Mothers Day QuotesA mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva JordanHundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,But only one mother the wide world over.~George CooperBeing a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love. ~Mildred B. VermontThe sweetest sounds to mortals givenAre heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.~William Goldsmith BrownA suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. ~Peter De VriesIf the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam. ~Lord Langdale (Henry Bickersteth)Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. ~Author UnknownThe moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~RajneeshAll mothers are working mothers. ~Author UnknownWhen 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, Women and BeautyMother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. ~Marion C. Garretty, quoted in A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother's SoulMother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. ~T. DeWitt TalmageA mother is a mother still,The holiest thing alive.~Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. ~Oliver Wendell HolmesGod could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish ProverbA mother understands what a child does not say. ~Author UnknownI remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. ~Abraham LincolnMy mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. ~Graycie HarmonIt would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. ~Phyllis DillerWoman in the home has not yet lost her dignity, in spite of Mother's Day, with its offensive implication that our love needs an annual nudging, like our enthusiasm for the battle of Bunker Hill. ~John ErskineWomen's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that. ~Golda MeirA man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish ProverbBefore I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories. ~John WilmotYou don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back. ~William D. TammeusNow that... my kids are grown, I understand how much work and love it takes to raise and to keep a family together. The example of your strength, devotion, and patience is now rippling through the generations. Thank you! ~Forest HoutenschilBiology is the least of what makes someone a mother. ~Oprah WinfreyMotherhood is pricedOf God, at price no man may dareTo lessen or misunderstand.~Helen Hunt JacksonAre we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreIt kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal DreamsWho fed me from her gentle breastAnd hushed me in her arms to rest,And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?My Mother.~Ann TaylorWho ran to help me when I fell,And would some pretty story tell,Or kiss the place to make it well?My mother.~Ann TaylorOn Mother's Day I have written a poem for you. In the interest of poetic economy and truth, I have succeeded in concentrating my deepest feelings and beliefs into two perfectly crafted lines: You're my mother, I would have no other! ~Forest HoutenschilChildren are a great comfort in your old age - and they help you reach it faster, too. ~Lionel KauffmanMother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. ~William Makepeace ThackerayA mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine 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 IrvingThis heart, my own dear mother, bends,With love's true instinct, back to thee!~Thomas MooreInsanity is hereditary; you get it from your children. ~Sam LevensonThe one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents. ~John J. PlompMost mothers are instinctive philosophers. ~Harriet Beecher StoweBefore a day was over,Home comes the rover,For mother's kiss - sweeter thisThan any other thing!~William AllinghamI don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, M*A*S*H, "Identity Crisis,"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. ~Dinah CraikWhere we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. ~Albert SchweitzerLet us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel ProustIf I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden. ~Attributed to Claudia GhandiA Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. ~Author UnknownSweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. ~Ambrose BierceAll women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. ~Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. ~AristotleA man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done. ~Author UnknownMaking the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth StoneParents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it. ~Haim GinottSing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children. ~Marilyn PenlandEach day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. ~Charles R. Swindoll, The Strong FamilyThere is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese ProverbNever raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. ~Red ButtonsIf nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family. ~Lawrence HousmanSetting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age. ~William Feather, The Business of Life, 1949Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion-picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success. ~Fran Lebowitz, "Parental Guidance," Social Studies, 1981
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