29 Beautiful Mother’s Day Quotes to Show Mom How Much You Love Her

Instead of flowers, consider giving your mom what she really wants: the reminder of just how much you care for her. Not a writer? No worries. Just forward these quotes along, straight from people who put into words exactly what a mother’s love really is.

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For the mom who did it all

“Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” —Stevie Wonder

For the mom who always looked out for you

“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” —Abraham Lincoln

For the mom who put her kids first

“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

For the mom who is always a mom

“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.” —Unknown. These gifts are perfect for moms under 50.

For the perfect pair

“As is the mother, so is her daughter.” —Ezekiel 16:4

For what it means to be a mom

“Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” —Lin Yutang

For what mom means to you

“An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.” —Spanish Proverbs

For the very beginning ’til the end

“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” —Robert Browning

For the good and the bad

“The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” —Jodi Picoult

For what mom does for us

“My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.” —Michael Jordan