A little girl, asked where her home was, replied, "where mother is." ~ Keith L. Brooks

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all. ~ Washington Irving

A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~ Irish Proverb

A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done. ~ Author 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

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. ~ Emily Dickinson

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she 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

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. ~ Honoré de Balzac

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. ~ Peter De Vries

All mothers are working mothers. ~ Author Unknown

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother. ~ Abraham Lincoln

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. ~ Spanish Proverb

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease. ~ Lisa Alther

Because I feel that in the heavens above The angels, whispering one to another, Can find among their burning tears of love,None so devotional as that of "Mother," Therefore, by that dear name I have long called you, You who are more than mother unto me. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love. ~ Mildred B. Vermont

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. ~ Oprah Winfrey

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers. ~ Jewish Proverb

He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

I miss thee, my Mother! Thy image is still The deepest impressed on my heart. ~ Eliza Cook

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. ~ Abraham Lincoln

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? ~ Milton Berle

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. ~ Marion C. Garretty

Mother's love grows by giving. ~ Charles Lamb

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. ~ Erich Fromm

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ~ Mark Twain

My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart - a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation. ~ Mark Twain

No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones. ~ Harry Truman

Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother. ~ Beverly Jones

One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters. ~ George Herbert

That best academy, a mother's knee. ~ James Russell Lowell

The formative period for building character for eternity is in the nursery. The mother is queen of that realm and sways a scepter more potent than that of kings or priests. ~ Author Unknown

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ~ Honoré de Balzac

The mother's heart is the child's school-room. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~ Jane Sellman

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. ~ Washington Irving

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not. ~ James Joyce

Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother. ~ Ann Taylor

Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that. ~ Golda Meir

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

Quotes on Mothers