50 Inspirational Mother Quotes to Celebrate Strength, Love, and Resilience

"A mother’s love is everything. It is what brings a child into this world. It is what molds their entire being. When a mother sees her child in danger, she is literally capable of anything. Mothers have lifted cars off of their children and destroyed entire dynasties. A mother’s love is the strongest energy known to man."

- Jamie McGuire

"To be a good parent, you need to take care of yourself so that you can have the physical and emotional energy to take care of your family."

- Michelle Obama

"To all mothers in every circumstance, including those who struggle, I say, ‘Be peaceful. Believe in God and yourself. You are doing better than you think you are.’"

- Jeffrey R. Holland

"There will be so many times you feel like you’ve failed, but in the eyes, heart, and mind of your child, you are super mom."

- Stephanie Precourt

"I think every working mom probably feels the same thing: You go through big chunks of time where you’re just thinking, ‘This is impossible – oh, this is impossible.’ And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible."

- Tina Fey

"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."

- Anonymous

"Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother’s secret hope outlives them all."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

"A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dates all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path."

- Agatha Christie

"I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is."

- Oprah

"We are born of love; love is our mother."

- Rumi

"Being a mom means choosing to show up day after day and love day after day and give day after day and try day after day and not having all the answers and not being perfect but simply doing your best."

- Rachel Martin

"Kids don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care."

- Riney Jordan

"I wholeheartedly believe that when we are fully engaged in parenting regardless of how imperfect, vulnerable, and messy it is, we are creating something sacred."

- Brene Brown

"The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation."

- James E. Faust

"I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood."

- Lance Conrad

"Only mothers can think of the future ― because they give birth to it in their children."

- Maxim Gorky

"A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary."

- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving."

- Gail Tsukiyama

"There is no way to be a perfect mother, but a million ways to be a good one."

- Jill Churchill

"Children are not a distraction from more important work, they are the most important work."

- C.S. Lewis

"Your most valuable parenting skill is learning to manage yourself first."

- Dr. Laura Markham

"If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed."

- Linda Wooten

"The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don’t remember what you try to teach them, They remember what you are."

- Jim Henson

"You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way."

- Elizabeth Taylor

"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual, and physical education I received from her."

- George Washington

"The joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction."

- M. Russell Ballard

"A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled."

- Emily Dickinson

"A miracle is really the only way to describe motherhood and giving birth. It’s unbelievable how God has made us women and babies to endure and be able to do so much. A miracle indeed. Such an incredible blessing."

- Jennie Finch

"All those clichés—those things you hear about having a baby and motherhood—all of them are true. And all of them are the most beautiful things you will ever experience."

- Penélope Cruz

"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."

- Abraham Lincoln

"There is eternal influence and power in motherhood."

- Julie B. Beck

"There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation."

- James E. Faust

"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

"A mother’s arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in them."

- Victor Hugo

"I don’t know about changing my perspective, because motherhood is such a glorious blessing and I am very thankful for that. It is such a beautiful experience. I so strongly recommend it. It’s bliss, love, and fulfillment of another level."

- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

"Perhaps the reason we respond so universally to our mothers’ love is because it typifies the love of our Savior."

- Bradley D. Foster

"Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering mothers of every race and creed and weep with them. You long to comfort all who are desolate."

- Charlotte Gray

"There is no role in life more essential and more eternal than that of motherhood."

- M. Russell Ballard

"Motherhood has taught me the meaning of living in the moment and being at peace. Children don’t think about yesterday, and they don’t think about tomorrow. They just exist in the moment."

- Jessalyn Gilsig

"Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind. It places her who honors its holy calling and service next to the angels."

- First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

"Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws."

- Barbara Kingsolver

"Motherhood is a choice you make every day to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is, … and to forgive yourself over and over again for doing everything wrong."

- Donna Ball

"The highest and noblest work in this life is that of a mother."

- Russell M. Nelson

"I have found being a mother has made me emotionally raw in many situations. Your heart is beating outside your body when you have a baby."

- Kate Beckinsale

"You have nothing in this world more precious than your children. When you grow old, when your hair turns white and your body grows weary, when you are prone to sit in a rocker and meditate on the things of your life, nothing will be so important as the question of how your children have turned out."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

"Who can justly measure the righteous influence of a mother’s love? What enduring fruits result from the seeds of truth that a mother carefully plants and lovingly cultivates in the fertile soil of a child’s trusting mind and heart? As a mother, you have been given divine instincts to help you sense your child’s special talents and unique capacities."

- Richard G. Scott

"Mothers and children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving."

- Gail Tsukiyama

"Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark. … To have been loved so deeply … will give us some protection forever."

- J. K. Rowling

"I feel that in the heavens above, the angels whispering to one another can find among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of ‘mother.’"

- Edgar Allan Poe

"If you try your best to be the best parent you can be, you will have done all that a human being can do and all that God expects you to do."

- Jeffrey R. Holland

"The bond between mothers and their children is one defined by love. As a mother’s prayers for her children are unending, so are the wisdom, grace, and strength they provide to their children."

- George W. Bush

"It takes a lifetime to truly appreciate all the ways a good mom makes all the difference."

- Ellen Brenneman

"Motherhood is tough. Moms are tougher."

- Keion Jackson

"Of all the people who pour sunshine into our days, moms are the best."

- Keely Chace

"Smiles and hugs, joy and love… that’s what great moms are made of."

- Paige DeRuyscher

"Moms just know… How to help. How to heal. How to listen. How to love."

- Bill Gray

"M-O-M is just another way of spelling LOVE."

- Keely Chace

"For every dream that has taken flight, there’s a mother who believed."

- Jennifer Fujita

"A mother teaches us that there is no end at all to what love can do."

- Keely Chace

"They go beyond. They go above. Mothers have mastered how to love."

- Keion Jackson

"She’s a woman of purpose, compassion, and strength… my hero, my mom."

- Suzanne Berry

"A mother’s love is the sun for growing, the moon for dreaming, the stars for guiding the way."

- Barbara Loots

"Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is Mom."

- Keely Chace

"A warrior believes in an end she can’t see and fights for it. A warrior never gives up. A warrior fights for those weaker than herself. It sounds like motherhood to me."

- Kristin Hannah

"At the end of the day, my most important job is still mom-in-chief."

- Michelle Obama

"The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means you already are one."

- Jodi Picoult

"Have we created a space in our families where our kids know that they belong. Where there are no prerequisites for worthiness, you don’t have to hustle here for me to believe you’re worthy of loving. You don’t have to perform here for me to think that you belong here. You don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to get a certain grade on your test. You don’t have to hit so many home-runs. You belong here."

- Brené Brown

"The question isn’t so much “Are you parenting the right way?” as it is: “Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?”"

- Brene Brown

"The real questions for parents should be: “Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?” If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions. Imperfect parenting moments turn into gifts as our children watch us try to figure out what went wrong and how we can do better next time. The mandate is not to be perfect and raise happy children. Perfection doesn’t exist, and I’ve found what makes children happy doesn’t always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults."

- Brene Brown

"What it’s like to be a parent: It’s one of the hardest things you’ll ever do, but in exchange, it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love."

- Nicholas Sparks

"It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself."

- Joyce Maynard

"“When we practice loving-kindness and compassion, we are the first ones to profit.”"

- Rumi

"I’m not a good mom. I’m not a bad mom. I’m the mama I am, and I try very hard, and when I fail, that’s ok."

- Kristen Bell

"I think every working mom probably feels the same thing: You go through big chunks of time where you’re just thinking, ‘This is impossible – oh, this impossible.’ And then you just keep going, and you sort of do the impossible."

- Tina Fey

"The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly – indeed, to embrace uncertainty and imperfection."

- Ariana Huffington

"Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are."

- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

"Grandmothers see the best in us, think the best of us, and bring out the best in us."

- Cheryl Hawkinson

"A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible."

- Marion C. Garretty

"If you’re a mom, you’re a superhero. Period."

- Rosie Pope

"There are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child."

- Anne Lamott

"A grandma is the extra hug, the bonus blessing, the love on top of more love, all your life."

- Keely Chace

"Grandmas are the very best at making us feel loved and blessed."

- Keely Chace

"Graceful and wise with a smile in her eyes… Grandma."

- Jeannie Hund

"There’s nothing sweeter than being with Grandma."

- Melvina Young

"A grandmother is a mom with all the worries worn off."

- Barbara Loots

"There’s something miraculous about becoming a mama. The more your baby grows, the bigger your heart gets."

- Dierdra Zollar

"It’s the little things in a mom’s life that touch her heart in the biggest ways."

- Linda Elrod

"The world’s a warm and happy place where kids can play and grow— a place full up with snacks and hugs, ’cause mommies make it so."

- Keely Chace

"Let there be storybooks, cuddling, and laps. Let there be lullabies, blankies, and naps. Let there be hopes bright as stars up above. Let there be mamas and all their sweet love."

- Jeannie Hund

"Moms give us the blessing of belonging."

- Megan Haave

"Motherhood: All love begins and ends there."

- Robert Browning

"A mama holds a child on her hip… and the world in her hands."

- Amy Trowbridge-Yates

"A parent’s job is to lift their daughter up so that one day she will rise on her own."

- Catherine Hollyer

"Mothers and daughters, connected by heart right from the start!"

- Paige DeRuyscher

"You don’t have to earn it or try to impress her… she loves you just ’cause she’s your mama, God bless her!"

- Diana Manning

"A daughter who follows her dreams is a mother’s dream come true."

- Jake Gahr

"The only thing better than having a mom is having a bonus mom, too."

- Keely Chace

"There are women who love you as if they brought you here themselves. They are mothers of the spirit, protectors of the heart."

- Melvina Young

"A stepmom has to be different things from one moment to the next… But in every moment, she’s a blessing."

- Keely Chace

"We can never have too many people who care about us and love to see us smile. That’s why a great stepmom means so much."

- Keely Chace

"You encouraged like a mom, protected me like a mom, and always loved me like a mom. And that means the world to me."

- Andrew Blackburn

"Because it never hurts to have an extra pair of arms to hug you… an extra heart loving you… there are godmothers."

- Keely Chace

"Mama’s hands tend you when you’re tiny, guide you as you grow, fold in prayer as you find your way, and never let you go."

- Jeannie Hund

"Mother’s Day is for women who do exactly what you do best: Love."

- Valerie Stark

"Here’s to the women whose lives have inspired us and whose love has changed us."

- Amy Trowbridge-Yates

"Some women just have that extra something: extra room in their heart, extra places at their table, and extra time for the people they love."

- Suzanne Berry

"Mother’s Day is for every woman who holds nothing back… who gives her heart, soul, and energy to those she cares about and still finds a way to love them more every single day."

- Andrew Blackburn

"Mother’s Day is for celebrating the nurturers, the givers, the huggers and helpers, the day-makers and life-changers… and that’s just what you are!"

- Keely Chace

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

- Princess Diana

"When I had my children and I felt that type of love, which I know you understand and every mom out there understands, it made me understand that there was a purity to love. That there is an unconditional love."

- Jennifer Lopez

"Raising children who are hopeful and who have the courage to be vulnerable means stepping back and letting them experience disappointment, deal with conflict, learn how to assert themselves, and have the opportunity to fail. If we’re always following our children into the arena, hushing the critics, and assuring their victory, they’ll never learn that they have the ability to dare greatly on their own."

- Brene Brown

"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."

- Cardinal Mermillod

"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

"When you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know."

- Mitch Albom

"Even if I’m setting myself up for failure, I think it’s worth trying to be a mother who delights in who her children are, in their knock-knock jokes and earnest questions. A mother who spends less time obsessing about what will happen, or what has happened, and more time reveling in what is. A mother who doesn’t fret over failings and slights, who realizes her worries and anxieties are just thoughts, the continuous chattering and judgment of a too-busy mind. A mother who doesn’t worry so much about being bad or good but just recognizes that she’s both, and neither. A mother who does her best, and for whom that is good enough, even if, in the end, her best turns out to be, simply, not bad."

- Ayelet Waldman

"There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one."

- Jill Churchill

"“Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”"

- Oprah Winfrey

"I tell my daughter every morning, ‘Now, what are the two most important parts of you?’ And she says, ‘My head and my heart.’ Because that’s what I’ve learned in the foxhole: What gets you through life is strength of character and strength of spirit and love."

- Viola Davis

"The women whom I love and admire for their strength and grace did not get that way because shit worked out. They got that way because shit went wrong, and they handled it. They handled it in a thousand different ways on a thousand different days, but they handled it. Those women are my superheroes."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

"Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting."

- Brene Brown

"Motherhood brings as much joy as ever, but it still brings boredom, exhaustion, and sorrow too. Nothing else ever will make you as happy or as sad, as proud or as tired, for nothing is quite as hard as helping a person develop his own individuality especially while you struggle to keep your own."

- Marguerite Kelly

"What children take from us, they give… We become people who feel more deeply, question more deeply, hurt more deeply, and love more deeply."

- Sonia Taitz

"To have that sense of one’s intrinsic worth… is potentially to have everything."

- Joan Didion

"Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind."

- Howard W. Hunter

"Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not."

- James Joyce

"God can be everywhere, because he lives in the hearts of moms."

- Bill Gray

"A woman of faith with praise on her lips and joy in her heart… my beautiful mom."

- Jeannie Hund

"Faith is the foundation of a strong, loving family and Mama is the cornerstone."

- Renee Daniels

"Mamas are proof that God is good."

- Melvina Young

"You taught me that smart is beautiful."

- Melvina Young

"Great women raise great women who raise great women."

- Jennifer Fujita

"Moms and daughters. The best kind of girlfriends."

- Katherine Stano

"When your daughter is also a good friend, you’re one lucky mom."

- Renee Daniels

"Behind every woman is another strong woman."

- Tina Neidlein

"This struggle is real. The juggle is real. That’s why everyone should hire working mothers. They are put in crazy situations all the time and are forced to problem-solve. They are some of my most resourceful employees."

- Sara Blakely

"Get rid of the guilt. When you’re at one place, don’t feel bad that you’re not at work. When you’re at work, don’t feel bad that you’re not at home."

- Katie Couric

"Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary — it’s an act of infinite optimism."

- Gilda Radner

"You must first teach a child he is loved. Only then is he ready to learn everything else."

- Amanda Morgan

"Speak with your children as if are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful humans on earth, for what they believe is what they will become."

- Brooke Hampton

"It’s time we stop buying the lie that we need to be hard on kids because ‘the world is hard.” Love them as hard as you can. That’s what they need."

- Tara Vogler

"It’s not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It’s our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless."

- L.R. Knost

"The way we talk to children becomes their inner voice."

- Peggy O’ Mara

"Successful mothers are not the ones who have never struggled. They are the ones who never gave up despite the struggles."

- Sharon Jaynes

"I looked on child-rearing not only as a work of love and duty, but as a profession that was fully interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it."

- Rose Kennedy

"Being a mother is not about what you gave up to have a child, but what you’ve gained from having one."

- Jill Churchill

"No one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at what you’ve got, say “Oh, my gosh,” and recognize that of all the balls there ever were, this is the one you should not drop. It’s not a question of choice."

- Marisa de los Santos

"It’s not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings."

- Ann Landers

"Even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you’d be okay."

- Jojo Moyes

"Effective discipline means that we’re not only stopping a bad behavior or promoting a good one, but also teaching skills and nurturing the connections in our children’s brains that will help them make better decisions and handle themselves well in the future."

- Daniel J. Siegel

"As parents, we are wired to try to save our children from any harm and hurt, but ultimately we can’t. They’ll fall down, they’ll get their feelings hurt, and they’ll get scared and sad and angry. Actually, it’s often these difficult experiences that allow them to grow and learn about the world. Rather than trying to shelter our children from life’s inevitable difficulties, we can help them integrate those experiences into their understanding of the world and learn from them."

- Daniel J. Siegel

"As parents become more aware and emotionally healthy, their children reap the rewards and move toward health as well. That means that integrating and cultivating your own brain is one of the most loving and generous gifts you can give your children."

- Daniel J. Siegel

"To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is."

- Fred Rogers

"So often, children are punished for being human. They are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes. Yet, we adults have them all the time. None of us are perfect. We must stop holding our children to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves."

- Rebecca Eanes

"By loving them for more than their abilities, we show our children that they are much more than the sum of their accomplishments."

- Eileen Kennedy-Moore

"Too much love never spoils our children. Children become spoiled when we substitute presents for presence."

- Anthony Withman

"My mother has always been my emotional barometer and my guidance. I was lucky enough to get to have one woman who truly helped me through everything."

- Emma Stone

"Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first."

- Matthew L. Jacobson

"If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love."

- Stevie Wonder

"Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me."

- Lady Gaga

"As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong."

- Kristin Hannah

"One generation of deeply loving parents would change the brain of the next generation, and with that, the world."

- Charles Raison

"Discipline is helping a child solve a problem. Punishment is making a child suffer for having a problem. To raise problem-solvers, focus on solutions not retribution."

- L.R. Knost

"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartthrob."

- Leroy Brownlow

"When you’re in the thick of raising your kids by yourself, you tend to keep a running list of everything you think you’re doing wrong. I recommend taking a lot of family pictures as evidence to the contrary."

- Connie Schultz

"A mother’s arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in the them."

- Victor Hugo

"Becoming a mother has made me next-level confident. I’ve never felt more empowered."

- Kelly Clarkson

"Such a mysterious business, motherhood. How brave a woman must be to embark on it."

- M.L. Stedman

"Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Moms have the kindness of angels and the patience of saints. All the more reason to thank God for them."

- Matt Gowen

"[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary — it’s an act of infinite optimism."

- Gilda Radner

"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."

- Robert J. Quillen

"It’s the job that I take most seriously in my life and I think it’s the hardest job."

- Debra Messing

"I’ve never had more appreciation for anyone in my entire life until I became a mom."

- Chrissy Teigen

"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."

- Lin Yutang

"When I grow up, I want to be just like my mom… beautiful."

- Amy Trowbridge Yates

"Everyone loves their mom; everyone’s got an important mom, but for me, she’s really the guiding force."

- Taylor Swift

"Self-care is giving the world the best of you instead of what’s left of you."

- Katie Reed

"If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person."

- Fred Rogers

"Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have."

- Joan Ryan

"Your words as a parent have great power. Use them wisely and make sure they come from the heart."

- Carolina King

"To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today."

- Barbara Johnson

"Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder."

- Rumi

"A child seldom needs a good talking to as much as a good listening to."

- Robert Brault

"Feeling heard and understood allows children to release the feelings, let go, and move on."

- Janet Lansbury

"I don’t think empathy is something you can drill in someone’s head. You have to have faith that while your kids can seem to be selfish and concerned only about the word ‘mine’ sometimes, overall, they are watching you really carefully. And if you care about other people, they will too."

- Jennifer Garner

"By making eye contact, getting down to your child’s level, offering a touch, or using a tone of your voice that conveys a desire to genuinely connect, you disarm yourself. You make it possible to reach your child more deeply and truly move forward together."

- Hilary Flowers

"Blessed are the moms, for they are the ones who bless everybody else."

- Andrew Blackburn

"Kids raised from birth on to feel safe expressing their emotions, who feel their parents are on their side, aren’t perfect. They’re easier to parent, though, because they’re better at managing their emotions, and therefore their behavior. They’re more willing to accept our guidance."

- Laura Markham

"There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children."

- Marianne Williamson

"The days are long but the years are short."

- Gretchen Rubin

"One day, your child will make a mistake or a bad choice and run to you instead of away from you, and in that moment, you will know the immense value of peaceful, positive, respectful parenting."

- L.R. Knost

"The golden rule of parenting is to always show your children the kind of person you want them to be."

- Elizabeth Roxas

"Parents are not perfect, nor are they saints. Dads and moms make mistakes all the time. How you handle these situations will be an important life lesson for your children."

- Bethany Bridges

"I think a lot about teaching my kids to work hard. I’ve learned something about kids — they don’t do what you say; they do what you do."

- Jennifer Lopez

"My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me."

- R.J. Palacio

"The truth is that no matter how old we are, as long as our mothers are alive, we want our mother."

- Goldie Hawn

"Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?"

- Jane Nelson

"You can feel when your mom’s proud of you. You can feel the love."

- Jimmy Fallon

"Right in the difficult, we must have our joys, our happiness, our dreams: there against the depth of this background, they stand out, there for the first time we see how beautiful they are."

- Rainer Maria Rilke

"If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother."

- Booker T. Washington

"Little souls find their way to you whether they’re from your womb or someone else’s."

- Sheryl Crow

"Sometimes, when I want to take on the world, I try to remember that it’s just as important to sit down and ask my son how he’s feeling or talk to him about life."

- Angelina Jolie

"You’re going to get advice from a lot of people, and you can take bits and pieces, but you know innately what your child needs. You should trust that."

- Lucy Liu

"Nothing that grieves us can be called little. By the eternal law of proportions, a child’s loss of a doll and a king’s loss of his crown are events of the same size."

- Mark Twain

"Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears."

- Kate Winslet

"I think of motherhood as a great big adventure. You set off on a journey, you don’t really know how to navigate things, and you don’t exactly know where you’re going or how you’re going to get there."

- Cynthia Rowley

"Sometimes we try to protect our children so much that when something doesn’t go right in their lives, they’re unprepared to deal with adversity. I don’t think that does our kids any favors."

- Taraji P. Henson

"A happy mother is a good mother, and if work makes you hum, your whole family sings along."

- Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober

"There’s always going to be bad stuff out there. But here’s the amazing thing light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can’t stick the dark into the light."

- Jodi Picoult

"Children do not need us to shape them; they need us to respond to who they are."

- Naomi Aldort

"Balance is not better time management, but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices."

- Betsy Jacobsen

"A mother needs only step into the shower to be instantly reassured she is indispensable to every member of her family."

- Lynne Williams

"Having a baby is just living in the constant unexpected. You never know when you’re gonna get crapped on or when you’re gonna get a big smile or when that smile immediately turns into hysterics."

- Blake Lively

"Don’t wait until everything is just right [..] There will always be challenges, obstacles, and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger…"

- Mark Victor Hansen

"The one thing you’ve got to be prepared to do as a parent is not to be liked from time to time."

- Emma Thompson

"I try to call my mother with more regularity because I think, what if Hazel didn’t call me for two weeks? I’m able to see her mothering now from a different vantage point."

- Julia Roberts

"If your children fear you, they cannot trust you. If they don’t trust you, they cannot learn from you."

- Lori Petro

"I have to keep reminding myself that I created life, and there’s no cooler thing than being able to create life inside of you. So if the repercussions of that are extra stretch marks, saggy skin and more weight on my body, so be it."

- Ashley Graham

"So often, when we feel lost, adrift in our lives, our first instinct is to look out into the distance to find the nearest shore. But that shore, that solid ground, is within us. The anchor we are searching for is connection, and it is internal."

- Brene Brown

"Say yes to the feelings, even as you say no to the behavior."

- Daniel J. Siegel

"Trust children. Nothing could be more simple, or more difficult. Difficult because to trust children we must learn to trust ourselves, and most of us were taught as children that we should not be trusted."

- John Holt

"If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent."

- Bette Davis

"How I feel about myself is more important than how I look. Feeling confident. being comfortable in your skin-that’s what really makes you beautiful."

- Bobbi Brown

"I’ve never met a 2-year-old who is terrible. I’m so cool with every stage my daughter goes through. I just think she’s amazing. I hope she’s not looking at me thinking, ‘Mom, are the terrible 30s coming on with you?’"

- Katie Holmes

"It is not change that causes anxiety; it is the feeling that we are without defenses in the presence of what we see as danger that causes anxiety."

- Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey

"Motherhood is basically finding activities for children in three-hour pockets of time for the rest of your life."

- Mindy Kaling

"Usually, the triumph of my day is, you know, everybody making it to the potty."

- Julia Roberts

"Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love."

- Brené Brown

"A mother is someone who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."

"Make the most of today because it is right here. Play that game, sing that song, read one more book, and enjoy those cuddles. Treasure all those precious little moments. Because at the end of your life, you’ll never look back and think, ‘I spent too much time with my kids.’"

"Many people talk about having kids like it’s a bad thing. You want to know what true love is? Have some kids. They don’t care how much money you have, what car you drive, or how you look. They just truly love you for you. The unconditional love between you and your children is priceless."

"The parenting road gets bumpy sometimes. That doesn’t mean you are off course."

"Don’t let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life."

"Behind every great child is a mom who’s pretty sure she’s screwing it all up."

"I am brave and courageous for even trying, when I think I can’t do it."

"I am not a bad mom because I work, and I am not a bad employee because I am a mom."

"Beautiful Mama, you are enough. You are so much MORE than enough."

"You are here right now. There is no other place that is more perfect for you. You are here. At this moment, your lungs are breathing, your heart is beating, and your blood is flowing. This moment is meant just for you."

"Mama, your body is beautiful. It’s doing, and has done, miraculous work."

"Whenever you feel like you are failing, look in the eyes of your child and know your value."

"When we look back, we can feel gratitude for the most challenging experiences because we have learned more about ourselves through the process. We can consciously find the gems in the struggles."

"Deep within your heart and soul lives the truth of your worth. Learn to look within at the gifts you innately possess. Value the person you are. You are worthy."

"You embody a wonderful quality that will support you and others throughout the day. You are bright and radiant and ready. Have a beautiful day, Mama."

"A goal is what we want the end result to be. An intention is the way of being on our journey to get there."

"Within each one of us is a reservoir of peace and wisdom. Within us we have everything we need to navigate life and motherhood."

"Be patient and kind with yourself, mama. You are already doing so much."

"You, Mama, are filled up from head to toe. You are grateful. You are here. You matter."

"It’s time for you to reclaim your mistakes as arrows pointing you toward a different way."

"Take some time to everything you’ve done, everything you’re working for, and everything you will achieve. Your accomplishments deserve to be celebrated."

"In this moment, you are safe. In this moment, you have everything you need. Ultimately, all is well."

"There is only one you, so why not spend the rest of your life being in love with yourself."

"Motherhood is not for us to plan, but for us to discover."

"Keep seeking the many moments for gratitude in your life. Even if these moments might seem small at first. A lot of little grateful moments really add up."

"You always have the choice to pause."

"Never limit yourself. You can be a mom and pursue your dream simultaneously."

"The love and compassion you’ve always carried in your heart makes you a wonderful mother and a beloved friend."