-Day-Quote-Jane-Sellman.png&description=%E2%80%9CThe+phrase+%E2%80%98working+mother%E2%80%99+is+redundant.%E2%80%9D+%E2%80%94Jane+Sellman\" class=\"pinterest-pin-button\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 15px; left: 15px; display: none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/success.com\/assets\/images\/btn-pin-it.svg\" alt=\"Pin it\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><script>\n        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n            $(\".pinterest-pin-button-container\").hover(\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"block\");\n                },\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"none\");\n                }\n            );\n        });\n    <\/script>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cA mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.\u201d \u2014<em>Emily Dickinson<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIf I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.\u201d \u2014<em>Booker T. Washington<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-witty-mother-s-day-quotes\">Witty Mother\u2019s Day Quotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some moms have a great sense of humor and can really appreciate the power of a few witty Mother\u2019s Day quotes. Does your mom love to laugh and find the humor in life\u2019s ups and downs? Sometimes the lighthearted and funny sentiments make the best Mother\u2019s Day quotes. These can also make great options to share on Facebook or Instagram, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cEven as a small child, I understood that women had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters.\u201d \u2014<em>Alice Hoffman, <\/em>The Dovekeepers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBeing a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.\u201d \u2014<em>Tina Fey<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBeing a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.\u201d \u2014<em>Robert A. Heinlein, <\/em>Have Space Suit\u2014Will Travel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.\u201d \u2014<em>Sophia Loren<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIt has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. My mom says some days are like that.\u201d \u2014<em>Judith Viorst<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI&#8217;m a guy and I love my mom. So shoot me. I&#8217;m man enough to hug her without feeling like a mama&#8217;s boy.\u201d \u2015<em>Nyrae Dawn,<\/em> What a Boy Wants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and levelheaded woman.\u201d \u2014<em>Hillary Clinton<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEverybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.\u201d \u2014<em>P.J. O&#8217;Rourke, <\/em>All the Trouble in the World<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.\u201d \u2014<em>Roald Dahl, <\/em>Matilda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThere is no influence so powerful as that of the mother.\u201d \u2014<em>Sarah Josepha Hale<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-wrapper\"><div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-container\" style=\"position: relative; display: inline-block;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mothers-Day-Quote-Sarah-Josepha-Hale.png\" alt=\"\u201cThere is no influence so powerful as that of the mother.\u201d \u2014Sarah Josepha Hale\" class=\"pinterest-pin-image\" style=\"display: block; position: relative;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fmothers-day-quotes%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F05%2FMothers-Day-Quote-Sarah-Josepha-Hale.png&description=%E2%80%9CThere+is+no+influence+so+powerful+as+that+of+the+mother.%E2%80%9D+%E2%80%94Sarah+Josepha+Hale\" class=\"pinterest-pin-button\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 15px; left: 15px; display: none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/success.com\/assets\/images\/btn-pin-it.svg\" alt=\"Pin it\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><script>\n        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n            $(\".pinterest-pin-button-container\").hover(\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"block\");\n                },\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"none\");\n                }\n            );\n        });\n    <\/script>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cIf evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?\u201d \u2014<em>Milton Berle<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIt is not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.<em>\u201d <\/em>\u2014<em>Dorothy Zbornak, <\/em>The Golden Girls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-beautiful-amp-inspiring-mother-s-day-sayings\">Beautiful &amp; Inspiring Mother\u2019s Day Sayings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is incredible joy and beauty in being a mom\u2014and the love of a mother is unlike anything else in life. These beautiful sayings can be used as appreciation Mother\u2019s Day quotes that help express all they\u2019ve done and they are in a fresh way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cA mother\u2019s arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in them.\u201d \u2014<em>Victor Hugo, <\/em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBut kids don&#8217;t stay with you if you do it right. It&#8217;s the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won&#8217;t be needed in the long run.\u201d \u2014<em>Barbara Kingsolver, <\/em>Pigs in Heaven<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhen I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, \u2018Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.\u2019 To this day, especially in times of \u2018disaster,\u2019 I remember my mother\u2019s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers\u2014so many caring people in this world.\u201d \u2014<em>Fred Rogers<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWhatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother\u2019s love is not.\u201d \u2014<em>James Joyce, <\/em>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.\u201d \u2014<em>E. M. Forster, <\/em>Howards End<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTo her whose heart is my heart\u2019s quiet home, to my first love, my mother, on whose knee I learnt love-lore that is not troublesome.\u201d \u2014<em>Christina Rossetti, \u201cSonnets are Full of Love\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-wrapper\"><div class=\"pinterest-pin-button-container\" style=\"position: relative; display: inline-block;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mothers-Day-Quotes-Christina-Rossetti.png\" alt=\"\u201cTo her whose heart is my heart\u2019s quiet home, to my first love, my mother, on whose knee I learnt love-lore that is not troublesome.\u201d \u2014Christina Rossetti, \u201cSonnets are Full of Love\u201d\" class=\"pinterest-pin-image\" style=\"display: block; position: relative;\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fmothers-day-quotes%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.success.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F05%2FMothers-Day-Quotes-Christina-Rossetti.png&description=%E2%80%9CTo+her+whose+heart+is+my+heart%E2%80%99s+quiet+home%2C+to+my+first+love%2C+my+mother%2C+on+whose+knee+I+learnt+love-lore+that+is+not+troublesome.%E2%80%9D+%E2%80%94Christina+Rossetti%2C+%E2%80%9CSonnets+are+Full+of+Love%E2%80%9D\" class=\"pinterest-pin-button\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 15px; left: 15px; display: none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/success.com\/assets\/images\/btn-pin-it.svg\" alt=\"Pin it\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><script>\n        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n            $(\".pinterest-pin-button-container\").hover(\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"block\");\n                },\n                function() {\n                    $(this).find(\".pinterest-pin-button\").css(\"display\", \"none\");\n                }\n            );\n        });\n    <\/script>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cI realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.\u201d \u2014<em>Mitch Albom, <\/em>For One More Day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe one constant, faithful, inviolable, holy love of loves, the love of your life, is not your wife or your lover\u2014it\u2019s your mother.\u201d \u2014<em>Sandra Cisneros<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-celebrate-the-mothers-in-your-life\">Celebrate the Mothers in Your Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>However you choose to honor Mother\u2019s Day, think about how you can make this person feel special. 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They care for your basic needs, offer advice and are there when you need them. Although we love and appreciate mothers, we don\u2019t always give them the credit they deserve\u2014and mom deserves a lot of credit. 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She is an amazing woman.\u201d \u2014<em>Demi Lovato<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cIn the heavens above, the angels, whispering to one another, can find, among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of \u2018Mother.\u2019\u201d \u2014<em>Edgar Allan Poe<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- \/wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cOver the years, I learned so much from Mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition.\u201d \u2014<em>Martha Stewart<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cMothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth.\u201d \u2014<em>Margaret Dilloway<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cMy mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential. Two things were important to her and she repeated them endlessly. One was to \u2018be a lady,\u2019 and that meant conduct yourself civilly, don\u2019t let emotions like anger or envy get in your way. And the other was to be independent, which was an unusual message for mothers of that time to be giving their daughters.\u201d \u2014<em>Ruth Bader Ginsburg, <\/em>My Own Words<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cMy doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. 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The years she sacrificed and spent caring for you, the lessons she taught you along the way and every unspoken way she encouraged you through hard times\u2014all these add up to a lifetime of love. Share one of these heart-touching Mother\u2019s Day quotes to celebrate all she is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cWhen a mother sees her child in danger, she is literally capable of anything. Mothers have lifted cars off of their children and destroyed entire dynasties. A mother\u2019s love is the strongest energy known to man.\u201d \u2014<em>Jamie McGuire<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cI loved my mother like I love the moon\u2014for just existing. Despite all her scars and changes, despite her cyclical darkness, she couldn\u2019t help but mirror the light of life itself.\u201d \u2014<em>Robin Brown, <\/em>Glitter Saints<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cThere is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.\u201d \u2014<em>James E. Faust<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>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 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.\u201d \u2014<em>Washington Irving<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cMothers and their children are in a category all their own. There\u2019s no bond so strong in the entire world, no love so instantaneous and forgiving.\u201d \u2014<em>Gail Tsukiyama<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cI looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty, but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world.\u201d \u2014<em>Rose Kennedy<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cA mother\u2019s arms are more comforting than anyone else\u2019s.\u201d \u2014<em>Princess Diana<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- \/wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cA mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.\u201d \u2014<em>Dorothy Canfield Fisher<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cWomanliness means only motherhood. All love begins and ends there.\u201d \u2014<em>Robert Browning<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cTo describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. 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You might also want to say \u201cHappy Mother\u2019s Day\u201d to a friend or other person in your life who you know is navigating the ups and downs of motherhood. You can use these inspiring Mother\u2019s Day quotes to say thank you or wish any mom you know a fantastic day and make her smile.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cNo one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at what you've got, say \u2018Oh, my gosh,\u2019 and recognize that of all the balls there ever were, this is the one you should not drop. It's not a question of choice.\u201d \u2014<em>Marisa de los Santos<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s the job that I take most seriously in my life and I think it\u2019s the hardest job.\u201d \u2014<em>Debra Messing<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cI tell my kids, \u2018I am thinking about you every other minute of my day.\u2019\u201d \u2014<em>Michelle Obama<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cI can pinpoint that as the single happiest moment of my life, because I realized then that Mom would always have my back. It made me feel giant. I raced back down the concrete ramp, faster than I ever had before, so fast I should have fallen, but I didn't fall, because Mom was in the world.\u201d \u2014<em>Maria Semple, <\/em>Where\u2019d You Go, Bernadette<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cI like my body so much better after I had kids. Is that a crazy thing to say? I'm more womanly. I feel sexier.\u201d \u2014<em>Reese Witherspoon<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- \/wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cThe best part of having two babies at once, a son and a daughter, is mostly everything. You\u2019re just having that feeling of love inside you all the time and motherhood is such a fulfilling place to be. I kind of wish it would have happened to me earlier in my life.\u201d \u2014<em>Jennifer Lopez<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I feel like a bad mom, but at the end of the day I\u2019m always plagued with, \u2018Did I do enough? 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It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.\u201d \u2014<em>Agatha Christie, <\/em>The Hound of Death and Other Stories<br><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-unique-things-to-say-to-your-mom-on-mother-s-day-nbsp\">Unique Things to Say to Your Mom on Mother\u2019s Day&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for things to say to your mom on Mother\u2019s Day, you might want to share something truly unique. You can use one of the simple Mother\u2019s Day quotes below, which are original sayings written by SUCCESS\u00ae contributors, or be inspired to come up with your own heartfelt or funny message. Think about your mom\u2019s personality, what has meant the most to you over your life and what might help her feel truly cherished to choose what to say on Mother\u2019s Day.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cMom spelled backwards is still mom.\u201d<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cI love you, so I got you your favorite flower: Mums.\u201d<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cIt took a lot of courage to raise me. It still does.\u201d<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cYou don\u2019t need to earn the title \u2018World\u2019s Best Mom.\u2019 You\u2019ve been one since the day I was born.\u201d<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cMom, you\u2019re the chicken to my waffle.\u201d<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cMom, you\u2019re the hidden strength behind everything I do. Thank you for encouraging me to follow my dreams.\u201d<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- \/wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cSaying \u2018thank you\u2019 or \u2018I love you\u2019 doesn\u2019t seem to be enough for all the lessons you taught me, the wounds you helped heal and the sacrifices you\u2019ve made. Thank you for giving me more than words can express, Mom.\u201d<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cYou have helped me see all the beautiful colors of the world and shaped the person I\u2019ve become. There is nothing more powerful than being a mom. This Mother\u2019s Day, I just want to say thank you for all you\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cFrom diapers to heartbreaks, you\u2019ve been there every step of the way. Thank you, Mom.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cWhen I was little, you would catch me when I fell. Then you taught me what to do when there was no one there to catch me. Thank you for helping me learn to find my own way in this world, Mom.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cMom, thank you for believing in me\u2014and teaching me how to believe in myself. Happy Mother\u2019s Day.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-short-amp-simple-mother-s-day-quotes\">Short &amp; Simple Mother\u2019s Day Quotes<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Short Mother\u2019s Day quotes can still have impact and meaning. If you\u2019re looking for a sweet, simple and short quote to share this May with your mom, try one of these to express your love and appreciation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cMy mom is cool and my mom will treat you right.\u201d \u2014<em>Sam Hyde<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cPerhaps it takes courage to raise children.\u201d \u2014<em>John Steinbeck, <\/em>East of Eden<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cThe best place to cry is in a mother's arms.\u201d \u2014<em>Jodi Picoult,<\/em> House Rules<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cMoms are as relentless as the tides.\u201d \u2014<em>Steve Rushin<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cI see myself as Mom first. I\u2019m so lucky to have that role in life.\u201d \u2014<em>Angelina Jolie<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cWhen you\u2019re in the thick of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/9-success-principles-i-learned-from-my-single-mom\/\">raising your kids by yourself<\/a>, you tend to keep a running list of everything you think you\u2019re doing wrong.\u201d \u2014<em>Connie Schultz<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cThe phrase \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.success.com\/career-motherhood-10-ways-to-make-it-work\/\">working mother<\/a>\u2019 is redundant.\u201d \u2014<em>Jane Sellman<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- \/wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cA mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.\u201d \u2014<em>Emily Dickinson<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cIf I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.\u201d \u2014<em>Booker T. Washington<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-witty-mother-s-day-quotes\">Witty Mother\u2019s Day Quotes<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some moms have a great sense of humor and can really appreciate the power of a few witty Mother\u2019s Day quotes. Does your mom love to laugh and find the humor in life\u2019s ups and downs? Sometimes the lighthearted and funny sentiments make the best Mother\u2019s Day quotes. These can also make great options to share on Facebook or Instagram, too.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cEven as a small child, I understood that women had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters.\u201d \u2014<em>Alice Hoffman, <\/em>The Dovekeepers<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cBeing a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.\u201d \u2014<em>Tina Fey<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cBeing a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.\u201d \u2014<em>Robert A. Heinlein, <\/em>Have Space Suit\u2014Will Travel<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cA mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.\u201d \u2014<em>Sophia Loren<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cIt has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. My mom says some days are like that.\u201d \u2014<em>Judith Viorst<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cI'm a guy and I love my mom. So shoot me. I'm man enough to hug her without feeling like a mama's boy.\u201d \u2015<em>Nyrae Dawn,<\/em> What a Boy Wants<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and levelheaded woman.\u201d \u2014<em>Hillary Clinton<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cEverybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.\u201d \u2014<em>P.J. O'Rourke, <\/em>All the Trouble in the World<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.\u201d \u2014<em>Roald Dahl, <\/em>Matilda<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cThere is no influence so powerful as that of the mother.\u201d \u2014<em>Sarah Josepha Hale<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- \/wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cIf evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?\u201d \u2014<em>Milton Berle<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cIt is not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.<em>\u201d <\/em>\u2014<em>Dorothy Zbornak, <\/em>The Golden Girls<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-beautiful-amp-inspiring-mother-s-day-sayings\">Beautiful &amp; Inspiring Mother\u2019s Day Sayings<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>There is incredible joy and beauty in being a mom\u2014and the love of a mother is unlike anything else in life. These beautiful sayings can be used as appreciation Mother\u2019s Day quotes that help express all they\u2019ve done and they are in a fresh way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cA mother\u2019s arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in them.\u201d \u2014<em>Victor Hugo, <\/em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cBut kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the long run.\u201d \u2014<em>Barbara Kingsolver, <\/em>Pigs in Heaven<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cWhen I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, \u2018Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.\u2019 To this day, especially in times of \u2018disaster,\u2019 I remember my mother\u2019s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers\u2014so many caring people in this world.\u201d \u2014<em>Fred Rogers<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cWhatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother\u2019s love is not.\u201d \u2014<em>James Joyce, <\/em>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cI am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.\u201d \u2014<em>E. M. Forster, <\/em>Howards End<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cTo her whose heart is my heart\u2019s quiet home, to my first love, my mother, on whose knee I learnt love-lore that is not troublesome.\u201d \u2014<em>Christina Rossetti, \u201cSonnets are Full of Love\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- \/wp:shortcode -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cI realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.\u201d \u2014<em>Mitch Albom, <\/em>For One More Day<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>\u201cThe one constant, faithful, inviolable, holy love of loves, the love of your life, is not your wife or your lover\u2014it\u2019s your mother.\u201d \u2014<em>Sandra Cisneros<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-celebrate-the-mothers-in-your-life\">Celebrate the Mothers in Your Life<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>However you choose to honor Mother\u2019s Day, think about how you can make this person feel special. Whether you use any of the quotes on a card or to reflect on how special mother figures are, the thought you put into showing you care will go a long way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"fontSize\":\"small\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Photo by Ground Picture\/Shutterstock.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","tag_names":[],"post_attachment_urls":[],"author_email":"author+Sarah-Li-Cain@success.com","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79612"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.success.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}