Holidays & Entertaining Holidays Mother's Day 17 Mother's Day Quotes, Captions, and Sayings to Make Mom's Day Can't fit all you want to say into a 5x7 inch card? Try one of these pithy quotes instead. By Lauren Phillips Lauren Phillips Lauren is a former SEO editor at Real Simple. With more than five years of digital media experience, she’s an accomplished editor, writer, and digital media strategist focusing on lifestyle content, including home decor, cleaning and organizing, home improvement, personal finance, and other lifestyle topics. She currently serves as a senior digital editor for Better Homes & Gardens. Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines Updated on March 24, 2020 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: huePhotography/Getty Images The lead-up to Mother's Day may be all about finding the right Mother's Day gift and planning great Mother's Day activities, but don't let the day itself flash by without a meaningful Mother's Day quote or two. Your mom—or your wife and mother of your children, or your grandmother, or whomever—is sure to appreciate a Mother's Day quote, saying, or caption along with the meaningful card you give her or the funny post you put on social media. A good Mother's Day poem will never fail you, but sometimes you want something a little shorter: That's where Mother's Day quotes come in. These short, pithy sayings and phrases from great minds, writers, and thinkers carry a lot of meaning and feeling in just a few words. If you don't know exactly what to say to your mom (or how to caption your Instagram post), these quotes might have the words that you don't. (Some are even funny too.) Between tracking down gifts for new moms for the women in your circle and planning your Mother's Day itinerary, take a look at these quotes for moms—they'll make you smile and want to call Mom whether it's Mother's Day or not. 01 of 17 "A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place." Emma Darvick – Amy Tan 02 of 17 "All that I ever am and hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." Emma Darvick – Abraham Lincoln 03 of 17 "There's no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one." Emma Darvick – Jill Churchill 04 of 17 "My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was." Emma Darvick – Lisa Leslie 05 of 17 "It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it." Emma Darvick – Dorothy, The Golden Girls 06 of 17 "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." Emma Darvick – Cardinal Mermillod 07 of 17 "A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's." Emma Darvick – Princess Diana 08 of 17 "Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face." Emma Darvick – George Eliot 09 of 17 "Mothers: All love begins and ends there." Emma Darvick – Robert Browning 10 of 17 "Maybe it's just a daughter's job to piss off her mother." Emma Darvick – Chuck Palahnuik, Diary 11 of 17 "Behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begin." Emma Darvick – Mitch Albom, For One More Day 12 of 17 "You know all my most embarrassing moments, you know that I'm a nut, so what can I do to repay your love...and make sure you keep your mouth shut!?" Emma Darvick – Holly Giffers, "You Know Me" 13 of 17 "On Mother's Day it isn't smart to give your mom a broken heart." Emma Darvick – Bruce Lansky, On Mother's Day 14 of 17 "Life doesn't come with a manual. It comes with a mother." Emma Darvick – Unknown 15 of 17 "Best of wives and best of Women." Emma Darvick – Alexander Hamilton 16 of 17 "A mother's love endures through all." Emma Darvick – Washington Irving 17 of 17 "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers." Emma Darvick – Rudyard Kipling Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit