Mother’s Day Sayings

Grateful words for the mothers who shaped us — 143 sayings

My mother always told me that if I wanted to achieve something, I had to work hard and never give up.

— Jane Goodall 2015
Inspirational

My mother gave me life, but I forged my own destiny.

— Shaka Zulu c. 1820s
Inspirational

The courage of a lion is nothing compared to the courage of a mother.

— Ernest Hemingway 1950s
Inspirational

I believe that when you are a mother, you are the mother of the whole world.

— Roseanne Barr 1997
Inspirational

The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.

— Nikola Tesla Approximate
Philosophical

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 Throughout her career
Philosophical

I myself cried when I got angry, then became unable to explain why I was angry in the first place. Later I would discover this was endemic among female human beings. Anger is supposed to be 'unfeminine' so we suppress it - until it overflows. I could…

— Gloria Steinem Approx. 1980s-1990s
Philosophical

I'm not mad, my mother had me tested.

— Keith Moon Unknown
Wisdom

My mother was an inventor of the first order.

— Nikola Tesla 1919
Wisdom

My mother was a Christian, and I will follow her example.

— Constantine the Great c. 312
Wisdom

Mothers may be called to make the ultimate sacrifice, but fathers are rarely called upon to give more than a good example.

— John F. Kennedy 1940
Wisdom

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.

— George Washington 1789
Wisdom

The key to living a moral life is this: Do nothing in private that you would be ashamed to discuss openly with your mother.

— J.P. Morgan Unknown
Wisdom

The assegai is my father, the shield is my mother.

— Shaka Zulu c. 1820s
Wisdom

A woman who is not a mother, is not a woman.

— Mary Wollstonecraft 1794
Wisdom

My father is a white man. My mother is a black woman. I am a half-caste. But I don't see myself as a half-caste. I see myself as a whole man.

— Bob Marley 1970s
Wisdom

I never had a mother, a father, a brother, a sister. I had a grandmother, and she was a saint. She raised me. But I never had a mother.

— Billie Holiday 1956
Wisdom

I'm a woman, and I'm a mother, and I'm a grandmother. And I'm a great-grandmother.

— Aretha Franklin 2014
Wisdom

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth, you don't have to be afraid of anything.

— Whitney Houston 2009
Wisdom

I'm a mother. I'm a protector. I'm a provider.

— Madonna 2006
Wisdom
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