Mother’s Day became an official holiday in 1914 thanks to the efforts of Anna Jarvis who conceived the idea to celebrate moms across the nation. The holiday is traditionally marked with flowers, cards, and other gifts bestowed upon moms. We give these gifts to our mothers to show them that we love and appreciate the things she has done and may still do for us. Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May each year.
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22 Beautiful and Meaningful Quotes Especially for Mother’s Day
- “When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” -Charley Benetto
- “Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heart throb.” -Leroy Brownlow
- “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” -William Makepeace Thackeray
- “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
- “Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes
- “She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.” -Proverbs 31:26
- “A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.” —Unknown
- “My Mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.” -Jodi Picoult
- “It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?” -Mahatma Gandi
- “There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas, creation’s most unique and precious pearls. And heaven help us always to remember that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.” -Glen Campbell and Steve Wariner
- “My mother is so full of joy and life. I am her child. And that is better than being the child of anyone else in the world.” -Maya Angelou
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- “I realized why I was born and more than anything all of the things I want to pass onto my child, and the best way of doing that is not by preaching or telling her but showing her by example.” -Beyoncé
- “For when a child is born the mother also is born again.” -Gilbert Parker
- “Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired; it need not be deserved.” -Erich Fromm
- “A child’s first teacher is its mother.” -Peng Liyuan
- “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” -Abraham Lincoln
- “Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.” -Ricki Lake
- “The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” -James E. Faust
- “A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity.” -Agatha Christie
- “Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” -Robert Browning
- “A mother understands what a child does not say.” – Jewish Proverb
- “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” —Princess Diana
From all the little things she does for you like making your favorite foods or a special treat for no reason or cheering you up when you are feeling blue, mothers are special. And, let’s not forget about all the valuable lessons we learn from mom. She has taught us what it means to love, how to be respectful, and to believe in ourselves.
That is why It is so important to let her know how much she is loved. Not only our biological mothers but our adoptive mothers, aunts, grandmothers, godmothers, or any other important motherly figure in our lives. Not just on Mother’s Day, but throughout the year.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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Beautiful post! And those quotes are so touching, thank you for sharing
What a lovely post! With Mother’s Day right around the corner, this gorgeous collection of quotes will be a lot better than the normal stuff I use on my cards this year. My favorite quote from this bunch is “For when a child is born the mother also is born again.” -Gilbert Parker
Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you! I think your mom will be touched by whichever quote you decide to use.
This is perfect, I can incorporate some of these quotes in my personal gift card. My fellow mother friends would love this. Thank you.
Such a nice list! Thank you for the reminder to go shopping. Everything certainly does droop. 🙂
These are awesome quotes and some of them are true facts about mothers. Thank you for sharing!