Mommy Quotes For Mom

Being a mom and a daughter is never easy and neither role is ever easy. Over the years I have stored up quite a few quotes to help me along on this mommy journey. Some quotes make me think, some sayings make me laugh and then there are others that tug at my heart. So, I thought it might be fun to share some mommy wisdom, especially with mothers day right around the corner.

There are many different names for mother, some call her mum, or mom, or mommy or mamma, or just plain ma. But, we all have a special place in our hearts for our mothers. Here are a few of my favorite quotes about being a mom . . psst... If you know some good sayings maybe you can share yours too!

Of all the things that come in numbers; plenty of rainbows, stars in the sky, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles cousins, you have but one mother.

The Mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother and to become fully independent.~ Erich Fromm

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.~ Author Unknown

"No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you – life." ~ Unknown

"A mother holds her children's hands for a while...their hearts forever. 
~ Author Unknown

And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France . .When will we also teach them what they are? . . ."“There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one”

“Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children"

Quotes on Mothers Understanding

"A mother understands what a child does not say."
~ Jewish proverb

"There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it." ~ Chinese Proverb

Moms Sayings

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

"We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up."

“If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?”

“It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.”

“Mothers of teenagers know why animals eat their young”

"Child rearing myth #1: Labor ends when the baby is born."

"The hand that rocks the cradle usually is attached to someone who isn't getting enough sleep."

“The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant.”

“God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.”

"A mother's hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you, Ripe on a plate. And while you live, Relentlessly she understands you. ~ Phyllis McGinley

"I am not a perfect mother and I will never be. You are not a perfect daughter and you will never be. But put us together and we will be the best mother and daughter we would ever be." ~ Zoraida Pesante

Take the word "family." Strike out the "m" for mother and the "y" for youth - and all you have left is "fail.” ~ Omar Burleson

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children:
One is roots.
The other is wings.
~ Hodding Carter, Jr.

It is not what you do for your children, but what you taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.
~Ann Landers

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

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
~ Elizabeth Stone

The country clubs, the cars, the boats,
Your assets may be ample,
But the best inheritance
You can leave your kids
Is to be a good example.
- Barry Spilchuk

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 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