34 private quotes tagged mothers-day

“Children are the anchors of a mother's life.”— Sophocles

“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.”— Maya Angelou

“If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.”— Ferrell Sims

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

“Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.”— Erich Fromm

“Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.”— George Eliot

“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

“A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.”— Princess Diana

“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.”— Rudyard Kipling

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”— Abraham Lincoln

“The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.”— Henry Ward Beecher

“I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”— Abraham Lincoln

“I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.”— Maya Angelou

Source:Mom & Me & Mom

“Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?”— Donald E. Westlake

“Being a mother is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me in my life.”— Cindy Margolis

“A mother who is really a mother is never free.”— Honore de Balzac

“The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.”— Meryl Streep

“A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.”— Amy Tan

Source:The Bonesetter's Daughter

“You are a doctor, a teacher, a nurse, a maid, a cook, a referee, a heroine, a provider, a defender, a protector, a true Superwoman. Wear your cap proudly.”— Mandy Hale

Source:The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

“I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.”— E. M. Forster

“There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.”— Billy Sunday

“Clarity and focus doesn't always come from God or inspirational quotes. Usually, it takes your mother to slap the reality back into you.”— Shannon L Alder

“A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.”— Honore de Balzac

“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”— William Makepeace Thackeray

“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”— Theodore Hesburgh