Quotes and Sentiments About Mothers

"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."
-Jewish proverb

"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."
- Archibald Thompson

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible." - Marion C. Garretty

"Your arms were always open when I needed a hug. Your heart understood when I needed a friend. Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson. Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly." - Sarah Malin

"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness." - Honore de Balzac

"You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be -
I had a mother who read to me." - Strickland Gillilan

"Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well? - My Mother."
- Ann Taylor

"A mother understands what a child does not say." - Jewish Proverb

"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom." -Henry Beecher

"Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

"There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way." - Andrew Jackson, U.S. President

"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, U.S. President

"All I am or can be I owe to my angel Mother." - Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President

"If at first you don't succeed, do it like your Mother told you."

"A man loves his Sweetheart the most,his wife the best, but his Mother the longest." Irish Proverb

"Every man for the sake of the great blessed Mother in Heaven, and for the love of his own little mother on earth, should handle all womankind gently, and hold them in all Honour." - Alfred Lord Tennyson

My Mother Is a Travel Agent for Guilt Trips.

Happy Mother's Day to a mom who should have been an air traffic controller...I was grounded so often!

If I could choose from all the mothers in the world, Mom, I'd choose you.

I'm glad God chose you to be my mother.

Mom, I love you with a special love that deepens throughout the years.

"As I count my blessings, I can't help but think of you. Thank you for the difference you have made in my life."

Giggles, secrets, sometimes tears.
Sister and friend all through the years.

A sister's love is a special love that lasts forever.

Close to my heart you'll always be,
Friends from the start,
My sister and me.

The only thing better than having you for my mother, is my children having you for a grandmother.