Mothers Quotes

"A mother is the truest friend we have."

Washington Irving

"Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness."

Stevie Wonder

"Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly."

Ambrose Bierce

“Men are what their mothers made them.”

“Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.”

“One tear of my mother's effaces ten thousand letters.”

“My mother charges me a high rent for nine months' lodging.”

"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."

"Most mothers are instinctive philosophers."

Kate Douglas Wiggin

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

“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.”

George Washington

“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us.”

Washington Irving

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

Jewish Proverb

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

Honoré de Balzac

“A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things.”

Agatha Christie

“The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother.”

“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”

Calvin Trillin

“Motherhood: all love begins and ends there.”

Robert Browning

“Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all.”

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.”

Spanish Proverb

“I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life.”

“I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing "Maria" from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up.”