30 Inspirational Mom Quotes

Looking to honor your own mom? Need a quote to brighten a fellow mom's
day? Whatever you’re searching for, we’ve got the inspirational quotes you
need to energize all the moms in your life:

 “Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no
heartthrob.” —Leroy Brownlow
 “I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.” —Lance Conrad, “The
Price of Creation”
 “Only mothers can think of the future ― because they give birth to it in their
children.” ―Maxim Gorky
 “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in the
them.” ―Victor Hugo
 “A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning
unnecessary.” ―Dorothy Canfield Fisher
 “You can feel when your mom’s proud of you. You can feel the love.” —
Jimmy Fallon 
 “Becoming a mother has made me next-level confident. I’ve never felt more
empowered.” —Kelly Clarkson
 “Such a mysterious business, motherhood. How brave a woman must be to
embark on it.” ―M.L. Stedman, “The Light Between Oceans”
 “If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the
disposition from my mother.” —Booker T. Washington
 “The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond
calculation.” —James E. Faust
 “Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be
assumed by mankind.” —Howard W. Hunter
 “Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” —Robert Browning
 “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.” —James E. Faust
 “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
 “A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no
law, no pity, it dates all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands
in its path.” —Agatha Christie
 “At the end of the day my most important job is still mom-in-chief.” —
Michelle Obama
 “Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love
is not.” —James Joyce
 “Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret
hope outlives them all.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes
 “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” —Abraham Lincoln
 “Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.” —Dorothy
Canfield Fisher
 “[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.” — Gilda Radner
 “Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond
so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.” —Gail
Tsukiyama
 “Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else
just disappears.” —Kate Winslet
 “It’s the job that I take most seriously in my life and I think it’s the hardest
job.” —Debra Messing
 “I’ve never had more appreciation for anyone in my entire life until I became
a mom.” —Chrissy Teigen
 “Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their
children.” —Maxim Grosky
 “I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the
greatest spiritual teachers there is.” —Oprah Winfrey
 “Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” —Lin Yutang
 “My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.”―R.J.
Palacio, "Wonder"
 “The truth is that no matter how old we are, as long as our mothers are alive,
we want our mother.” —Goldie Hawn

Short & Sweet Mother's Day Quotes

Like to get straight to the point? These short Mother's Day quotes about
moms and motherhood easily express the wonder and importance of a
mother's role in our lives.
Mothers are like glue. Even when you can't see them, they're still holding the
family together.
~ Susan Gale

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

~ Robert Browning

The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.

~ James Faust

Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.

~ Kahil Gibran

Life doesn't come with a manual. It comes with a mother.

~ Author Unknown

Mothers are like buttons. They hold everything together.

~ Author Unknown

There's a reason some people think they can achieve anything. They listened
to their mother.
~ Author Unknown

An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.

~ Spanish Proverb

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

~ Jewish Proverb

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
~ Victor Hugo

The most precious jewels you'll ever have around your neck are the arms of
your children.
~ Author Unknown

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

~ George Eliot
To the world you are a mother, but to your family you are the world.
~ Author Unknown

Everything I am, you helped me to be.

~ Author Unknown

The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.

~ Elaine Heffner

To a child's ear, "mother" is magic in any language.

~ Arlene Benedict

A mother's hug lasts long after she lets go.

~ Unknown

A family raised well by a mother is one of the great wonders of the world.
~ Unknown