Every year when Mother's Day rolls around, there's always a big demand for Mother's Day quotes from people who are trying to figure out what to write in a Mother's Day card or find the perfect Mother's Day Instagram caption. And while there are so many wise sayings about motherhood, capturing the bond between a mom and her son is its own separate thing. Not just any Mother's Day quote will do. You need help from some of the wisest or funniest people who have walked on this planet.
That's why we've rounded up the best mother-son quotes — from philosophers and writers to actors and past presidents — so that if you find yourself searching for the right words to capture your special mother-son bond, you can use any of these sweet and sentimental sayings. Whether you're looking to attach them to a Mother's Day flower bouquet or use them to add panache to Mother's Day brunch in bed, let these heartwarming quotes and sentimental sayings truly show the love and care you have for your mom every day — and make her feel extra special for the best Mother's Day yet. (And yes, we have mother-daughter quotes, too!)
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She’s the only reason I’m able to do what I do.
When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son.
And there's no way I can pay you back / But my plan is to show you that I understand / You are appreciated.
Moms are guardian angels to us while they are on this earth..and when they go to heaven..they have that much more power to watch over us.
Children and mothers never truly part. They're bound in the beating of each other's heart.
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.
Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it.
My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me; and I felt I had something to live for, someone I must not disappoint.
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Walter M. Schirra, Sr.
You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes.
Mother's love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.
Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.
We are born of love; love is our mother.
A mother’s love doesn’t make her son more dependent and timid; it actually makes him stronger and more independent.
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
She loved a boy very, very much — even more than she loved herself.
There has never been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between the mother and a son.
Sons are the anchors of a mother's life.
There is an endearing tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart.
Men are what their mothers made them.
A boy's best friend is his mother.
Moms are as relentless as the tides. They don't just drive us to practice, they drive us to greatness.
All I am I owe to my mother.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.
A mother’s love doesn’t make her son more dependent and timid; it actually makes him stronger and more independent.
Heaven on Earth is looking at my little boy.
To a mother, a son is never a fully grown man; and a son is never a fully grown man until he understands and accepts this about his mother.
A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.
Son, you will outgrow my lap but never my heart.
The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son.
Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always.
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.
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Mother is her son's first god; she must teach him the most important lesson of all — how to love.
Selena Barrientos
Associate Entertainment and News Editor
Selena Barrientos is the associate entertainment and news editor for Good Housekeeping — she writes and reports on the latest shows and movies, in addition to spotlighting Latinx celebrities.
Marisa LaScala
Senior Parenting & Relationships Editor
Senior Parenting & Relationships Editor Marisa LaScala covers all things parenting, from the postpartum period through empty nests, for Good Housekeeping; she previously wrote about motherhood for Parents and Working Mother.
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