Mother’s Day Sayings

Grateful words for the mothers who shaped us — 143 sayings

I think the most important thing is to have a good education. That's what my mother always told me.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2016
Educational

I never had a mother. I never had a sister. I never had a friend. I had to learn everything by myself.

— Marilyn Monroe Unknown
Educational

Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, 'So what.' That's one of my favorite things to say. So what. 'My mother didn't love me.' So what. 'My husband won't ball me.' So what. 'I'm a success but I'…

— Andy Warhol 1975
Educational

I even thought that I was gay. I thought that might be the solution to my problem. Although I never experimented with it, I had a gay friend and then my mother wouldn't allow me to be friends with him anymore because she's homophobic. It was real dev…

— Kurt Cobain Unknown
Educational

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

— Moses c. 13th-15th century BCE (traditional dating)
Biblical

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

— Abraham Lincoln c. 1860s
Biblical

If God in his greatness ever sent an angel on Earth in human form, it was my mother.

— Houdini 1913
Biblical

Nobody -- that's my name. Nobody -- so my mother and father call me, all my friends.

— Homer c. 8th-7th century BC
General

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

— Benjamin Disraeli N/A
General

Mothers may be wrong, but they are never in doubt.

— John F. Kennedy 1960s
General

The education of all children, from the moment that they can dispense with a mother’s care, shall be in state institutions at state expense.

— Karl Marx 1848
General

My mother said, 'If you can't be a bridge, be a plank.' I thought that was a rather ingenious way of putting it.

— Maya Angelou 1998
General

I'm a son, but I'm not a mama's boy.

— Allen Ginsberg Undetermined
General

My mom still worries about me.

— Jackass crew (Johnny Knoxville) 2000s
General

I'm just trying to make my mom proud.

— Lil Nas X 2019
General

I'm not a feminist. I'm a human being. I'm a woman. I'm a mother. I'm a comedian. I'm a writer. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a goddess.

— Roseanne Barr 2006
General

We were having tea with my mother-in-law the other day and out of the blue she said, 'I've decided I want to be cremated.' I said, 'Alright, get your coat.'

— Stephen King Circa 2025
General

My parents were both wonderful people, but they were not happy together. My mother was very religious, and my father was an atheist. It was a very strange combination.

— Frida Kahlo Uncertain
General

My father was a director of the local gymnasium, and my mother was a woman of strong character and great intelligence.

— Dmitri Mendeleev Undated
Power & Leadership

Fortune has taken from me my mother and my father, and given me in their stead a kingdom.

— Elizabeth I Uncertain
Money & Business
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