Your mom is so more than a mom. She is your best friend, your rock, and the one who would never leave you behind. Keep your mom close and look for ways to honour her on this Mother’s day! Here are some of the best mother’s day quotes that will help you celebrate her, honour her and express your love for her.

Happy Mother’s Day Quotes

1. “If at first, you don’t succeed, try doing it the way mom told you to in the beginning.” — Unknown
2. “When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” — Charley Benetto
3. “We are born of love; Love is our mother.” — Rumi
4. “My Mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her. ” — Jodi Picoult
5. “The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” — Jodi Picoult
6. “When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.” — Mitch Albom
7. “Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” — Susan Gale 
8. “It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?” — Mahatma Gandhi
9. “The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” — James E. Faust
10. “Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” — George Eliot
11. “A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.” —Unknown
12. “When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” —Charley Benetto
13. “Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartthrob.” —Leroy Brownlow
14. “Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” —Susan Gale
15. “My Mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her. ” —Jodi Picoult
16. “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” —William Makepeace Thackeray
17. “The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” —James E. Faust
18. “It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?” —Mahatma Gandhi
19.  “There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood.” —Elder M. Russell Ballard
20. “Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes
21. “Motherhood is the exquisite inconvenience of being another person’s everything.” —Unknown
22. “Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their children.” —Maxim Grosky
23. “My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was.” —Lisa Leslie
24. “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.” —Maya Angelou
25. “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
26. “My mother is a walking miracle.” —Leonardo DiCaprio
27. “A mother understands what a child does not say.” —Jewish proverb
28. “The world needs our mothers.” —Liya Kebede
29. “A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go.” —Unknown
30. “There is nothing as sincere as a mother’s kiss.” —Saleem Sharma
31. “Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” —George Eliot
32. “A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.” —Unknown
33. “We are born of love; love is our mother.” —Rumi
34. “Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.” —Kahil Gibran
35. “There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother.” —Sara Josepha Hale
36. “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” —Princess Diana
37. “All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” —Abraham Lincoln
38. “A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.” —Amy Tan
39. “Mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.” —Emily Dickinson
40. “A mother’s love is more beautiful than any fresh flower.” —Debasish Mridha
41. “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”
42. “I love you mom, and am glad that God blessed me with such a caring mother. You went above and beyond the call of duty many times.”
43. “Mom, you must have been hand-picked to be the right mom for me. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for you.”

Heart touching Mother’s Day Quotes

44. “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.”
45. “Mom you are one of a kind, and I am glad I get to have you as my mom. I have learned much and felt loved by you.”
46. “You have been the most supportive and generous person I have ever known. Thanks for having a huge heart and loving me.”
47. “A mother’s heart is a patchwork of love.”
48. “Mom, you have all the qualities that make a great mother, and your hard work makes you an even greater mom.”
49. “A mom’s hug lasts long after she lets go.”
50. “Who fed me from her gentle breast, and hushed me in her arms to rest, and on my cheek sweet kisses pressed? My Mother.”
51. I’m so lucky to have you as my mother. I’m sure no one else would have put up with me this long. Happy Mother’s Day!
52. You are valuable, because you are a one-of a kind, stupendous, amazing mom. Happy Mother’s Day.
53. Don’t poets know it better than others? God can’t be always everywhere, and, so, invented Mothers.
54. The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
55. A mother is she who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take.
56. A mother’s love is patient and forgiving, when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking.
57. M is for the moments spent together, O is for the optimism you have, T is for your tenderness, H is for the happiness you bring, E is for your everlasting love, R is for the respect I have for you.
58. Mother, to one who bears the sweetest name, and adds luster to the same. Long life to you, for there is no other, who can take your place, my dear mother.
59. Dear mom, thank you for always being there for me. I should tell you how much I love you every single day, but I don’t. So here it is – I Love You Mom. Happy Mother’s Day.
60. You have always been a giver, a heart so kind and true, so it isn’t any wonder, why your family truly loves you.
61. I hope your day is perfect, I ask god to watch over you, keep you well and safe from harm, in everything you do. I love you ma.
62. The only better thing than having you for my mom is my children having you for their grandma.
63. When a little girl was asked where her home is, she replied, “Where my mother is.” Mother, you are my home. Happy Mother’s Day.
64. Mom is such a special word, the loveliest I’ve ever heard. A toast to you, above all the rest, mom you’re so special, you are simply the best. Happy Mother’s Day.
65. Mom, we may sometimes argue, we may have some faults, but I want you to know that, those won’t change my love for you. You will always be the best mom for me. I love you mom.
66. Not always eye to eye, but always heart to heart. Mother, I love you.
67. Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fail. But a mother’s secret love outlives them all.
68. If there was a day for everything you have given to me as a mother, it would be a Mother’s Day every day.
69. The warmth and kindness of your heart makes you more beautiful year after year. Wishing you a very happy day today. A Happy Mother’s Day to the most special mom.
70. Some kids are born lucky, they get to have the best kind of mom. And I am the luckiest of them all, coz you are my mom.

Funny Mother’s Day Quotes

71. “Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.” —Lisa Alther
72. “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
73. “An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.” —Spanish Proverb
74. “A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don’t even have.” —Robert Brault
75. “In the end, mothers are always right. No one else tells the truth.” —Randy Susan Meyers
76. “God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” —Rudyard Kipling
77. “We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” —Laura Stavoe Harm
78. “It’s not easy being a mother. If it were, fathers would do it.” —The Golden Girls
79. “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
80. “The phrase ’working mother’ is redundant.” —Jane Sellman
81. “I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then, I want to move in with them.” —Phyllis Diller
82. “Any mother could do the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease” —Lisa Alther
83. “If evolution really works, how come mothers have only two hands?” —Milton Berle
84. “There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.” —Chinese Proverb
85. “Mom, I love you, even though I’ll never accept your friend request.” —Unknown

Mother’s Day Quotes from daughter

86. Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face. – George Eliot
87. All that I’m or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother – Abraham Lincoln
88. We are born of Love, Love is our mother. – Rumi
89. When you look at your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest form of love you can find on this earth. Mitch Albom
90. Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.
91. Safest place to rest is – Mother’s lap.
92. I hope you believe in yourself as much as I believe in you.
93. We might not always see eye to eye, but we’ll always be heart to heart.
94. The heart of a mother is a deep abyss, at the bottom of which will always be found forgiveness.
95. “Mothers hold their daughter’s hands for only a short while, but their hearts forever.
96. hank you seems to be too little to express my gratitude for all that you do.
97. If you weren’t my mom, I’d pick you as my friend.
98. If I understand what love is, I learned it from you
99. Mom, you are both a loving inspiration and a fierce defender in equal measure.
100. I became successful and achieved everything I want in life because I listened to you always.”
101. “Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartthrob.” —Leroy Brownlow
102. “Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” —Susan Gale
103. “It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?” —Mahatma Gandhi
104. “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
105. “When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” —Charley Benett.
106. My Mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her. ” —Jodi Picoul.
107. In the mother’s eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child reads the message: ‘You are there!’” —Adrienne Rich
108. When you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” —Mitch Albom
109. A mother’s love is everything. It is what brings a child into this world. It is what moulds their entire being. When a mother sees her child in danger, she is literally capable of anything. Mothers have lifted cars off of their children and destroyed entire dynasties. A mother’s love is the strongest energy known to man.” —Jamie McGuire
110. I smile because I’m your daughter. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it!
111. “No matter what we go through. No matter how much we argue. In the end, you are there for me always, and I love you for that.”
112. “Happy Mother’s Day to the woman who raised me into the strong, independent woman I am today.”
113. “Mom, I cannot thank you enough for what you have done for me. You were always there when I needed you the most.”
114. “Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry, sometimes we sit silently together and let time fly by… No matter what life brings we will always be best friends, my Mom and I.”
115. “To the whole world you are my mother. To me, you are my whole world.”

Mother’s Day Inspirational Quotes

116. The mother’s heart is the child’s school-room.” —Henry Ward Beecher
117. “To the world, you are a mother, but to your family, you are the world.” —Unknown
118. “A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.” —Samuel Taylor Coleridge
119. “Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had.” —Linda Wooten
120. “Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” —Marion C. Garretty
121. “Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.” —Lady Gaga
122. “To a child’s ear, ‘mother’ is magic in any language.” —Arlene Benedict
123. “Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” —Lin Yutang
124. “Mothers can look through a child’s eyes and see tomorrow.” —Reed Markham
125. “Mother—that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.” —T. Dewitt Talmage
126. “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
127. “Mothers possess a power beyond that of a king on his throne.” —Mabel Hale
128. “No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother’s love.” —Edwin Chapin
129. “I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.” —Lance Conrad
130. “The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of God is the heart of a mother.” —St. Therese of Lisieux

Short Mother’s Day Quotes

131. “My mother is a walking miracle.” —Leonardo DiCaprio
132. “There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother.” —Sara Josepha Hale
133. “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” —Princess Diana
134. “All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” —Abraham Lincoln
135. “There is nothing as sincere as a mother’s kiss.” —Saleem Sharma
136. “A mother understands what a child does not say.” —Jewish proverb
137. “The world needs our mothers.” —Liya Kebede
138. “A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go.” —Unknown
139. “We are born of love; love is our mother.” —Rumi
140. “Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.” —Kahil Gibran
141. “Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” —George Eliot
142. “A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.” —Unknown
143. “A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.” —Amy Tan
144. “Mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.” —Emily Dickinson
145. “A mother’s love is more beautiful than any fresh flower.” —Debasish Mridha
146. “To my wife, it isn’t hard to see the amazing mom you are. Wishing you a very happy Mother’s Day!”
147. “To my wife, wishing you a very special Mother’s Day. Thank you for always being there for me and our children.”
148. “Happy Mother’s Day. First my mother, forever my friend.”
149. “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” – Abraham Lincoln
150. “A mother’s love endures through all.”