- "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." - Cardinal Mermillod
- "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers." - Rudyard Kipling
- "A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path." - Agatha Christie
- "The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness." - Honore de Balzac
- "A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's." - Princess Diana
- "Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever." - Unknown
- "The best medicine in the world is a mother's kiss." - Anonymous
- "A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary." - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- "The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children." - Elaine Heffner
- "Being a mother is not about what you gave up to have a child, but what you've gained from having one." - Sunny Gupta
- "There is no way to be a perfect mother, but a million ways to be a good one." - Jill Churchill
- "A mother's love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible." - Marion C. Garretty
- "The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, integrity, and righteousness." - Billy Graham
- "A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking." - Helen Steiner Rice
- "A mother's love is the thread that binds a family together." - Unknown
- "A mother is someone who dreams great dreams for you, but then she lets you chase the dreams you have for yourself and loves you just the same." - Unknown
- "A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place." - Amy Tan
- "A mother's love is like a beacon, burning bright with faith and love and courage through the tempests of life." - Unknown
- "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
- "A mother's love is always unconditional." - Unknown
- "The most precious jewels you'll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children." - Unknown
- "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
- "A mother's love is the greatest teacher, teaching us to love, to forgive, and to be patient." - Unknown
- "A mother's love is the only love that can take you from the depths of despair to the highest peak of happiness." - Unknown
- "A mother is the one who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take." -