Mothers Quotes

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 troubles thicken 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

Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. - Lin Yutang

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

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. - Victor Hugo

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home. - Chinese proverb

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. - Jewish Proverb

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to making leaning unnecessary. - Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. - George Washington (1732-1799)

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