Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate everything that our moms mean to us. While it’s not the only occasion we honor our mothers, it is one that lets the most important woman in our lives know just how greatly she is appreciated. Whether you’re planning on taking your mom out to a delicious Mother’s Day brunch or enjoying a low-key night in with a Mother’s Day-inspired movie, you will need a Mother’s Day card to go with that Mother’s Day gift you handpicked for her.
Since we were little, our mothers have been our trusted confidants, best friends and support systems no matter how far away we’ve landed. That said, a mother’s love is a beautiful thing that can’t be captured in just one word. If you’re in need of heartfelt messages to share with your mom, we’ve rounded up iconic Mother’s Day quotes from actors, singers and poets, among other geniuses who’ve perfectly described a mother-child relationship. These sayings can be put into a memorable morning text, email or paired with flowers. While crafting your Mother’s Day message, you might want to customize it even more with a poem and quotes for mother-daughters, mother-sons or new moms.
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Ezekiel 16:44
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
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Cheryl Lacey Donovan
Mother is a verb. It's something you do. Not just who you are.
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Annie Lennox
Motherhood was the great equalizer for me; I started to identify with everybody.
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Maya Angelou
A mother's love liberates.
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Honore de Balzac
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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Agatha Christie
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.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
Motherhood brings you to your knees in a way that doesn't leave room for you to judge others. It makes you see that there's no ideal — a constant struggle, constantly compromising, but ultimate love.
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Marion C. Garretty
Mother's love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.
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Maria Shriver
Having kids — the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings — is the biggest job anyone can embark on.
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Meryl Streep
Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.
Laura Formisano
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Abraham Lincoln
All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
Laura Formisano
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Leroy Brownlow
Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heart throb.
Laura Formisano
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Elder M. Russell Ballard
There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood.
Laura Formisano
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Erich Fromm
Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.
Laura Formisano
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J.K. Rowling
He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark.
Betsy Farrell
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Stevie Wonder
If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.
Betsy Farrell
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Irish Proverb
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
Betsy Farrell
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Barbara Kingsolver
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
Betsy Farrell
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Lisa Leslie
My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was.
Betsy Farrell
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George Eliot
Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.
Betsy Farrell
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Cardinal Mermillod
A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.
Betsy Farrell
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Rumi
We are born of love; Love is our mother.
Betsy Farrell
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Lance Conrad
I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.
Betsy Farrell
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Gilda Radner
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.
Betsy Farrell
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Unknown
Nothing is really lost until your mom can't find it.
Betsy Farrell
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Jessica Lange
The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness.
Betsy Farrell
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Alicia Keys
My mom is definitely my rock.
Betsy Farrell
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Washington Irving
A mother's love endures through all.
Betsy Farrell
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Unknown
Life doesn't come with a manual. It comes with a mother.
Betsy Farrell
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Amy Tan
A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.
Selena BarrientosAssociate Entertainment and News EditorSelena 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 LaScalaSenior Parenting & Relationships EditorSenior 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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