- “A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dates all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” ‒ Agatha Christie
- “I love my mother as trees loves water and sunshine. She helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights.” ‒ Terry Guillemets
- "I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars." ‒ E. M. Forster
- “Motherhood is difficult and rewarding.” – Gloria Estefan
- "The best place to cry is in a mother's arms." ‒ Jodi Picoult
- “Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” ‒ Oliver Wendell Holmes
- “Motherhood brings you to your knees in a way that doesn't leave room for you to judge others. It makes you see that there's no ideal ‒ a constant struggle, constantly compromising, but ultimate love.” ‒ Maggie Gyllenhaal
- “Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their children.” ‒ Maxim Grosky
- “Men are what their mothers made them.” ‒ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness.” ‒ Jessica Lange
- “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
- “My mother is a walking miracle.” ‒ Leonardo DiCaprio
- “A mother understands what a child does not say.” ‒ Jewish proverb
- “A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go.” ‒ Unknown
- “There is nothing as sincere as a mother’s kiss.” ‒ Saleem Sharma
- “Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” ‒ George Eliot
- “A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.” ‒ Unknown
- “We are born of love; love is our mother.” ‒ Rumi
- “Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.” ‒ Kahil Gibran
- “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” ‒ Princess Diana
- “All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” ‒ Abraham Lincoln
- “A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.” ‒ Amy Tan
- “Mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.” ‒ Emily Dickinson
- “A mother’s love is more beautiful than any fresh flower.” ‒ Debasish Mridha
- “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” ‒ Victor Hugo
- “If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.” ‒ Booker T. Washington
- “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
- “In the mother’s eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child reads the message: ‘You are there!’” ‒ Adrienne Rich
- “If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” ‒ Stevie Wonder
- “Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.” ‒ Unknown
- “Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.” ‒ Harriet Beecher Stowe
- “When you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” ‒ Mitch Albom
- “A mother's love endures through all.” ‒ Washington Irving
- “Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.” ‒ Meryl Streep
- “There is no velvet so soft as a mother’s lap, no rose as lovely as her smile, no path so flowery as that imprinted with her footsteps.” ‒ Archibald Thompson
- “A mother’s love is everything. It is what brings a child into this world. It is what molds their entire being. When a mother sees her child in danger, she is literally capable of anything. Mothers have lifted cars off of their children and destroyed entire dynasties. A mother’s love is the strongest energy known to man.” ‒ Jamie McGuire
- “Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” ‒ Robert Browning
- “The mother’s heart is the child’s school-room.” ‒ Henry Ward Beecher
- “Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” ‒ Marion C. Garretty
- “To a child’s ear, ‘mother’ is magic in any language.” ‒ Arlene Benedict
- “A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive.” ‒ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- “Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” ‒ Lin Yutang
- “Mothers can look through a child’s eyes and see tomorrow.” ‒ Reed Markham
- “Mother—that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.” ‒ T. Dewitt Talmage
- “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
- “Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had.” ‒ Linda Wooten
- “Mothers possess a power beyond that of a king on his throne.” ‒ Mabel Hale
- “No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother’s love.” ‒ Edwin Chapin
Mother’s Day quotes from daughter
There’s no connection like the one between mothers and daughters.
They are our rocks, our constants, and our best friends.
Find the right words from our Mother’s Day quotes for mom from daughters:
- “My mom is definitely my rock.” ‒ Alicia Keys
- “No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom.” – Cardinal Mermillod
- “A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.” ‒ Unknown
- “The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.” ‒ Honore de Balzac
- "I've got her spirit, She's always got my back, When I look at her, I think, I want to be just like that." ‒ Lauren Alaina
- “I smile because I’m your daughter, I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.” – Unknown
- “My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was.” ‒ Lisa Leslie
- “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.” ‒ Maya Angelou
- “Over the years, I learned so much from mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition. She also taught me that aging need not mean narrowing the scope of your activities and interests or a diminution of the great pleasures to be had in the everyday.” ‒ Martha Stewart
- “I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because my mother is a queen.” – Unknown
- “The world needs our mothers.” ‒ Liya Kebede
- “Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.” ‒ Lady Gaga
- “If I didn’t have you as a mom, I’d choose you as a friend.” ‒ Unknown
- “I can only hope to be 10% of the mom mine was to me.” ‒ Charlize Theron
- “One of the most important relationships we’ll have is the relationship we have with our mothers.” ‒ Iyanla Vanzant
- “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
- “Because of you, I’ve never gone a day without knowing I am loved.” ‒ Unknown
Mother’s Day quotes for wife
If your wife is also a mother, then you’ll love these beautiful Mother’s Day quotes.
Quick disclaimer: A lot of these quotes for Mother’s Day reference hetero relationships, but if they don’t work for you, feel free to tweak them with the right pronouns ‒ or write your own!
- “A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” ‒ Irish Proverb
- “I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.” ‒ Lance Conrad
- “Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartthrob.” ‒ Leroy Brownlow
- “The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” ‒ Theodore Hesburgh
- “A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.” ‒ Cardinal Mermillod
- "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
- “To the world, you are a mother, but to your family, you are the world.” ‒ Unknown
- “No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.” ‒ Godfrey Winn
- “I could never love anyone the way I love you, I used to tell my wife. And then the second I looked in that baby’s eyes, in that exact moment, that if we were ever under attack, I would use my wife as a human shield to protect that baby.” – Ryan Reynolds
Happy Mother’s Day quotes for sisters
If you’re lucky enough to have become an aunt or uncle, honoring your sister with these happy Mother’s Day quotes could bring a smile to her face:
- “A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” ‒ Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- “There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood.” ‒ Elder M. Russell Ballard
- “Mom: a title just above queen.” ‒ Unknown
- “There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother.” ‒ Sara Josepha Hale
- “The best thing about having a sister was that I always had a friend.” ‒ Cali Rae Turner
- “Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs since the payment is pure love.” ‒ Mildred B. Vermont
- “The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.” ‒ Elaine Heffner
- “Your sisters are the only people in the world who know what it’s like to have been brought up the way you were.” ‒ Betsy Cohen
- “Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” ‒ Erich Fromm
- “To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or a confident – it is to have a soulmate for life.” ‒ Victoria Secunda
- “A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life.” ‒ Isadora James
- “Having kids ‒ the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings ‒ is the biggest job anyone can embark on.” ‒ Maria Shriver
- “There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.” ‒ Jill Churchill
Mother’s Day quotes for friends
If your best friend has become a mama, you’re practically an aunt or uncle, if not a godparent, so finding the right Mother’s Day quotes for friends shows just how much you love them and their baby:
- “Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.” ‒ Cheryl Lacey Donovan
- “There will be so many times you feel like you failed. But in the eyes, heart, and mind of your child you are super mom.” ‒ Stephanie Precourt
- “There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family.” ‒ Unknown
- “The love and compassion you’ve always carried in your heart makes you a wonderful mother and a beloved friend.” ‒ Unknown
- “Motherhood was the great equalizer for me; I started to identify with everybody.” ‒ Annie Lennox
Mother’s Day quotes for daughter
Mothers and daughters have a connection like no other.
We hope here you can find the right Mother’s Day quotes for your daughter to describe your close relationship:
- “A daughter is someone you laugh with, dream with, and love with all your heart.” – Unknown
- “Mothers and daughters together are a powerful force to be reckoned with.” ‒ Melia Keeton-Digby
- “The most precious jewels you’ll ever have around your neck are the arms your children.” – Cardinal Mermillod
- "Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law." ‒ Hubert H. Humphrey
- “A mother’s treasure is her daughter.” – Catherine Pulsifer
- “A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give.” – Laurel Atherton
- “A daughter is a miracle that never ceases to be miraculous… full of beauty and forever beautiful… loving and caring and truly amazing.” – Deanna Beisser
- “We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters’ lengthening flight.” – Letty Cottin Pogrebin
- “Find it within you to love exactly who you are and to know you’re capable, you’re loved and you’re beautiful. The world is a better place, because of you. You are unique because there is only one of you.” – Shantel VanSanten
- “As they get older, our daughters become more and more like us too.” – Amy Newmark
- “Making the decision to have a child – it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” ‒ Elizabeth Stone
- “From a little girl so very small, how and when did you get so tall?” ‒ Karen Mortensen
- “My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.” – Denise Van Outen
- “For all the things my hands have held, the best by far is you.” – Unknown
- “The more a daughter knows the details of her mother’s life the stronger the daughter.” – Anita Diamant
- “And though she be but little, she is fierce.” – William Shakespeare
- “Words are not enough to express the unconditional love that exists between a mother and a daughter.” – Caitlin Houston
- “Life is tough my darling, but so are you.” – Stephanie Bennet Henry
- “Mother and daughter never truly part, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Unknown
Daughter-in-law Mother’s Day quotes
A daughter-in-law is a beautiful addition to your family ‒ whether you have a daughter already or not.
Here are some sweet daughter-in-law Mother’s Day quotes to show her that she really is part of your family:
- “To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” ‒ Barbara Bush.
- "A daughter-in-law is one who marries your son and becomes your friend." ‒ Unknown
- “Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful.” ‒ Lisa Weed.
- “We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.” ‒ Henry Ward Beecher
- “The memories we make with our family is everything.” ‒ Candace Cameron Bure
Mother’s Day quotes for aunt
There’s no love like the love of an aunt ‒ while they may not be your mother, they still love you as their own child.
Browse our favorite Mother’s Day quotes for aunts to best describe how you feel about her:
- “Only an aunt can give hugs like a mother, can keep secrets like a sister and share love like a friend.” ‒ Unknown
- “I was really lucky that I had an aunt who was very inspiring to me. She was different than anybody in my family on either side.” ‒ Geena Davis
- “An aunt is someone special to remember with warmth, think of with pride, and cherish with love.” ‒ Unknown
- “Aunt: A cherished friend and personal cheerleader who will always see you through rose-colored glasses.” ‒ Unknown
- “Aunt; like a mom only cooler.” ‒ Unknown
- “The best aunts aren’t substitute parents, they’re co-conspirators.” ‒ Daryl Gregory
- “Aunt ― a double blessing. You love like a parent and act like a friend.” ‒ Unknown
- “I smile because you’re my aunt. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.” ‒ Unknown
- “I have always maintained the importance of aunts.” ‒ Jane Austen
- “An aunt makes life a little sweeter.” ‒ Unknown
- “An aunt grows more treasured as time goes by.” ‒ Unknown
- “Aunts are the ones who stand beside Moms when nieces and nephews enter the world.” ‒ Karen Moore
- “An aunt is always there for all the times when you need a second mom.” ‒ Unknown
- “God couldn’t be everywhere so he created aunts.” ‒ Unknown
- “An aunt is a safe haven for a child. Someone who will keep your secrets and is always on your side.” ‒ Sara Sheridan
- “Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” ‒ Barbara Kingsolver
- “Great sisters get promoted to aunt.” ‒ Unknown
- “If I'm not the best aunt in America, then I don't know what's going on.” ‒ Jenny Slate
Grandma Mother’s Day quotes
Grandmas are often the head of the family ‒ a fountain of wisdom, compassion, and strength.
We all owe everything to our grandmothers, their grandmothers before them, and their grandmothers before them, so honor them with these grandma Mother’s Day quotes:
- "Every parent knows that children look at their grandparents as sources of wisdom and security." ‒ David Jeremiah
- “It’s such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother ‒ that’s why the world calls her grandmother.” ‒ Unknown
- “Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a grandmother.” ‒ Unknown
- “As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine life without her.” ‒ Kristin Hannah
- "There are grandmothers out there who would move heaven and earth for their grandchildren." ‒ Janice Elliott-Howard
- “Everything I am, you helped me to be.” ‒ Unknown
- “Grandmothers are the people who take delight in hearing babies breathing into the telephone.” ‒ Unknown
- "Every house needs a grandmother in it." ‒ Louisa May Alcott
- “Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love.” ‒ Unknown
- "Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children." ‒ Alex Haley
- “A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.” ‒ Unknown
- "Grandmothers are voices of the past and role models of the present. Grandmothers open the doors to the future." ‒ Helen Ketchum
- “Grandmothers always have time to talk and make you feel special.” ‒ Catherine Pulsifer
- "Truth be told, being a grandma is as close as we ever get to perfection.” ‒ Bryna Nelson Paston
- "A grandma is warm hugs and sweet memories. She remembers all of your accomplishments and forgets all of your mistakes." ‒ Barbara Cage
- “Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while…but our hearts forever.” ‒ Unknown
- "As I learned from growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother." ‒ Prince William
- “If nothing is going well, call your grandmother.” ‒ Italian Proverb
- “My grandmother is my angel on earth.” ‒ Catherine Pulsifer
- “Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete.” ‒ Marcy DeMaree
- "A grandmother is both a sword and a shield." ‒ Fredrik Backman
- “I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.” ‒ Andre Leon Talley
- "When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window." ‒ Ogden Nash
- “There’s no place like home except Grandma’s.” ‒ Unknown
- "Once you're a mom, you're always a mom. It's like riding a bike, you never forget." ‒ Taraji P. Henson
Mother’s Day quotes for mother-in-law
Just as having a daughter-in-law is an addition to the family, so is a mother-in-law.
While the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is often the stuff of comic routines or Peanut horror stories, many of us are blessed with loving mothers-in-law.
Find the right words with these Mother’s Day quotes for mother-in-law:
- “Lucky are the ones who are blessed with a wonderful mother; I am twice blessed with my mother-in-law.” ‒ Unknown
- “You never meet your mother-in-law on the day that you are well dressed.” ‒ Creole Proverb
- “Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.” ‒ Lou Holtz
- “You are the woman who came into my life unexpectedly, whose presence kissed my soul.” – Marisa Donnelly
- “A mother gives you birth and gives you a life, but a mother-in-law gives you her life.” ‒ Amit Kalantri
- “You have given me a gracious man with whom I share my life. You are his lovely mother, and I his lucky wife.” ‒ Judy Nilson
Mother’s Day quotes for stepmoms
Every family looks different ‒ it’s part of what makes all of us unique.
If you want to show your stepmom how much you appreciate her this Mother’s Day, try one of these poignant Mother’s Day quotes for stepmoms:
- “Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone else to love them.” ‒ Leigh Anne Tuohy
- “However motherhood comes to you, it’s a miracle.” ‒ Valeria Harper
- “A child cannot have too many people who love them and want to help them succeed.” ‒ Unknown
- “Family isn’t defined only by last names or by blood; it’s defined by commitment and by love.” ‒ Dave Willis
- “Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” ‒ Oprah Winfrey
- “Not flesh of my flesh, nor bone of my bone, but still miraculously my own. Never forget for a single minute, you didn’t grow under my heart but in it.” ‒ Fleur Conkling Heyliger
- “A home isn’t always the house we live in. It’s also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.” ‒ T.J. Klune
- “The only ‘steps’ in this house are the stair steps, and the only ‘half’ in this house is the half-and-half creamer.” ‒ Al Hodson
- "Family isn't something that's supposed to be static, or set. It's always evolving, turning into something else." ‒ Sarah Dessen
- “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” ‒ Richard Bach
- “Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.” – Robert A. Heinlein
- “Little souls find their way to you, whether they’re from your womb or someone else’s.” ‒ Sheryl Crow
- “Stepparents are not around to replace biological parent, rather to augment a child’s life experience.” ‒ Azriel Johnson