Mothers Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old mothers quotes, mothers sayings, and mothers proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

When a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do. Erica Jong
A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's. Princess Diana
No one worries about you like your mother. Adriana Trigiani
There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing. Billy Sunday
There is none,in all this cold and hollow world, no found of deep, strong, deathless love, save that within a mother's heart. Felicia Hemans
No one in this world can take the place of your mother. Harry Truman
A mother is she who can take the place of all others. Gaspard Mermillod
When God thought of mother, he must have laughed with satisfaction, and framed it quickly - so rich, so divine, so full of soul, power, and beauty was the conception. Henry Ward Beecher
Mother is the one we count on for the things that matter most of all. Katharine Butler Hathaway
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
A mother's love perceives no impossibilities. Jena Pincott
A mother's joy begins when new life is stirring inside. When a tiny heartbeat is heard for the very first time, and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone. Jena Pincott
Mother is a verb. It's something you do. Not just who you are. Cheryl Lacey Donovan
To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world. Brandi Snyder
Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. T. DeWitt Talmage
There is no velvet so soft as a mother's lap, no rose as lovely as her smile, no path as that imprinted with her footsteps. Archibald Thompson
The mother is everything she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness. Kahlil Gibran
Mothers, I believe, intoxicate us. We idolize them and take them for granted. We hate them and blame them and exalt them more thoroughly than anyone else in our lives. We sift through the evidence of their love, reassure ourselves of their affection and its biological genesis. We can steal and lie and leave and they will love us. Megan Mayhew Bergman
A mother who loves her child unconditionally may draw boundaries, discipline, and indeed punish when she feels it is appropriate. But there is something deeper present, an enduring positive emotion that seems unaffected by transient disapproval. Alyce Faye Cleese
To a child's ear, "mother" is magic in any language. Arlene Benedict
A mother's love endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute, in the face of the world's condemnation, a mother still loves on, and still hopes that her child may turn from his evil ways, and repent; still she remembers the infant smiles that once filled her bosom with rapture, the merry laugh, the joyful shout of his childhood, the opening promise of his youth; and she can never be brought to think him all unworthy. Washington Irving
Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. Pearl S. Buck
A mother's love for her child is 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
Mother's intuition can tell you everything with kids. Mothers have a sixth sense. You're in tune with your child. You can hear them calling for help. Jane Seymour
When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" It's a mere formality. It doesn't matter is you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway. Erma Bombeck
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. David C. Gross
You count the hours you could have spent with your mother, it's a lifetime in itself. Mitch Albom
There's nothing like your mother's sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears. Sophie Kinsella
Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids... but when you look more closely, you realize that they're doing those kids a favor. They're just trying to give them a better life. Jodi Picoult
Mothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth. Margaret Dilloway