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201 Mother’s Day Quotes That Show Her Significance

Every year, on the second Sunday in May, we observe Mother’s Day to celebrate and honor the mother figures in our lives.

Being a mother is a full-time job and is one where she plays countless roles in our lives. She is our counselor, nurse, doctor, teacher, chef, housekeeper, executive assistant, lawyer, director, stylist, personal alarm clock, project manager, and referee. When we are down, no one comforts us quite like Mom. Mothers support us through thick and thin and love us unconditionally. They are the heart of the family and the glue that keeps everyone together and often put others before themselves. Our mothers are our best friends and are always there when we need them.

Although we should praise our moms every day, Mother’s Day is the perfect time to show our mothers how much we love them.

Sometimes words can’t express how grateful we are for all that our moms have done for us. In honor of Mother’s Day, here are some quotes to let your mother know how much she means to you. In addition to a Mother’s Day brunch and a gift, you can write one of these quotes on a card or some beautiful stationery and hand it to her.

Whether you want to show appreciation to your mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, stepmother, a friend, or another mother figure, there is something for everyone on this list. {toc}

Inspirational Mother’s Day Quotes (1-11)

  1. “God couldn’t be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.”-Rudyard Kipling
  2. “Behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begins.” -Mitch Albom
  3. “It doesn’t matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.”- Kate Winslet
  4. “Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.”-Oliver Wendell Holmes
  5. “Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.”- George Elliot
  6. “A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.”-Amy TanPinterest Image-Mother's Day Quote #7: “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children“- William Makepeace Thackeray
  7. “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children- ”William Makepeace Thackeray
  8. “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
  9. “Sometimes the poorest woman leaves her children the richest inheritance.”- Ruth E. Renkel
  10. “A mother is a woman who shows you the light when you just see the dark.”- Grimaldos Robin
  11. “Moms are life’s number one cheerleaders without uniforms.” Richelle E. Goodrich

Mother’s Day Quotes About Mom’s Advice (12-14)

12. “Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.”-Harriet Beecher Stowe Pinterest Image-Mother's Day Quote #13: “If at first you don’t succeed, try doing it the way mom told you to in the beginning.”-Unknown

13. “If at first you don’t succeed, try doing it the way mom told you to in the beginning.”-Unknown

14. “When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ It is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.”-Erma Bombeck

Mother’s Day Quotes About Mom’s Influence (15-20)

15. “The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.”-James E. Faust

16. “Sooner or later, we all quote our mothers.”- UnknownPinterest Graphic-Mother's Day Quotes-Quote #17: “If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.”-Booker T. Washington

17. “If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.”-Booker T. Washington

18. “Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations, as all other causes combined.”-John Abbott

19. “Just as a CEO steers the company they lead, the will of the mother can quickly steer a family around trouble, or smack dab into it.” – Linda Kastiel Kozlowski

20. “Mothers possess a power beyond that of a king on his throne.”- Mabel Hale

Quotes About Mothers As Our Greatest Teachers (21-29)

21. “Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.”-Stevie Wonder

22. “A child’s first teacher is its mother.”-Peng LiyuanPinterest Image-Mother's Day Quotes #23: “Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.”- Lady Gaga

23. “Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.”- Lady Gaga

24. “Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.”-Unknown

25. “A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.”-Dorothy Canfield Fisher

26. “One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.”- George HerbertPinterest Image-Mother's Day Quote #27: “My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.”- Carly Fiorina

27. “My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.”- Carly Fiorina

28. “The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.”- Elaine Heffner

29. “For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.”- Hannah Whitall Smith

Quotes About Mothers Being Irreplaceable (30-32)

30. “Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heart throb.”-Leroy Brownlow Pinterest Image- Mother's Day Quotes- Quote #31 “A mother is she who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take.”-Cardinal Mermillod

31. “A mother is she who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take.”-Cardinal Mermillod 

32. “No one could ever replace you. Your smile, your hug, your encouraging words. I appreciate all you have been to me. You are the best.”- Unknown

Quotes About A Mother’s Unconditional Love (33-45)

33. “We are born of love; Love is our mother.”-Rumi

 34. “Mother’s love is bliss, is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” Erich Fromm Pinterest Image-Mother's Day Quotes-Quote #35:“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.”- Agatha Christie

35. “A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.”- Agatha Christie

36. “A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible”-Marion C. Garretty

37. “A mother’s love endures through all.”- Washington Irving

38. “I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”-Mitch Albom

39. “Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.”- James JoyceMother's day quotes. Pinterest graphic of Quote #40: “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark...to have been loved so deeply...will give us some protection forever.”- J.K. Rowling

40. “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark…to have been loved so deeply…will give us some protection forever.”- J.K. Rowling

41. “No one in your life will ever love you as your mother does. There is no love as pure, unconditional, and strong as a mother’s love. And I will never be loved that way again.”- Hope Edelman

42. “A mother’s love is like an everlasting bed of roses, that continues to blossom. A mother’s love bears strength, comfort, healing, and warmth. Her beauty is compared to a sunny day that shines upon each rose petal and inspires hope.”- Ellen J. BarrierPinterest graphic of Quote #43: “A mother’s love liberates.”- Maya Angelou

43. “A mother’s love liberates.”- Maya Angelou

44. “Mothers are endowed with a love that  is unlike any other love on the face of the earth.”- Marjorie P. Hinkey

45. “ Of all the gifts that life has to offer, a loving mother is the greatest of them all.”- Unknown

Quotes About A Mother’s Comfort (46-51)

46. “The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” Jodi Picoult

47. “Who ran to help me when I fell, and would some pretty story tell, or kiss the place to make it well? My mother.”- Ann TaylorPinterest Graphic- Mother's Day Quotes- Quote #48 “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.”- Princess Diana

48. “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.”- Princess Diana

49. “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.”- Victor Hugo

50. “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

51. “A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.”-Emily Dickinson

Quotes About Mom’s Compassion (52-54)

52. “It’s  not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.”- Emma Bombeck

53. “After all the definitions and expression of  thoughts on Mother, I still feel that ‘who is mother’ is a question that cannot be answered satisfactorily by words and one has to experience the love, nurturing, compassion and empathy of a mother  at a personal level to know what is mother.”- Sanjay KaliMother's Day Quotes -Pinterest Graphic- Quote #54 “Compassion is like mother giving love to her children. Mother’s ways are higher than others, even when everyone rejects, mother accepts with her arms open and wide.”-Amit Ray

54. “Compassion is like mother giving love to her children. Mother’s ways are higher than others, even when everyone rejects, mother accepts with her arms open and wide.”-Amit Ray

Quotes About Mom’s Faith (55-57)

55. “l remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”- Abraham Lincoln

56. “There are times when a mother’s faith 

          Can help us on life’s way

          And inspire in us the confidence 

           We need from day to day. 

           For a Mother’s heart and a Mother’s faith 

           And a Mother’s steadfast love

           Were fashioned by the Angels 

           And sent from God above.”- Unknown

57. “There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.”- Boyd K. Packer

Quotes About A Mother’s Forgiveness (58-61)

58. “The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”- Honoré De Balzac

59. “ A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don’t even have.”- Robert Brault Mother's Day Quotes-Pinterest Graphic-Quote #60:“A mother’s love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking,it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking.”- Helen Rice

60. “A mother’s love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking.”- Helen Rice

61. “Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.”- Louisa May Alcott

Quotes About Mom Always Being There (62-68)

62. “A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go.”- Unknown

63. “My mother was one constant in my life. When I think about my mom raising me alone when she was 20, and working and paying the bills, and, you know, trying to pursue your own dreams, I think is a feat that is unmatched.”- Barack ObamaMother's Day Quotes -Pinterest Graphic- Quote #64:“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a while, but their hearts forever.”- Unknown

64. “Mothers hold their children’s hands for a while, but their hearts forever.”- Unknown

65. “It’s as if in the mother’s eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child reads the message: You are there!”- Adrienne RichPinterest graphic of Quote #66: “A mother is the one who is still there when everyone else has deserted you.”- Unknown

66. “A mother is the one who is still there when everyone else has deserted you.”- Unknown

67. “Mother- that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.”- T. Dewitt Talmage

68. “Mother is the one we count on for the things that matter most of all.” – Katherine Butler Hathaway

Quotes About The Joys and Challenges of Motherhood (69-83)

69. “Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.”-Robert Browning

70. “Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara KingsolverPinterest graphic of Quote #71: “There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.”-Jill Churchill

71. “There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.”-Jill Churchill

72. “For when a child is born, the mother also is born again.”-Gilbert Parker

73. “Motherhood is… difficult and… rewarding.”-Gloria Estefan

74. “Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing”-Ricki LakePinterest graphic of Quote #75: “Successful mothers are not the ones that have never struggled. They are the ones that never give up, despite the struggles.” -Sharon Jaynes

75. “Successful mothers are not the ones that have never struggled. They are the ones that never give up, despite the struggles.” -Sharon Jaynes

76. “Motherhood is the biggest possible gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary-it’s an act of infinite optimism.”-Gilda Radner

77. “What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?” -Rose Kennedy

78. “I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood”- Lance Conrad

79. “Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.”- Meryl StreepPinterest graphic Quote #80: “Mothers don’t sleep. They just worry with their eyes closed.”- Unknown

80. “Mothers don’t sleep. They just worry with their eyes closed.”- Unknown

81. “Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown. In my heart, it don’t mean a thing.”- Toni Morrison

82. “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.”- W.R. Wallace

83. “Being a mother is the most challenging and the most rewarding position I will ever hold.”Cathy Schaffer

Quotes About Mom Being The Anchor of The Family (84-88)

84. “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

85. “My mom is definitely my rock.” Alicia Keys

86. “Mothers are like buttons. They hold everything together.” -UnknownPinterest graphic Quote #87 “Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.”- Susan Gale

87. “Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.”- Susan Gale

88. “Mothers are the place that we call home. On them we rest our heads and close our eyes. There’s no one else who grants the same soft peace, happiness, contentment, sweet release, erasing nighttime tears with lullabies, restoring the bright sun that makes us bloom.”- Nick Gordon

Quotes About Mother’s Selflessness (89-93)

89. “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

90. “Mothers give up so much, so that their children can have so much.” Catherine Pulsifer

91. “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 LangeMother's Day Quotes. Pinterest Graphic. Quote #92:“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

92. “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

93. “Motherhood is a choice you make everyday, 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

Quotes About a Mother’s Resilience (94-96)Pinterest graphic of Quote #94:“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had… and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.”- Linda Wooten

94. “Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had… and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.”- Linda Wooten

95. “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

96. “A mother is clothed with strength and dignity, laughs without fear of the future. When she speaks her words are wise and she gives instructions with kindness.” Proverbs 31:25-26

Quotes About Mom’s Hard Work (97-102)

97. “The phrase “working mother’ is redundant”- Jane SellmanPinterest graphic of Quote #98: “Mothers never retire, no matter how old her children are she is always a Mom, always willing to encourage and help her children in any way she can!”- Catherine Pulsifer

98. “Mothers never retire, no matter how old her children are she is always a Mom, always willing to encourage and help her children in any way she can!”- Catherine Pulsifer

99.It’s not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it”-  Dorothy Zbornac from The Golden Girls

100. “Having kids-the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings-is the biggest job anyone can embark on.”- Maria Shriver

101. “All mothers are working mothers”- Unknown

102. “Many of us who are mothers already know that being a mother is the toughest job there is. In a single day, you can travel from the depths of frustration to the pinnacle of elation!” -June Cotner

Quotes About Mothers as Role Models (103-109)

103. “I am a strong woman because a strong woman raised me”-Unknown

104. “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother”-Abraham LincolnPinterest graphic of Quote #105: “My mother was my role model before I even knew what the word was.”-Lisa Leslie

105. “My mother was my role model before I even knew what the word was.”-Lisa Leslie

106. “My mother has always been my emotional barometer and my guidance. I was lucky enough to have one woman who truly helped me through everything- Emma Stone

107. “I would say that my mother is the single biggest role model of my life, but that term doesn’t seem to encompass enough when I use it about her. She was the love of my life.”- Mindy Kaling

108. “My mother never gave me any idea that I couldn’t do whatever I wanted to do, or be whomever I wanted to be… I don’t know if she ever realized that the person I most wanted to be was her.”- The Gilmore Girls

109. “A mother’s example sketches the outline of her child’s character.”- Tim Howard

Quotes About Mom Being Our Best Friends (110-113)

110. “A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.”- Unknown

111. “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends 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 Irving

112. “A friend for life is what you are Mom. Words cannot convey how much our friendship means to me.”- UnknownPinterest graphic of Quote #113: “There is no friendship, no love, like that of a mother for her child.”- Henry Ward Beecher

113. “There is no friendship, no love, like that of a mother for her child.”- Henry Ward Beecher

Bond Between Mother and Child (114-118)

114. “One of the most important relationships we’ll have is the relationship we have with our mothers.”-Iyanla Vanzant

115. “The bond between a mother and her child is one of the strongest between human relationships.”- Families, The Quotable MomPinterest graphic of Quote #116: “A mother understands what a child does not say.”- Jewish Proverb

116. “A mother understands what a child does not say.”- Jewish Proverb

117. “There is nothing as powerful as a mother’s love, and nothing as healing as a child’s soul.”- Unknown

118. “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

Quotes About The Mother-Daughter Dynamic (119-133)

119-“A mother’s love and  daughter’s love is never separated.”- Viola Shipman

120. “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 a life without her.“ Kristin Hannah

121.“ Words are not enough to express the unconditional love that exists between a mother and a daughter.”-Caitlin HoustonPinterest graphic of Quote 122: “No mother and daughter ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them.”- Christie Wilson

122. “No mother and daughter ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them.”- Christie Wilson

123. “Mother and Daughter: 

          It’s a special bond that spans the years.

         Through laughter, worry, smiles and tears,

          A sense of trust that can’t be broken, 

         A depth of love sometimes unspoken. 

         A lifelong friendship built on sharing, 

        Hugs, kisses, warmth, and caring,

       Mother and daughter their hearts as one

       -A  link that can never be undone”- Unknown

124. “Mothers and daughters are the closest when daughters become mothers.”-Unknown

125. “Mother-daughter disagreements were, in hindsight, basically mother stating the truth and daughter taking her own sweet time coming around.” -Barabara DelinksyPinterest graphic of Quote #126: “Every day I become a little bit more like my mother and I couldn’t be prouder.”- Unknown

126. “Every day I become a little bit more like my mother and I couldn’t be prouder.”- Unknown

127. “A mother teachers her daughter how to feel about herself, about handling pressure, about relishing life’s joys and conquering fears.” Melissa Harrison

128. “A mother is the only person in the world, who can turn daughter’s worries and fears into happiness.”-UnknownPinterest graphic of Quote #129: “No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom.”- Cardinal Mermillod 

129. “No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom.”- Cardinal Mermillod

130. “Mother and daughter got on very well indeed, with a deep affection founded on almost complete misunderstanding”- Mary Stewart

131. “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” Maya Angelou

132. “The more a daughter knows the details of her mother’s life, the stronger the daughter.”-Anita Diamant

133. “Of course mothers and daughters with strong personalities might see the world from very different points of view.”- Katherine Howe

Quotes About The Relationship Between a Mother and Her Son (134-148)

134.“A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” Irish Proverb

135.“Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.”- Louisa May Alcott

136. “To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to care for the earth, raise them to be kind, compassionate and honest. If you are doing these things you are raising a leader–someone that will affect the lives of countless people with their morality. Their future wife and children will thank you, but most of all Heavenly Father…. For anyone can raise a son, but only a faithful Daughter of God can raise a warrior.”- Shannon L. Adler.

137. “Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.”- Thiruvalluvar“A mother’s love doesn't make her son more dependent and timid; it actually makes him stronger and more independent.”- Cheri Fuller

138. “A mother’s love doesn’t make her son more dependent and timid; it actually makes him stronger and more independent.”- Cheri Fuller

139. “And there’s no way I can pay you back. “But my plan is to show you that I understand. You are appreciated.” – Tupac Shukur

140. “ There has never been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between the mother and a son.”- Unknown

141. “Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life.”- SophoclesPinterest graphic of Quote #142: “That strong mother doesn't tell her cub, ‘Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you.’ She says, ‘Toughen up, this is the reality we are living in.’”- Lauryn Hill

142. “That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub, ‘Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you.’ She says, ‘Toughen up, this is the reality we are living in.’”- Lauryn Hill

143. “There is an endearing tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart.”- Washington Irving

144. “Men are what their mothers made them.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

145. “Sons worship their mothers, seeing them as flawless, almighty beings who spread love and who are able to do anything. That is why the most important lesson that a mother can teach her son is to respect,  love, and understand women.”- Unknown

146. “A boy’s best friend is his mother.”- Joseph Stefano

147. “ Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always- A.E. CoppardPinterest graphic of Quote #148: “Mother is her son’s first god; she must teach him the most important lesson of all- how to love.” - T.F. Hodge

148. “Mother is her son’s first god; she must teach him the most important lesson of all- how to love.” – T.F. Hodge

Mother’s Day Quotes For Grandmothers (149-159)

149. “Grandmothers always have time to talk and make you feel special.”- Catherine Pulsifer.Pinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote #150: “It's such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother. That’s why the world calls her grandmother.”- Unknown

150. “It’s such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother. That’s why the world calls her grandmother.”- Unknown

151. “I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.” Andre Leon Talley

152. “ Parent-child relationships are complex. Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmothers are short on criticism and long on love.”- Janet Lanese

153. “Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete.”- Marcy De MareePinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote #154:“A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.” - Rachel Appleton

154. “A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.” – Rachel Appleton

155. “If nothing is going well, call your grandmother.” – Italian Proverb

156. “Grandmothers are the people who take delight in hearing babies breathing into the telephone.”- UnknownPinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote #157: “It is one of nature's ways that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.” - Igor Stravinsky

157. “It is one of nature’s ways that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.” – Igor Stravinsky

158. “A grandmother is a mother who has a second chance.”- Unknown

159. “My grandmother is my angel on earth.”- Catherine Pulsifer

Mother’s Day Quotes For Aunts (160-171)

Pinterest graphic of Mothers Day Quote #160: “An aunt is a safe haven for a child. Someone who will keep your secrets and is always on your side.”- Sara Sheridan160. “An aunt is a safe haven for a child. Someone who will keep your secrets and is always on your side.”- Sara Sheridan

161. “Only an aunt can give hugs like a mother, can keep secrets like a sister and share love like a friend.” – Unknown

162. “The best aunts aren’t substitute parents, they’re co-conspirators.” – Daryl Gregory

163. “An aunt is always there for all the times when you need a second mom.”- UnknownPinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote #164: “Aunt - a double blessing. You love like a parent and act like a friend.”- Unknown

164. “Aunt – a double blessing. You love like a parent and act like a friend.”- Unknown

165. “Aunt; like a mom only cooler.”- Unknown

166. “An aunt is someone special to remember with warmth, think of with pride, and cherish with love.”- Unknown

167. “An aunt is very special. She’s considerate and kind. She’s thoughtful of others and loved a lot each day throughout the year.”- Unknown

168. “An aunt grows more treasured as time goes by.”- Unknown

169. “I smile because you are my aunt. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.” – UnknownPinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote #170:“Aunt: A cherished friend and personal cheerleader who will always see you through rose- colored glasses.”- Unknown

170. “Aunt: A cherished friend and personal cheerleader who will always see you through rose-colored glasses.”- Unknown

171. “An aunt makes life a little sweeter.”-Unknown

Quotes For Mother Figures (172-180)

172. “Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.”-Robert A. HeinleinPinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote # 173: “Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.”- Oprah Winfrey

173. “Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.”- Oprah Winfrey

174. “You are the woman who came into my life unexpectedly, whose presence kissed my soul.”-Marisa Donnelly

175. “Thank you for caring. You didn’t have to, but I am sure glad that you do.”- Kasey Chatburn

176. “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”- Albert SchweitzerPinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote #177:“Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.”- Cheryl Lacey Donovan

177. “Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.”- Cheryl Lacey Donovan

178. “It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in life that matters.”-UnknownPinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote #179:“You did not give me the gift of life. Life gave me the gift of you.”- Unknown

179. “You did not give me the gift of life. Life gave me the gift of you.”- Unknown

180. “Usually it is our biological mother or permanent mother substitute who profoundly influences our perceptions about ourselves, our lives , and our significant relationships.”- Brenda Hunter

Mother’s Day Quotes To Wife/Partner (181-192)

181. “Happy Mother’s Day. Thank you for loving our family so well, for your patience all these years, for your steady hope and quiet strength .”- UnknownPinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote #182: “The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” - John Wooden

182. “The best thing father can do for his children is to love their mother.” – John Wooden

183. “You really are an amazing wife and mother. I’m so grateful to be sharing life and parenthood with someone as fun and as creative as you.” – Unknown

184. “God has given me a woman that has proven to be a beautiful mother, a wonderful wife and an amazing friend. I’m thankful to God for you being such a blessing in my life.”- Unknown

185. “You mean more to our family than you know. You are wonderful, perfect, and I love you with all my heart. Happy Mother’s Day to my wife!”- UnknownPinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote #186: “Nothing is respectfully amazing than a man who finds no shame to tell the world how grateful he is for all the love and sacrifices his woman made.”- Himmilicious

186. “Nothing is respectfully amazing than a man who finds no shame to tell the world how grateful he is for all the love and sacrifices his woman made.”- Himmilicious

187. “When you become a mother, your love is multiplied greatly. I am very lucky to have you as a wife and as a mother of our children. We wish you a delightful Mother’s Day with many congratulations and blessings.”- Unknown

188. “It is a privilege to have you by my side because as a wife you always offer me your love and understanding and as a mother you care and educate our children in the most loving way. Congratulations on your day.”- Unknown

189. “Happy Mother’s Day to a woman who truly does it all! I love you so much! Thank you for everything you do for us!”- UnknownMother's Day Quotes. Pinterest graphic of Mother's day Quote #190:“Whenever I fail as a father or husband….a toy and a diamond always works. - Shah Rukh Khan

190. “Whenever I fail as a father or husband….a toy and a  diamond always works. – Shah Rukh Khan

191. “The only thing better than having you as my Wife is our children having you as their Mom. Happy Mother’s Day love.”- Unknown

192. “If I was to make the choice again, I would still choose you to be the mother of our children. I thank God for you always. I love you. Happy Mother’s Day!”- Unknown

Lighthearted Mother’s Day Quotes (193-201)

193. “I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.”-Phyllis Diller

194. “Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.”-Tina FeyPinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote # 195: “If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?”-Milton Berle

195. “If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?”-Milton Berle

196. “Being a mom means you need eyes like a hawk, to be fast like a cheetah, have ears and nose like a dog. Most of all, be protective like a bear.”- Unknown

197. “I always say if you aren’t yelling at your kids, you’re not spending enough time with them.” -Reese WitherspoonPinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote #198: “Silence is golden. Unless you have kids, then silence is just plain suspicious.”-Unknown

198. “Silence is golden.  Unless you have kids, then silence is just plain suspicious.”-Unknown

199. “Nothing is really lost until your mom can’t find it.”- Unknown

200. “Everyone wants to save the Earth; no one wants to help mom do the dishes.”- P.J. O’Rourke

201. “There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pinterest graphic of Mother's Day Quote #200:“Everyone wants to save the Earth; no one wants to help mom do the dishes.”- P.J. O’Rourke

There you have it,  quotes you can use to honor the mother figures in your life. To those who are moms, Happy Mother’s Day! 

Which ones are your favorite quotes? I would love to hear about them in the comments!

Until next time!

Thank you for reading.

Yours truly,

Tracy

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