HISTORICAL QUOTES ABOUT MOTHERS

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“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” – Abraham Lincoln

“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” – Jewish proverb

“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.” – Washington Irving

“There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother.” – Sarah Josepha Hale

“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world.” – Agatha Christie

“Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.” — Ricki Lake

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

“A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.” – Cardinal Mermillod

“Motherhood is the exquisite inconvenience of being another person’s everything.” – Unknown

“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” – Theodore Hesburgh

“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” – Oprah Winfrey

“A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.” – Amy Tan

“A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” – Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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

“The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.” – Elaine Heffner

“Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own.” – Donna Ball

“A mother’s love nurtures, protects, and never fails.” – Unknown

“A mother’s love is everything, pure and unconditional. It is the fuel that enables a human being to do the impossible.” – Unknown

“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” – Maya Angelou

“A mother’s love knows no limits, boundaries, or conditions.” – Unknown

“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” – Susan Gale

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

“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a while, but their hearts forever.” – Unknown

“A mother’s love is the strongest energy known to man. It transcends time and overcomes any obstacle.” – Unknown

“Mothers are the heartbeat in the home; they are the glue that holds the family together.” – Unknown