Mother’s Day Quotes

These sayings will inspire you to call your own personal superwoman.

By Hannah Norling

1
Jodi Picoult

“My mother… she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.”

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2
Honoré de Balzac

“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”

3
Courtney Cox

“There’s no doubt that motherhood is the best thing in my life. It’s all that really matters.”

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4
Jill Churchill

“There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.”

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5
Maya Angelou

“I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.”

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6
Princess Diana

“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.”

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7
Sophia Loren

“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”

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8
Tina Fey

“Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.”

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9
Sarah Michelle Gellar

“There’s no such thing as a supermom. We just do the best we can.”

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10
Jojo Moyes

“Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you’d be okay. Some deep-rooted part of you would know you were loved. That you deserved to be loved.”

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