MOM - MOTHER - MADRE - MUM - MA - MOMMY
As well as being important to the mothers in your life, Mother’s Day is traditionally a big day for retail and restaurants. Even though things might be different during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is still important to acknowledge mom.
So, here are 40 Mother’s Day quotes might be useful for prompting Mother’s Day writing, such as:
- social media posts
- promotional/sales copy
- fact or fiction about mothers (including those in your life)
- revelations about your feelings for moms that are important to you
PS I identify most with number 11
from Mark Twain.
Pro Tip: So
how do I write it? Mothers Day? Mothers’ Day? Mother’s Day. You’ll find folks
who will defend each of these, but Anna Jarvis, the original campaigner for
creating Mother's day, wanted it to be “singular possessive” so each family
would be honoring their mother: Mother’s Day.
“Mothers can look through
a child’s eyes and see tomorrow.” – Reed Markham
“Mother—that was the
bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.” – T. Dewitt Talmage
“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
“There will be so many
times you feel like you failed. But in the eyes, heart, and mind of your child
you are super mom.” – Stephanie Precourt
"A mother's love
for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it
dates all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its
path." – Agatha Christie
“Being a mother is
learning about strengths you didn’t know you had.” – Linda Wooten
“Being a mom has made me
so tired. And so happy.” – Tina Fey
“There’s no way to be a perfect
mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill
“My mother has always
been my emotional barometer and my guidance. I was lucky enough to get to have
one woman who truly helped me through everything.” – Emma Stone
“A baby will make love
stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes
shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.” – Anonymous
"My mother had a
great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." – Mark
Twain
“Mothers are like glue.
Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” –
Susan Gale
“A mom forgives us all
our faults, not to mention one or two we don’t even have.” – Robert Brault
“Biology is the least of
what makes someone a mother.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Sometimes the strength
of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver
"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 Minelli
“Motherhood is the
exquisite inconvenience of being another person’s everything.” – Unknown
“Acceptance, tolerance,
bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.” – Lady Gaga
“My mother was my role
model before I even knew what that word was.” – Lisa Leslie
“Nothing is really lost
until your mom can’t find it.” – Unknown
“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
“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
"Most mothers are
instinctive philosophers." – Harriet Beecher Stowe
“The phrase ’working
mother’ is redundant.” – Jane Sellman
“Mother is a verb. It’s
something you do. Not just who you are.” – Cheryl Lacey Donovan
“I want my children to
have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then, I want to move in with them.” –
Phyllis Diller
“Birth takes a woman’s
deepest fears about herself and show her that she is stronger than them.” –
Unknown
“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
“A mother continues to
labor long after the baby is born.” – Lisa Jo Baker
“Motherhood is the
biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary
– it’s an act of infinite optimism.” – Gilda Radner
“A mother’s hug lasts
long after she lets go.” – Unknown
“There is no influence
so powerful as that of the mother.” – Sara Josepha Hale
“A mother is not a
person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” —Dorothy Canfield
Fisher
“A mother’s arms are
more comforting than anyone else’s.” – Princess Diana
“Being a full-time
mother is one of the highest salaried jobs since the payment is pure love.” –
Mildred B. Vermont
“If evolution really
works, how come mothers have only two hands?” – Milton Berle
“Mom, I love you, even
though I’ll never accept your friend request.” – Unknown
“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
“Making the decision to
have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go
walking around outside your body.” – Elizabeth Stone
“I like to think of
motherhood as a great big adventure. You set off on a journey, you don’t really
know how to navigate things, and you don’t exactly know where you’re going or
how you’re going to get there.” – Cynthia Rowley
