150 Sweet Mother's Day Quotes to Make Her Feel Loved in 2024
Last updated: March 11, 2024
What mom quotes can you give your mom to make this her best and most meaningful Mother's Day ever? These wonderful Happy Mother's Day quotes celebrate all of the special things about being a mom, from the sweetness of motherhood to the craziness of day-to-day life. She's always there with her love and support, to heal your scrapes and bruises and to make your best moments even more special.
This inspirational collection is full of warm Mother's Day wishes that your mom is sure to love. Show her how much you care with the perfect Mother's Day wish, from short and sweet quotes to funny and powerful quotes. Not only does a thoughtful quote make the perfect accompaniment to the biggest bunch of flowers, but it will also outlast them to carry the memory on.
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When is Mother's Day 2024?
Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and many other countries. This year it falls on Sunday, May 12, 2024.
In the United Kingdom, "Mothering Sunday" is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent. This year it falls on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
What is the best message for Mother's Day?
Mother's Day is a wonderful opportunity to thank your Mom for all that she has done for you over the years!
In general, it's always nice to thank your Mom for being there for you, acknowledge some of the sacrifices she has made raising you, and wish her all the best for her special day. A special Mother's Day quote can make her smile, laugh, or cry as you let her know how much she means to you.
You can also find our collection of Mother's Day wishes and greeting card messages.
Short & Sweet Mother's Day Quotes
Like to get straight to the point? These short Mother's Day quotes about moms and motherhood easily express the wonder and importance of a mother's role in our lives.
Mothers are like glue. Even when you can't see them, they're still holding the family together.
~ Susan Gale
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.
~ Robert Browning
The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.
~ James Faust
Mothers are like buttons. They hold everything together.
~ Unknown
Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.
~ Kahil Gibran
Life doesn't come with a manual. It comes with a mother.
~ Unknown
Love conquers all things.
~ Virgil
There's a reason some people think they can achieve anything. They listened to their mother.
~ Unknown
An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.
~ Spanish Proverb
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
~ Jewish Proverb
A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
~ Victor Hugo
The most precious jewels you'll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children.
~ Unknown
Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.
~ George Eliot
The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.
~ Elaine Heffner
To a child's ear, "mother" is magic in any language.
~ Arlene Benedict
To the world you are a mother, but to your family you are the world.
~ Unknown
A mother's hug lasts long after she lets go.
~ Unknown
I loved you before I knew you.
~ Unknown
We are born of love; love is our mother.
~Rumi
Funny Mother's Day Quotes
Motherhood requires a sense of humor! These funny Mother's Day quotes and messages capture the chaos of being a mom, along with the laughs and the joy that only children can bring. They work well in a witty text message that will make her giggle, along with an added note to say "thanks for being an awesome mom"!
Why don't kids understand that their nap is not for them but for us?
~ Alyson Hannigan
Ah, babies! They're more than just adorable little creatures on whom you can blame your farts.
~ Tina Fey
When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.
~ Erma Bombeck
I've conquered a lot of things. Blood clots in my lungs - twice. Knee and foot surgeries. Winning grand slams being down match point, to name just a few, but I found out by far the hardest is figuring out a stroller!
~ Serena Williams
I always say if you aren't yelling at your kids, you're not spending enough time with them.
~ Reese Witherspoon
If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way mom told you in the beginning.
~ Unknown
The most expensive part of having kids is all the wine you have to drink.
~ Unknown
Motherhood is basically finding activities for children in three-hour pockets of time for the rest of your life.
~ Mindy Kaling
Sweater, n.: garment worn by a child when its mother is feeling chilly.
~ Ambrose Bierce
If your kids are giving you a headache, follow the directions on the aspirin bottle, especially the part that says "keep away from children".
~ Susan Savannah
I love to play hide and seek with my kid, but some days my goal is to find a hiding place where he can't find me until after high school.
~ Unknown
Children are a great comfort in your old age - and they help you reach it faster, too.
~ Lionel Kauffman
I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.
~ Phyllis Diller
Nothing is really lost until your mom can't find it.
~ Unknown
The phrase "working mother" is redundant.
~ Jane Sellman
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
~ Peter De Vries
It is not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.
~Bea Arthur
Working mothers are guinea pigs in a scientific experiment to show that sleep is not necessary to human life.
~ Unknown
Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children!
~ Sam Levenson
Motherhood: Feeding them as a baby and then through most of their twenties.
~ Unknown
If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?
~ Milton Berle
My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.
~ Buddy Hackett
Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.
~ William Feather
Mothers of teens know why some animals eat their young.
~ Unknown
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
~ P.J. O'Rourke
Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has instilled within each of us a powerful biological instinct to reproduce; this is her way of assuring that the human race, come what may, will never have any disposable income.
~ Dave Barry
The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents.
~ John J. Plomp
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, I am my mother after all!
~ Unknown
Usually, the triumph of my day is, you know, everybody making it to the potty.
~ Julia Roberts
Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
Parenthood is the passing of a baton, followed by a lifelong disagreement as to who dropped it.
~ Robert Brault
It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
~ Roald Dahl
You know you're a mom when you understand why mama bear's porridge was cold.
~ Unknown
For more funny mom quotes to make her laugh, check out our full collection of funny Mother's Day quotes.
Quotes for Moms and Daughters
From Beyonce to Martha, these Mother's Day quotes celebrate the special relationship between moms and their daughters and how that friendship changes and grows. If you're wondering what else to write in your card, you can always follow one of these beautiful mother-daughter quotations with one of your own stories that celebrates your unique relationship.
The older I grow, the more I realize that my mother is the best "best friend" that I ever had.
~ 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 a life without her.
~ Kristin Hannah
We laugh, we cry, we make time fly...
We are best friends, my mom and I.
~ Unknown
She raised us with humor, and she raised us to understand that not everything was going to be great - but how to laugh through it.
~ Liza Minnelli
Teach your daughter to worry less about fitting into the glass slippers and more about shattering the glass ceilings.
~ Unknown
A mother is a daughter's first best friend.
~ Unknown
Over the years, I learned so much from mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition.
~ Martha Stewart
A daughter is just a little girl who grows up to be a friend.
~ Unknown
My mom is a hard worker. She puts her head down and she gets it done. And she finds a way to have fun. She always says, "Happiness is your own responsibility."
~ Jennifer Garner
By the time a woman realizes her mother was right, she has a daughter who thinks she's wrong.
~ Unknown
A daughter is someone you laugh with, dream with, and love with all your heart.
~ Unknown
When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it's a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
~ Erma Bombeck
Lucky is the Woman whose first child is a daughter.
~ Prophet Mohammed
As my mom always said, "You'd rather have smile lines than frown lines."
~ Cindy Crawford
What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?
~Louisa May Alcott
My daughter introduced me to myself.
~Beyonce Knowles
We have more mother-daughter quotes where these came from on our Mother Daughter Quotes page.
Quote for Moms and Sons
Tell your mom how much you love her this Mother's Day with a selection of inspirational and funny Mother's Day quotes from sons! Be sure to reminisce about that very special bond you share with your mom using some hilarious or charming stories and precious memories.
Moms are as relentless as the tides. They don't just drive us to practice, they drive us to greatness.
~ Steve Rushin
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
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
~ Irish Proverb
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
~ Mark Twain
He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark.
~ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
There is an endearing tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart.
~ Washington Irving
My mother told me a million times not to exaggerate.
~ Unknown
Sons are the anchors of a mother's life.
~ Sophocles
A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.
~ W. D. Howells
Men are what their mothers made them.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
~ Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
A mom is a son's first love.
~ Unknown
Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.
~ T. Dewitt Talmage
Mother's Day Quotes for New Moms
Babies don't come with instructions but these Mother's Day quotes will help your partner or friend feel like they've got this. Follow up these messages by taking the kids so mom can take some time to read, relax or even shower!
You’ve never been a mom before, and your baby is new to this world. So be kind to yourself, and be patient. It takes time, but you’ll get the hang of it!
~Hillary Clinton
A new baby is like the beginning of all things — wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.
~ Edna LeShan
People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.
~Leo J. Burke
Sometimes, when you pick up your child, you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your skin in the nape of his neck. This is the most extraordinary thing about motherhood – finding a piece of yourself separate and apart, that all the same, you could not live without.
~Jodi Picoult
You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.
~Bob Marley
Motherhood is the exquisite inconvenience of being another person's everything.
~ Unknown
Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be.
~Carrie Fisher
Birth is the epicenter of women’s power.
~ Ani DiFranco
Still looking for the perfect thing to send to a new mom, check out our full collection of new baby wishes.
Quotes for Mother's Day about Mom's Love
A mother's love is powerful, deep, and awe-inspiring. These famous Mother's Day quotes and sayings capture the essence of the caring, loving relationship between a mother and her child. Use them as part of a card or gift to say, "I love you, Mom"!
Your arms were always open when I needed a hug. Your heart understood when I needed a friend. Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson. Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly.
~ Sarah Malin
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
~ Mother Teresa
Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.
~ Marion C. Garretty
A Mother's heart, a Mother's faith, and a Mother's steadfast love were fashioned by the Angels and sent from God above.
~ Unknown
Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.
~ Lady Gaga
If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been.
~ Robert Brault
No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.
~ Edwin Chapin
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Mother's love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. If it is there, it is like a blessing; if it is not there, it is as if all the beauty had gone out of life.
~ Erich Fromm
When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always thinks twice, once for herself and once for her child.
~ Sophia Loren
I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.
~ Antonio Villaraigosa
There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood.
~ Elder M. Russell Ballard
A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.
~ Princess Diana
There's no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
~ Jill Churchill
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still she will 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
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
I am closest to my mother, as she is my rock, my pillar of strength, and my world. Not only has she stood by me through all times - happy, sad, and otherwise - but there have even been moments when I had completely lost hope, and her immense belief in me had lifted me up.
~ Amruta Khanvilkar
Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
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 Lange
I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
Everything I am, you helped me to be.
~ Unknown
Bible Verses about Mothers
These beautiful Bible verses about mothers are a powerful way to share love and gratitude with your mom. From verses about parenting and family life, to proverbs that provide encouragement and support for moms, you'll find the perfect religious or Christian Mother's Day quote here.
Give them a Bible verse about motherhood and the role of mothers:
Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.
Proverbs 31:26-29
A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.
John 16:21
Highlight how important a mother's role is in raising her family and rearing her children:
When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
Proverbs 6:20-22
Children's children are a crown to the aged,
and parents are the pride of their children.
Proverbs 17:6
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22:6
Include a short prayer to thank God for your mother:
I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy
Philippians 1:3-4
I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 1:4
A mother's love can carry you when you are down. Use one of these short verses to celebrate a mother's deep love:
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8
Love is patient, love is kind. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
And these Bible verses are encouraging Mother's Day quotes you can send to new moms and to moms who are struggling or need comfort in difficult times:
For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
Isaiah 41:13
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31
For more Christian religious messages to grace your Mother's Day cards and gifts, look for our Mother's Day Prayers and Christian Mother's Day poems.
Mother's Day Quotes for Strong Mothers
A strong mom deserves a powerful Mother's Day wish! These "strong mother" quotes acknowledge some of the sacrifices mothers make for their children and highlight just how inspirational mothers truly are. You can use them as Mother's Day messages to thank your mom for raising you well and inspiring you to be strong like her!
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
~Barbara Kingsolver
Here's to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.
~ Unknown
That's the wonderful thing about mothers: you can because you must, and you just do.
~ Kate Winslet
A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
~ Dorothy Canfield Fisher
I am a strong woman because a strong woman raised me.
~Unknown
Successful mothers are not the ones who have never struggled. They are the ones who never give up, despite their struggles.
~ Sharon Jaynes
Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn't know you had, and dealing with fears you didn't know existed.
~ Linda Wooten
I know how to do anything - I'm a mom.
~ Roseanne Barr
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 Bell
I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
~ E. M. Forster
It takes someone really brave to be a mother, someone strong to raise a child, and someone special to love someone more than herself.
~ Unknown
She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That's more important.
~ Diane von Furstenberg
Her damaged petals are what made her more beautiful than all of the other flowers.
~ A. J. Lawless
There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas
Creation's most unique and precious pearls
And heaven help us always to remember
That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
~ "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" by Ted Harris
I think every working mom probably feels the same thing: You go through big chunks of time when you're just thinking, "This is impossible - oh, this is impossible." And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible.
~ Tina Fey
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter thank you think.
~ A. A. Milne
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
Mother's Day Quotes for Grandmother
Don't forget Grandma on Mother's Day! These beautiful Mother's Day quotes for grandmothers reflect on how precious and special the relationship between a grandchild and their Granny truly is.
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
A Grandma is warm hugs and sweet memories. She remembers all of your accomplishments and forgets all of your mistakes.
~ Barbara Cage
There is no place like home - except Grandma's.
~ Unknown
Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete.
~ Marcy DeMaree
Grandmother and grandchild never truly part, maybe in distance but never in heart.
~ Unknown
I look back on my childhood and thank the stars above. For everything you gave me, but mostly for your love.
~ Wayne F. Winters
Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love.
~ Unknown
Being a mother and grandmother is the best of the best in my life. My grandchildren multiply the joy my daughters bring me.
~ Alexandra Stoddard
Grandma, thank you for being my anchor in this stormy sea of life.
~ Unknown
Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.
~Welsh Proverb
How to Use Mother's Day Quotes
Now that you've read through our big collection of Mother's Day quotes, here are a few ideas for how use them as part of a message to your mom or a friend who's a mother. These crafty ideas are just the beginning when it comes to sharing these messages, so use your imagination and give her a great surprise!
- Write the quotation into her Mother's Day card.
- Using a ribbon, attach it to her gift, cake or sweets box, a bottle of wine, or a flower bouquet.
- Tuck it into her purse, use it as a bookmark, or sneak it somewhere else she's likely to find it.
- Inscribe it into the gift of a book or journal.
- Caption a framed photo or paste it onto the back of the frame.
- Add them to a digital photo frame, along with pictures of you and your mom at her best and coolest.
- Post it to social media with a picture of the two of you together.
- Or, if you're scrambling for time, you can always send it to her in a text message.
123 Gorgeous Free Printable Mother's Day Cards
Take a look at our free printable Mother's Day cards in high-quality PDF format that you can print and fold at home to give to your mom! They're really handy when you can't get to the store, and we have a collection of color-in designs, so you can create a beautiful homemade card for your mom!
Mother's Day Coloring Pages
These sweet and fun Mother's Day coloring pages are a fun activity for children to make for their mom. And with high-resolution PDFs to download for free, they're an inexpensive activity for the kids to do and a lovely thing for Mom to put up on her fridge!
More Happy Mother's Day quotes, messages, and poems
I hope that one of the Happy Mother's Day quotes on this page was just right for wishing your mom or your mom-friends a very Happy Mother's Day! If you're looking for more Mother's Day quotes, messages and inspiration, you might like to take a look at these pages:
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Christian Mother's Day Poems
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Mother's Day Messages for Friends
Mother's Day Messages for Your Wife
Mother's Day Prayers
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