Moms inspire us every single day. Whether they are balancing schedules, acting as a chauffeur or making sure everyone is fed, moms deserve to be celebrated.
While there are plenty of ways to celebrate moms — and the love we have for them — sometimes moms need their own uplift.
If you're looking for a little lift yourself, or a way to honor your own mom or grandmother, an inspirational mom quote might be exactly what you need.
These inspirational quotes from celebrities to authors are sure to make all moms and mother figures smile.
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30 Inspirational Mom Quotes
Looking to honor your own mom? Need a quote to brighten a fellow mom's day? Whatever you’re searching for, we’ve got the inspirational quotes you need to energize all the moms in your life:
“Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartthrob.”—Leroy Brownlow
“I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.” —Lance Conrad, “The Price of Creation”
“Only mothers can think of the future ― because they give birth to it in their children.” ―Maxim Gorky
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in the them.” ―Victor Hugo
“A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” ―Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“You can feel when your mom’s proud of you. You can feel the love.” —Jimmy Fallon
“Becoming a mother has made me next-level confident. I’ve never felt more empowered.”—Kelly Clarkson
“Such a mysterious business, motherhood. How brave a woman must be to embark on it.” ―M.L. Stedman, “The Light Between Oceans”
“If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.” —Booker T. Washington
“The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.”—James E. Faust
“Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind.” —Howard W. Hunter
“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” —Robert Browning
“There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” —James E. Faust
“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
“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
“At the end of the day my most important job is still mom-in-chief.” —Michelle Obama
“Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.” —James Joyce
“Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes
“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” —Abraham Lincoln
“Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.” —Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“[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
“Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.” —Gail Tsukiyama
“Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.” —Kate Winslet
“It’s the job that I take most seriously in my life and I think it’s the hardest job.” —Debra Messing
“I’ve never had more appreciation for anyone in my entire life until I became a mom.” —Chrissy Teigen
“Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their children.”—Maxim Grosky
“I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.” —Oprah Winfrey
“Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.”—Lin Yutang
“My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.”―R.J. Palacio,"Wonder"
“The truth is that no matter how old we are, as long as our mothers are alive, we want our mother.” —Goldie Hawn
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“Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartthrob.” —Leroy Brownlow. “I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.” —Lance Conrad, “The Price of Creation” “Only mothers can think of the future ― because they give birth to it in their children.” ―Maxim Gorky.
"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." "We are born of love; Love is our mother." "When you look into your mother's eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth." "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."
You are the mother of all mothers. Truly, the most inspiring, courageous, loving mother there is—a warrior mama through and through. For even in death, you lovingly mother your precious child still.
I am blessed to have her beside me and feel very liucky to have such a mother with so many qualities. For me my everything is my Mom as she is my backbone and my pillar of strength. She makes me smile when times are low.
She works hard so that we get all we need. She teaches us good manners and moral values . she scolds and corrects us when we are wrong so that we get disciplined and learn honesty and self-respect. I love my mother and am proud of her.
Proverbs 31:31 "Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate." Isaiah 66:13 "As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you." Proverbs 31:25-27 "Strength and honor are her clothing; she is confident about the future.
“Only mothers can think of the future ― because they give birth to it in their children.” ―Maxim Gorky. “A mother's arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in the them.” ―Victor Hugo. “A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” ―Dorothy Canfield Fisher.
Focus on YOU First. When you shift your focus onto yourself, it is then that you are living a life of true authenticity where you are in control of how you live.
"A mother's perseverance is a testament to the human spirit and the power of love, showing us that we can overcome any obstacle if we have the courage to keep going."
Empowered mothering, as defined by Andrea O'Reilly, “recognizes that both mothers and children benefit when the mother lives her life and practices mothering from a position of agency, authority, authenticity, and autonomy” (“Introduction” 12).
Introduction: My name is Dean Jakubowski Ret, I am a enthusiastic, friendly, homely, handsome, zealous, brainy, elegant person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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