Great Mothers’ Day Quotes

“God could not be everywhere, and so He made mothers.” — Jewish Proverb

“Heaven is at the feet of mothers.” — Arabic Proverb

“Her children arise up, and call her blessed.” — Bible, Proverbs 31:28

“Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers, and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world.” — Kate Douglas Wiggin

“The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant.” — Jane Sellman

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

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.” — Ambrose Bierce

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

A mother is never cocky or proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child has just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium.” — Mary Kay Blakeley

“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.” — Mark Twain

There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.” — Author Unknown

“The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.” — Henry Ward Beecher

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” — William Ross Wallace

“I really learned it all from mothers.” — Dr. Benjamin Spock

My mother loved children and she would have given anything if I had been one.” — Groucho Marx

“Never say anything on the phone that you wouldn’t want your mother to hear at your trial.” — Sydney Biddle Barrows

“An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.” — Spanish Proverb

“There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.” — Chinese Proverb

“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.” — Oscar Wilde

“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

“No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.” — Florida Scott-Maxell

“It’s easy to pick children whose mothers are good housekeepers; they are usually found in other yards.” — Unknown

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

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” — Robert Browning