Our 40 Favorite Inspirational Motherhood Quotes

Motherhood is demanding, that’s for sure. There are so many beautiful moments, while there are also plenty of times you just need a kind word of wisdom to keep you going. If you need a quick pick-me-up, or if you know a mama who does, a few good motherhood quotes can be just the inspiration you’re looking for. Alternatively, perhaps you need quotes about motherhood for a mother’s day card or a baby shower speech. If you’re racking your brain thinking, What do you say about motherhood?, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

What are good mom quotes? Read on for our favorites, including special quotes just for single moms and also our favorite motherhood quotes from the Bible.

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Favorite motherhood quotes

1. “Having kids—the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings—is the biggest job anyone can embark on.” – Maria Shriver
2. “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
3. “Motherhood: all love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning
4. “The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.” – Jessica Lange
5. “Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.” – Barbara Walters
6. “The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.” – Elaine Heffner
7. “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
8. “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” – Princess Diana
9. “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” – Victor Hugo
10. “Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” – Marion C. Garretty

11. “Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.” – Kate Winslet
12. “There is nothing as sincere as a mother’s kiss.” – Saleem Sharma
13. “Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” – Erich Fromm
14. “Making a decision to have a child—it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” – Elizabeth Stone
15. “A 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 Jordan
16. “There are so many times you will feel you have failed, but in the eyes, heart and mind of your child, you are supermom.” – Stephanie Precourt
17. “The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.” – Karl Lagerfeld
18. “In a child’s eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.” – N.K. Jemisin
19. “A mother’s love endures through all.” – Washington Irving
20. “The best place to cry is in a mother’s arms.” – Jodi Picoult

21. “Successful mothers are not the ones that have never struggled. They are the ones that never give up, despite the struggles.” – Sharon Jaynes
22. “Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is…and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong.” – Donna Ball
23. “A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.” – Emily Dickinson
24. “Because I feel that, in the Heavens above / The angels, whispering to one another, / Can find, among their burning terms of love / None so devotional as that of ‘Mother.’” – Edgar Allen Poe
25. “[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
26. “Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning
27. “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill
28. “I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” – Mitch Albom
29. “Kids don’t stay with you if you do it right. It’s the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run.” – Barbara Kingsolver

Single motherhood quotes

Being a single mom is no joke. Here are some special quotes on motherhood specifically by and for single mothers.

30. "I have a great career, and I have my daughter. So what I don't have is not as important to me as what I do have." – Padma Lakshmi
31. "The loves of my life are my children and my mother. I don't feel as if I need a man." – Diane Keaton
32. "As a single mom, I’m juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children get in return is a mother who is energized and content." – Edie Falco
33. "Being a single parent is twice the work, twice the stress and twice the tears but also twice the hugs, twice the love and twice the pride." – Unknown
34. "Being a single parent is not a life full of struggles, but a journey for the strong." – Meg Lowrey

Motherhood bible quotes

Are you looking for the perfect quote to express why motherhood is a blessing? Here are some of the most inspiring words about motherhood from the Bible.

35. "She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue." – Proverbs 31:26
36. "Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate." – Proverbs 31:31
37. "And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart." – Luke 2:51
38. "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward." – Psalm 127:3
39. "Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck." – Proverbs 1:8-9
40. "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it." – Proverbs 22:6

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