Heartfelt Inspirational Quotes for Mothers and Daughters

"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

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

- e.e. cummings

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new."

- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

"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

"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

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

- E.E. Cummings

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

- Mitch Albom

"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

"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

"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

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

- Caitlin Houston

"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

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

- Marisa Donnelly

"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

"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 treasure is her daughter."

- Catherine Pulsifer

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

- Oscar Hammerstein II

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

- Laurel Atherton

"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

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

- George Strait

"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

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

- Abraham Lincoln

"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

"Every day I become a little bit more like my mother… and I couldn’t be prouder."

- Anonymous

"Thank you for caring. You don’t have to, but I sure am glad you do."

- Kasey Chatburn

"You’re a very special lady, who showered me with love I am thankful for you as I’ve told God above."

- Charly Lester

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

- Catherine Pulsifer

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

- Cardinal Mermillod

"The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way."

- Joyce Carol Oates

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

- Christie Watson

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

- Terri Guillemets

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

- Kate Winslet

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

- Anita Diamant

"Mother was comfort. Mother was home."

- Ruta Sepetys

"Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before you were here an hour, I would die for you. This is the miracle of Mother’s Love."

- Maureen Hawkins

"I chose not to lose my mom, and instead to gain an angel. In my mind, my heart, and my life, she is still completely present to this day — and as wise, compassionate and stubborn as ever."

- Kevin Hart

"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

"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

"Mother is comfort. Mother is home."

- Ruta Sepetys

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

- Princess Diana

"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

"Motherhood: All love begins and ends there."

- Robert Browning

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

- Charlotte Gray

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

- Mildred Vermont

"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

"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

"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

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

- Anita Diamant

"A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are their daughters' role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships."

- Victoria Secunda

"Sometimes even grown women need their mother's comfort so they can take a break from all that being strong."

- Colleen Hoover

"'Parents exist in children,' Grandmother said to bolster my confidence. 'Your mother will always exist in you. She will give you strength wherever you go.'"

- Lisa See

"Mothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth."

- Margaret Dilloway

"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

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

- Oprah Winfrey

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

- Rick Riordan

"Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away."

- Heather Gudenkauf

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

- Emily Dickinson

"My mom is literally a part of me. You can’t say that about many people except relatives, and organ donors."

- Carrie Latet

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

- Honoré de Balzac

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

- Taylor Swift

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

- Peng Liyuan

"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

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

- Karen Mortensen

"As they get older, our daughters become more and more like us too."

- Amy Newmark

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

- Dorothy C. Fisher

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

- Jodi Picoult

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

- Iyanla Vanzant

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

- Sandra Vischer

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

- Barbara Kingsolver

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

- Melia Keeton-Digby

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

- Terri Guillemets

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

- Ricki Lake

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

- Anna Quindlen

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

- Letty Cottin Pogrebin

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

- Anita Diamant

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

- Ben Sirach

"I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile."

- Adriana Trigiani

"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

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

- Channing Tatum

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

- Sonya Teclai

"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

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

- Jill Churchill

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

- Robert A. Heinlein

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

- Nayyirah Waheed

"Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together."

- Susan Gale

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

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

- Erich Fromm

"You are the woman who came into my life unexpectedly, whose presence kissed my soul."

- Marisa Donnelly

"Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire."

- Jennifer Lee

"From that moment, and for the rest of my life, my mother's words—perceptive and many others—have helped me to be the thing she saw and named in me."

- Karen Swallow Prior

"The only good poem I’ve ever written is you. A daughter is a poem. A daughter is a kind of psalm. You, in the world, responding to me, is the song I made. I cannot make another."

- Kaitlyn Greenidge

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

- Sada Malhotra

"I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled."

- Emily Dickinson

"A mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually vaccinates her daughter against low self-esteem."

- Naomi Wolf

"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

"We must all work together to build a better world for our children, and that starts with caring for our elders."

- Nelson Mandela

"She was my constant lantern when, like now, the world was dark and I didn't know which way to go."

- Penn Cole

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

- Milton Berle

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

- Winnie the Pooh

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

- Bethany Hamilton

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

- Stephanie Bennet Henry

"My highest hope for her is just that she has the fearlessness to always be her authentic self, no matter what she thinks men want her to be."

- Channing Tatum

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

- Shakespeare

"The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex."

- Wynonna Judd

"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

"What sunshine is to flowers, and tides are to the sea, is nowhere as important you’re being in my life is to me."

- C. Stellar

"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

"Motherhood is difficult and rewarding."

- Gloria Estefan

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

- Sharon Olds

"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

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

- Sonya Teclai

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

- leroy Bronlow

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

- Cardinal Mermillod

"A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again."

- Maya Angelou

"Some women pray for their daughters to marry good husbands. I pray that my daughters will find girlfriends half as loyal and true as the Ya-Ya’s."

- Rebecca Wells

"Maybe it’s true that in the end, all daughters turn into their mothers."

- Paula Ramón

"Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding you together."

- Susan Gale

"It may be that loving children, radically and beyond reason, expands our capacity to love others, particularly our own mothers."

- Kelly Corrigan

"It's not easy being a mom. If it were, fathers would do it."

- Betty White

"Some women pray for their daughters to marry good husbands. I pray that my girls will find girlfriends half as loyal and true as the Ya-Yas."

- Rebecca Wells

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

- Alan Beck

"I am in a long distance relationship. It’s been six months since I met my mom."

- Leena Duwadi

"I got it from my mama."

- Will.I.Am

"Daughters are like flowers, they fill the world with beauty, and sometimes attract pests."

- Anonymous

"The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant."

- Jane Sellman

"I could never love anyone the way I love you, I used to tell my wife. And then the second I looked in that baby’s eyes, in that exact moment, that if we were ever under attack, I would use my wife as a human shield to protect that baby."

- Ryan Reynolds

"All I know is that I carried you for nine months. I fed you, I clothed you, I paid for your college education. Friending me on Facebook seems like a small thing to ask in return."

- Jodi Picoult

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

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

"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."

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

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

"Someday when the pages of my life end, I know that you will be one of the most beautiful chapters."

- Unknown

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

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

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

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

"Happiness is mother and daughter time."

"My greatest blessings call me mom."

- Unknown

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

"Angels are often disguised as daughters."

- Unknown

"Daughters are like flowers that fill the world with beauty."

- Unknown

"No one in this world can love a girl more than her mother."

- 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."

"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."

"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

"Dear mom, I get it now."

- Unknown

"I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because my mother is a queen."

- Unknown

"Mom – a title just above the queen."

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

"Your heart, my shelter; your happiness, my purpose."

"You carry my love with you, wherever you go."

"Mom, you are my anchor in every storm."

"To me, you are home."

"Your love is my most precious gift."

"Thank you for every sacrifice, seen and unseen."

"In your hug, I find peace."

"Your courage is my inspiration."

"Mom, you are my first and forever friend."

"Your faith in me moves mountains."

"Mom, your love knows no bounds."

"In your smile, I find joy."

"Your teachings are my treasures."

"You are my compass, guiding me home."

"In every story you tell, I find the rhythm of our hearts beating together."

"No matter how old she is, she’s always my baby girl."

"Come storm or come shine, I will always be by your side."

"You are the most beautiful flower in my garden."

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

"Happiness is seeing your daughter smile."

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

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

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

"You have a place in my heart that no one else could ever take."

"Dear daughter, it’s been amazing watching you grow. Thank you for the laughs, the kindness and magic moments."

"Words cannot describe how much you are loved, a daughter like you is a treasure."

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

"I could watch you or a single moment, and find a million things I love about you."

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

"You are more than I ever expected and better than I ever imagined."

"When I see you my eyes turn into mini hearts."

"You are the light of my days. My great happiness. My greatest joy."

"You are the most beautiful gift this world could give me."

"You are pure joy."

"All my best days are those spent with you."

"I love you to infinity and beyond."

"You are my present and you will be my future and the best thing that ever happened to me."

"I believe in love at first sight because I love you from the first moment I saw you."

"The day you came into this world was the day that my life was forever changed. I never thought it was possible to feel so many different emotions all at the same time. One look at your beautiful face and I felt overjoyed, incredulous, blessed, relieved, exhausted, and utterly terrified."

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

"As soon as I saw you, I knew a big and wonderful adventure was about to begin."

"Life began with waking up and seeing my daughter’s face."

"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

"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."

"Watching you grow has been joyful, sometimes stressful. Above all it is the most meaningful part of my life."

"The day you came into this world, I knew it was my duty to protect you."

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

"I can’t promise to solve your problems, but I can promise that you won’t have to face them alone."

- Unknown

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

"Whatever happens I will always be there."

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

"In good times and bad, and in the worst, I will be there."

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

"The biggest surprise about motherhood was how completely and totally it changed how I look at myself, and what I believe I deserve, for the better."

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

"A mother is the only person in the world, who can turn daughter’s worries and fears into happiness."

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

"Mother. One person who does the work of twenty. For free."

- Unknown

"Stand tall, my girl, even when the world tries to make you small."

"Never dim your light; the world needs your brilliance."

"In your strength, I find my own."

"Your wisdom lights my path."

"Your laughter is my favorite sound."

"You taught me the beauty of life."

"Through your eyes, I learned to see the world."

"You are the artist of my soul’s landscape."

"Your stories are my guide through life."

"With you, I learned to dream."

"Life doesn't come with a manual, it comes with a mother."

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

- Unknown

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

- Unknown

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

- Unknown

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

- Unknown

"In my life, you are the sun that never fades and the moon that never wanes."

- Unknown

"I don’t want my children to follow in my footsteps. I want them to take the path next to me and go further than I could have ever dreamt possible."

"My daughter makes me laugh with her incredibly humorous take on the world. Everything makes her laugh, and I aspire to take in the world the same shoes she does."

- Unknown

"Remember, kindness is your greatest strength."

"Grow strong, grow kind, but most importantly, grow free."

"Chin up Princess or the crown slips."

- Unknown

"A daughter is God's way of saying, 'Thought you could use a lifelong friend.'"

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

"A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty."

"Your dreams are mine, too. Chase them."

"In you, I see the best parts of me."

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

- Unknown

"Thank you to the woman who carried me for 9 months and for 29 years financially."

- Unknown

"By the time a woman realizes her mother was right, she has a daughter who thinks she’s wrong."

- Unknown

"I smile because I’m your daughter, I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it."

- Unknown

"What’s it like to have the greatest daughter in the world? I don’t know ask your grandmother."

- Unknown

"It’s not ’empty nest syndrome’ until all of their crap is out of your basement."

- Unknown

"Life is your canvas; paint it brightly."

"First my mother, forever my friend."

"Mothers and daughters are closest when the daughter becomes a mother."

- Unknown

"You’ll be her first role model, her first friend, her first love. You are her mom, and she is your whole world. She is your little girl."

- Unknown

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

"Daughters are far more precious than jewels."

"My daughter is my best friend, my greatest challenge, and my loudest alarm clock."

- Unknown

"My daughter is my happy pill. Side effects include an empty wallet."

- Unknown

"I smile because I’m your daughter, I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it!"

- Unknown

"The most expensive part of having a daughter is all the wine you need to cope."

- Unknown

"By the time a woman realizes her mother was right, she has a daughter who thinks she is wrong."

- Unknown

"What’s it like to have the greatest daughter in the world? I don’t know, ask your grandmother."

- Unknown

"Mothers and daughters are closest, when daughters become mothers."

"Trying to understand my teenage daughter is like trying to charge my phone with a pasta noodle."

- Unknown

"Having a daughter is like having a mini, more stubborn version of yourself who argues about bedtime."

- Unknown

"My daughter stole my heart. And my makeup. But mostly, my makeup."

- Unknown

"Her first word was ‘Dada’, but ‘No’ is where she really shines."

- Unknown

"Twinkle twinkle little star, do you know how loved you are?"

- Unknown

"My favorite house is my mother."

"Having a mini-me is all fun and games until she starts acting just like you."

- Unknown

"Dear 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

"Love your parents and be ready to care for them. Many adult children are so busy growing up that they forget that their parents are growing old at the same time."

- Unknown