Touching Mother Quotes:

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Family, Mothers Day, Mom, Mom And Daughter, Joys Of Motherhood

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

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

topic: Mothers Day, Mom, Hope, Mom And Daughter, I Love My Mother

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

topic: Family, Mothers Day, Mom, Mom And Daughter, Happy Children

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.

- Washington Irving

topic: Family, Mom, Mother, Mother Son, Mom And Daughter

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?

- Milton Berle

topic: Funny, Hilarious, Mom, Mom And Daughter, Joys Of Motherhood

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

source: Her Son's Wife ch. 37 (1926)

topic: Mother, Unnecessary, Persons, I Love My Mother, Just A Mom

A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.

- Princess Diana

topic: Mom, Mother, Comforting, Mom And Daughter, Joys Of Motherhood

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

topic: Mothers Day, Beautiful, Appreciation, Mother Son, Son And Daughter

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Inspirational, Mom, Mother, Mom And Daughter, Joys Of Motherhood

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

- William Makepeace Thackeray

source: William Makepeace Thackeray (1853). “Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero”, p.317

topic: Family, Mothers Day, God, Mom And Daughter, Special Mother

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

- Robert Browning

source: Robert Browning (2014). “A Selection of Poems”, p.33, Cambridge University Press

topic: Love, Life, Friendship, I Love My Mother, Special Mother

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.

- Erich Fromm

topic: Love, Family, Marriage, I Love My Mother, Just A Mom

A mother's 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.

- Agatha Christie

topic: Family, Crush, Mom, I Love My Mother, Joys Of Motherhood

A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

- Sophia Loren

topic: Mother, Children, Thinking, Mom And Daughter, I Love My Mother

Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me!

- Lady Gaga

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspiring, Mom, Mother, Mom Knows Best, Mother Care

She raised us with humor, and she raised us to understand that not everything was going to be great-but how to laugh through it.

- Liza Minnelli

topic: Mom, Laughing, Raised, Mom Knows Best, Touching Mother

[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.

- Emily Dickinson

topic: Mom, Mother, Mom And Daughter, I Love My Mother, Just A Mom

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

source: Gail Tsukiyama (2003). “Dreaming Water: A Novel”, p.164, Macmillan

topic: Mom, Mother, Strong, I Love My Mother, Just A Mom

A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem.

- Naomi Wolf

topic: Daughter, Mother, Self Esteem, Mom And Daughter, Mom Daughter

The best place to cry is on a mother's arms.

- Jodi Picoult

topic: Mom, Mother, Arms, Joys Of Motherhood, Being A Mother

Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.

- Meryl Streep

topic: Mom, Mother, Essentials, Mom And Daughter, Joys Of Motherhood

If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.

- Booker T. Washington

source: Booker T. Washington (2009). “Up from Slavery: An Autobiography”, p.46, The Floating Press

topic: Mothers Day, Mom, Attention, Inspirational Mothers, Mom Knows Best

There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.

- Jill Churchill

topic: Inspirational, Mother, Perfect, Mom And Daughter, I Love My Mother

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

- Victor Hugo

topic: Mom, Mother, Baby, Mother Son, Mom And Daughter

My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Mom, Mother, Roots, I Love My Mother, Inspirational Mom

My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart-a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation.

- Mark Twain

topic: Mom, Mother, Heart, Joys Of Motherhood, Slender

Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.

- Tina Fey

topic: Inspiring, Mom, Mother, Inspiring Motherhood, Mom Knows Best