Mother's Day Quotes

"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise: that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth." [Ephesians 6:2, 3 NKJV]

"I remember my mother's prayer and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."  (Abraham Lincoln)

"We only have One Mom, One Mommy, One Mother in this World, One life. Don't wait for the Tomorrow's to tell Mom, you love her." (Unknown)

"I think it must somewhere be written, that the virtues of mothers shall, occasionally,
be visited on their children, as well as the sins of fathers." (Dickens)

"The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother... A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother."  (Proverbs 10:1; 15:20 NKJV)

"Unhappy is the man for whom his own mother has not made all other mothers venerable."
(Richter)

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you." (Exodus 20:12)

"A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap. " (Danish Proverb)

"Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. " (Charles R. Swindoll)

"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money." (Abigail Van Buren)

"My mother was the making of me." (Thomas Alva Edison)

"Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you." 
(Robert Fulghum)

"Children will carry in their character the subtle impressions of our marriage and home. We are determining the quality of future marriages by strengthening the quality of our own." (J. Allan Peterson)

"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."  (Henry Ward Beecher)

"To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today." (Barbara Johnson)

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

"No one is poor who had a godly mother"  (Abraham Lincoln)

During a Sunday School Class a small boy was told that it is God who makes bad people good. "I know," said the little boy, "but mothers help a lot, too." (Milestones)

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

"What the child says, he has heard at home." (African Proverb)

"Mother's love grows by giving."  (Charles Lamb)

"A little girl, asked where her home was, replied, 'where mother is.'"  (Keith L. Brooks)

"The mother love is like God's love; he loves us not because we are lovable, but because it is His nature to love, and because we are His children." (Riney)

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

"A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest." (Irish Proverb)

"The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother... A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother."  (Proverbs 10:1:15:20 NKJV)

"Never try to make your son or daughter another one of you; one is enough." (Arnold Glasow)

"A child like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it." (Frank Clark)

"There is but one way to eliminate juvenile delinquency - that is by providing each child in America with competent parents." (J. Edgar Hoover)

"Parental permissiveness is the breeding ground for juvenile delinquency. Parents unwilling to exercise self-disciple find it difficult to discipline their children and when they do, their children do not respect them.   This lack of self-discipline is the breeding ground for all activities, and more, to be found under the umbrella of juvenile delinquency."   (R. Robert Flatt)

"When the shell you live in has taken on the savor of your love...then your house is a home."
(Scott Russell Sanders)

"Andrew, if I should not see you again, I wish you to remember and treasure up some things I have already said to you.  In this world you will have to make your own way.  To do that you must have friends.  You can make friends by being honest and you can keep them by being steadfast.  You must keep in mind that friends worth having will, in the long run, expect as much from you as they give to you. To forget an obligation or be ungrateful for a kindness is a base crime, not merely a fault or a sin, but an actual crime.  Men guilty of it sooner or later must suffer the penalty.  In personal conduct be always
polite but never obsequious.  None will respect you more than you respect yourself. Avoid quarrels as long as you can without yielding to imposition. But sustain your manhood always.  Never bring a suit in law for assault and battery or for defamation. The law affords no remedy for such outrages that can satisfy the feelings of a true man. Never wound the feelings of others.  Never brook wanton outrage upon your own feelings. If you ever have to vindicate your feelings or defend your honor, do it calmly. If angry at first, wait till your wrath cools before you proceed."
(Last Words to Her Fourteen-Year-Old Son by Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, Mother of Andrew Jackson)

"If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive.
If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns to be confident.
If a child lives with praise, he learns to be appreciative.
If a child lives with acceptance, he learns to love.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
If a child lives with recognition, he learns it is good to have a goal.
If a child lives with honesty, he learns what truth is.
If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith in himself and those about him.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world."  (Dorothy Nolte)

"Scotland, with her well-known reverence for motherhood, insists that an ounce of mother is worth more than a pound of clergy." (H. H. Birkins)

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the
LORD your God is giving you." (Exodus 20:12)

"Just when a woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a grandmother." [The Church Mouse]

"A good mother is the greatest blessing ever bestowed on a family of children; and a godless, wicked, worldly mother is the greatest curse that ever blighted a home!" (Sam Jones)

"You may have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be - I had a mother who read to me.'  [Strickland Gillilan]

"There is no place for a mother to go to resign." [The Church Mouse]

"My son, keep your father's command, And do not forsake the law of your mother."
[Proverbs 6:20 NKJV]

"A mother is not a person to lean on but person to make leaning unnecessary."  (Dorothy Fisher)

"A hush of silence sweeps over us as we breathe the word 'mother'. Christianity exalts motherhood as no other religion in the history of the world. In His incarnation our Lord entered our humanity through the portals of a woman's life and thus in a special sense sanctified motherhood. To be a mother is to hold the reins of a nation. A mother's hand is mightier than a king's scepter. This being true, every mother is called to utmost consideration of her high office." (Richard Beal)

"A mother understands what a child does not say." (Jewish Proverb)

"The Joy of Motherhood: What a mother experiences when all her children are in bed."
(Barbara Johnson)

  "Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old."
[Proverbs 23:22 NKJV]

"As a mother, my job is to take care of what is possible and trust God with the impossible."
(Ruth Bell Graham)

My Mother taught me LOGIC
 "If you fall off that swing and break your neck, you can't go to the store with me."
My Mother taught me MEDICINE
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they're going to freeze that way."
My Mother taught me ESP
"Put your sweater on; don't you think that I know when you're cold?"
My Mother taught me TO MEET A CHALLENGE
 "What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you... Don't talk back to me!"
My Mother taught me HUMOR  
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
MY Mother taught me PATIENCE  
"Sure, you can do that. As soon as you're 21 and leave the house!"
My Mother taught me DIPLOMACY  
"I don't want to hear who started it, It takes two to fight."
My Mother taught me SHARING  
"Play nicely with that or I'll just take it away from both of you."
My Mother taught me ETIQUETTE
 "Use your fork! If I see that hand on the table again I'll Slap it!"
But most of all, My Mother taught me LOVE 
 " You know that whatever you do or whatever happens, I'll stand behind you because I Love you."
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"He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach." [Proverbs 19:26 NJKV]

"Blessed is the Mother...
Who can hold onto her children while letting them go;
Who puts a tranquil home ahead of an immaculate house;
Who knows a kind act will be remembered longer than an easy word;
Who really believes that prayer changes things;
Whose faith in the future sweetens the present;
Whose Bible never needs dusting; and
Whose sense of humor is alive and well." (The Promoter)