100+ Inspirational Quotes for My Daughter: A Heartfelt Collection to Empower and Uplift

"Be Yourself. Everyone Else is Already Taken."

- Oscar Wilde

"My highest hope for her is just that she has the fearlessness to always be her authentic self."

- Channing Tatum

"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take."

- Wayne Gretzky

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose."

- Dr. Seuss

"It’s a different kind of love. It’s very pure, it’s unconditional, but they haven’t earned it yet. They didn’t do anything, they just exist and you love them completely, but it’s not built on anything other than their existence."

- John Legend

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

- Henry David Thoreau

"The bond between a mother and her child is the only real and purest bond in the world, the only true love we can ever find in our lifetime."

- Ama H. Vanniarachchy

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you land among the stars."

- Les Brown

"You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will."

- Stephen King

"Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed."

- Robert T. Kiyosaki

"Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it or work around it."

- Michael Jordan

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

- Princess Diana

"It doesn’t matter what your background is or where you came from. If you have dreams and goals, that’s all that matters."

- Serena Williams

"You must be imaginative, strong-hearted. You must try things that may not work, and you must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul."

- Gusteau, Ratatouille

"You don’t know what unconditional love is. You may say you do, but if you don’t have a child, you don’t know what that is. But when you experience it, it is the most fulfilling ever."

- Regina King

"Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

- Mark Twain

"When you look into your mother's eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth."

- Mitch Albom

"You either get bitter or you get better. It’s that simple. You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you."

- Josh Shipp

"Tough times never last but tough people do."

- Robert H. Schuller

"In times of need, and in times of tears, in times of joy and in times of fears… there is mom. The one person who is always there."

- Heather Stillufsen

"Motherhood: All love begins and ends there."

- Robert Browning

"Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart."

- Roy T. Bennett

"I love my mother as trees love water and sunshine. She helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights."

- Terri Guillemets

"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."

- Jodi Picoult

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

- Rumi

"If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you."

- Fred DeVito

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go.."

- Dr. Seuss

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It always seems impossible until it’s done."

- Nelson Mandela

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

- Walt Disney

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"You’re braver than you believe and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

- Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh

"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"

- Dr. Seuss

"The people who are crazy enough to believe they can change the world are the ones who do."

- Steve Jobs

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

- Mark Twain

"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."

- Zig Ziglar

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Always be a first-rate version of YOURSELF, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

- Judy Garland

"The skill to win is important, but the will to win is vital."

- Joe Paterno

"Just because something feels scary doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it. Fear does not equal danger."

- Amy Morin

"Mother is comfort. Mother is home."

- Ruta Sepetys

"Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."

- Carl Bard

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

- Oscar Wilde

"Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

- John D. Rockefeller

"The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it."

- Henry Ford

"One of the most important relationships we’ll have is the relationship we have with our mothers."

- Iyanla Vanzant

"Find a victory in every defeat to remain hopeful, and find a defeat in every victory to remain humble."

- Orrin Woodward

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

- George Eliot

"Always keep a positive mindset, it will improve your outlook on the world."

- Roald Dahl

"Children and mothers never truly part, bound in the beating of each other’s heart."

- Charlotte Gray

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

- Linda Wooten

"The time is always right to do what is right."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

- Norman Vincent Peale

"Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with a little bit of angel-shine about them, and though it wears thin sometimes there is always enough left to lasso your heart."

- Alan Beck

"Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field since the payment is pure love."

- Mildred Vermont

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

- Barbara Kingsolver

"There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for – you."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Life is tough, but so are you."

- Carmi Grau

"A mother’s love is like an everlasting bed of roses, that continues to blossom. A mother’s love bears strength, comfort, healing, and warmth. Her beauty is compared to a sunny day that shines upon each rose petal and inspires hope."

- Ellen J. Barrier

"There were times when…I didn’t have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always."

- Taylor Swift

"The more a daughter knows the details of her mother’s life the stronger the daughter."

- Anita Diamant

"The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother."

- Sharon Olds

"Winners must have two things – definite goals and a burning desire to achieve them."

- Brad Burden

"Each day I give thanks for you and appreciate all that you do."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life."

- Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it is about learning to dance in the rain."

- Vivian Greene

"When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother."

- Anna Quindlen

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty."

- Winston Churchill

"Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before."

- Bonnie Claire

"Never let the fear of striking out stop you from playing the game."

- Babe Ruth

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

- Peter Drucker

"You are my sun, my moon, and all of my stars."

- E.E. Cummings

"Thank you for being the answer to the prayer I hadn’t realized I asked for."

- Marisa Donnelly

"Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved."

- Erich Fromm

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

- Jill Churchill

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."

- Albert Schweitzer

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

- Oprah Winfrey

"We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters’ lengthening flight."

- Letty Cottin Pogrebin

"Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing."

- Ricki Lake

"Life is tough my darling, but so are you."

- Stephanie Bennet Henry

"I’ve never had a moment’s doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life."

- Ian McEwan

"You are my angel, you remind me of the goodness in this world and inspire me to be the greatest version of myself."

- Steve Maraboli

"The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise."

- Rick Riordan

"My mother was my first country, the first place I ever lived."

- Nayyirah Waheed

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

- A.A. Milne

"She believed she could, so she did."

- R. S. Grey

"Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of."

- Bethany Hamilton

"And though she be but little, she is fierce."

- Shakespeare

"Find it within you to love exactly who you are and to know you’re capable, you’re loved and you’re beautiful. The world is a better place, because of you. You are unique because there is only ONE of you."

- Shantel VanSanten

"Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

- George Bernard Shaw

"People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

"Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up."

- Jesse Jackson

"Just keep swimming!"

- Dory

"Be so good they can’t ignore you."

- Steve Martin

"Keep looking up. That’s the secret of life."

- Charlie Brown

"Do not give up, the beginning is always the hardest."

- Natsu Dragneel

"My mother never gave me any idea that I couldn’t do whatever I wanted to do or be whomever I wanted to be. ... I don’t know if she ever realized that the person I most wanted to be was her."

- Rory Gilmore

"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."

- Jojo Moyes

"My Dearest Baby, You gave me the strength I didn't know I had. You taught me the true meaning of serenity and peace."

- Serena Williams

"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."

- Jodi Picoult

"I love our daughters more than anything in the world, more than life itself. So for me, being Mom-in-Chief is, and always will be, job number one."

- Michelle Obama

"I will not be a mystery to my daughter. She will know me and I will share my stories with her—the stories of failure, shame, and accomplishment. She will know she’s not alone in that wilderness."

- Viola Davis

"As mothers and daughters, we are connected to one another. My mother is in the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is in my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is in the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her."

- Kristin Hannah

"The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life, the stronger the daughter."

- Anita Diamant

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

- Honoré de Balzac

"Motherhood is difficult and rewarding."

- Gloria Estefan

"Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation."

- Robert A. Heinlein

"My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings."

- Erica Jong

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

- Agatha Christie

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

- Dorothy C. Fisher

"By the time you realize your mother was right, you have a daughter who thinks that you’re wrong."

- Sada Malhotra

"My mom taught me a woman’s mind should be the most beautiful part of her."

- Sonya Teclai

"In my daughter’s eyes I am a hero. I am strong and wise and I know no fear, but the truth is plain to see, she was sent to rescue me."

- Martina McBride

"Mothers and daughters together are a powerful force to be reckoned with."

- Melia Keeton-Digby

"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

"She taught by her own example, that the most evolved person is seemingly a contradiction—they are both the strongest and the most vulnerable person in the room."

- Billie Lourd

"I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine. She helps me prosper and reach great heights."

- Terri Guillemets

"From a little girl so very small, how and when did you get so tall?"

- Karen Mortensen

"My mom is the greatest mom in the whole wide world. She’s done everything for me to make my dreams come true."

- Josh Hutcherson

"A daughter is a miracle that never ceases to be miraculous…full of beauty and forever beautiful…loving and caring and truly amazing."

- Deanna Beisser

"It doesn't matter how old you are or what you do in your life. You never stop needing your mom."

- Kate Winslet

"God couldn't be everywhere so that is why he invented mothers."

- Diane Keaton

"A child's first teacher is its mother."

- Peng Liyuan

"Words are not enough to express the unconditional love that exists between a mother and a daughter."

- Caitlin Houston

"My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along."

- Denise Van Outen

"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."

- Winnie the Pooh

"When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother…When your mother's gone, you've lost your past. It's so much more than love. Even when there's no love, it's so much more than anything else in your life. I did love my mother, but I didn't know how much until she was gone."

- Anna Quindlen

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

- leroy Bronlow

"Mothers and daughters are part of each other's consciousness, in different degrees and in a different way, but still with the mutual sense of something which has always been there"

- Edith Wharton

"My daughter introduced me to myself… the connection I had with her when I was giving birth was something that I’ve never felt before."

- Beyoncé

"You will always be the miracle that makes my life complete."

- George Strait

"No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom."

- Cardinal Mermillod

"A daughter is a bundle of firsts that excite and delight, giggles that come from deep inside and are always contagious, everything wonderful and precious and your love for her knows no bounds."

- Barbara Cage

"The woman who is my best friend, my teacher, my everything: Mom."

- Sandra Vischer

"The dearest things I know are what you are."

- Oscar Hammerstein II

"The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms."

- Jodi Picoult

"Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers and have remained so, in circles joined to circles, since time began."

- Signe Hammer

"A mother’s treasure is her daughter."

- Catherine Pulsifer

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

- Emily Dickinson

"If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?."

- Milton Berle

"No daughter and mother ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them."

- Christie Watson

"A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give."

- Laurel Atherton

"My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis. Every morning when I wake her up, the endgame is,  Can I get her to smile?  And that puts me in a good mood."

- Drew Barrymore

"My mom and I are freakishly linked."

- Rory Gilmore

"A daughter is a treasure and a cause of sleeplessness."

- Ben Sirach

"To my daughter: Never forget that I love you. I hope you believe in yourself as much as I believe in you."

"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve."

"Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever."

"I didn’t give you the gift of life. Life graciously gave me the gift of you."

"My little ones, take pride in how far you have come. Have faith in how far you can go."

"You are loved. For the daughter you are, the woman you will become and the precious daughter you will always be."

"I don’t want you to walk in my footsteps. I want you to walk in the path beside me and go even further, than I could ever dream of."

"The most precious jewels you’ll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children."

"There is nothing as powerful as a mother's love, and nothing as healing as a child's soul."

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

"Believe in yourself as much as I believe in you."

"You are capable of achieving anything you set your mind to."

"Be fearless, be bold, and always be yourself."

"You have the strength to move mountains."

"Chase your dreams, and never let anything hold you back."

"You are powerful beyond measure."

"Always remember, you are enough."

"The world is yours to conquer."

"You are a warrior, and I am proud of the woman you’ve become."

"Keep shining, keep dreaming, and keep believing."

"You are destined for greatness, and I’ll be cheering you on every step of the way."

"To my daughter, never forget that I love you. Life is filled with hard times and good times. Be brave, be bold, and be beautiful."

"I am proud of the woman you have become, and excited for the future you have ahead of you."

"Always remember, you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and loved more than you know."

"If you ever feel like giving up, just remember there is a little girl watching who wants to be just like you."

- Unknown

"To my beautiful daughter, always remember: you are brave, you are capable, you are pretty, and you can accomplish ANYTHING your heart desires! I know this because I am your mother."

- Unknown

"I hope you believe in yourself as much as I believe in you."

"You are such a beautiful girl, and I’m so proud of the incredible way that you are growing up. Even at such a young age, you are full of wisdom, kindness, compassion, and courage."

- Unknown

"To my daughter. Never forget that I love you. Life is filled with hard times and good times. Learn from everything you can. Be the woman I know you can be."

"You are my greatest achievement."

"Always remember how amazing you are."

"Daughters are like flowers, they fill the world with beauty."

"A daughter is just a little girl who grows up to be your best friend."

"Always love your mother because you will never get another."

- Unknown

"My greatest blessings call me mom."

- Unknown

"You’re always with me, like a handprint on my heart."

"Daughters are far more precious than jewels."

"Angels are often disguised as daughters."

- Unknown

"Her smile makes me smile. Her laugh is infectious. Her heart is pure and true. Above all, I love that she is my daughter."

"I am a strong woman because a strong woman raised me."

"I did not give you the gift of life, life gave me the gift of you."

"Since I’ve heard your first scream and saw your wonderful eyes, my heart has been stolen. And it was the prettiest thief I’ve ever seen."

"I have never dreamt of having a better daughter than you. You made my life complete."

- Unknown

"A daughter is a miracle that never ceases to be miraculous."

"From the moment they placed you in my arms, you snuggled right into my heart."

"There is nothing as powerful as a mother's love, and a child's soul."

- Unknown

"A daughter is one of the most precious gifts this world can give."

"Watching you grow has been the most rewarding journey of my life."

"My little girl yesterday, my friend today, my daughter forever."

"A daughter is a day brightener and a heart warmer."

"Sometimes when I need a miracle, I look into my daughter's eyes and realize I have already created one."

"The love between a mother and daughter is forever."

"The smallest feet make the biggest footprints in our hearts."

"A daughter is a little girl who grows up to be a friend."

"A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future."

"The bond between a mother and her daughter is unbreakable."

"Happiness is mother and daughter time."

"The love between a father and daughter is forever."

"A daughter is someone you laugh with, dream with, and love with all your heart."

"A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart."

"Mom – a title just above the queen."

"Mother and daughter from the start, best friends forever from the heart."

"The love between a mother and daughter is FOREVER."

"A mother is a daughter’s best friend."

"Mother and daughter never truly part, maybe in distance but never in heart."

"Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with a bit of angel shine about them."

"A mother and a daughter always share a special bond, which is engraved on their hearts."

"No matter how old you get, you’ll always be my baby girl."

- Unknown

"Like a delicate flower, you bloom with grace and beauty."

"For all the things my hands have held, the best by far is you."

"You are strong, kind, and incredibly special."

"May your life be filled with love, joy, and endless possibilities."

"You may have outgrown my lap, but you’ll never outgrow my heart."

"You are my pride and joy, and I’m so proud of you."

"You are a blessing, a gift wrapped in love and joy."

"You are my sunshine on even the darkest days."

"She is everything that is perfect, wrapped in a tiny bundle."

- Unknown

"You bring magic and joy into my world every day."

"Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a Mother."

- Unknown

"A daughter is God’s way of saying, ‘thought you could use a lifelong friend.’"

- Unknown

"You are the melody to my song, the light in my life."

"Daughters are stars that shine bright in their parents’ sky."

"The world is a better place because you are in it."

"I am so proud of the wonderful woman you have become."

"A daughter's love is a day brightener and a heart warmer."

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

"You are my strength and my sunshine."