A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary. Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. Honore de Balzac
Motherhood is the exquisite inconvenience of being another person's everything.
A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's. Princess Diana
Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation. Robert A. Heinlein
A mother's love is endless.
A mother's love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. Marion C. Garretty
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. Rudyard Kipling
The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children. Elaine Heffner
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Honore de Balzac
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. Robert Browning
Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing. Ricki Lake
A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. Cardinal Mermillod
Life doesn't come with a manual, it comes with a mother.
The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation. James E. Faust
To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Maya Angelou
The best place to cry is on a mother's arms. Jodi Picoult