I’ve been a mom for a long time, 21.5 years to be exact. Through the years I’ve seen moms struggle with all kinds of things. I’ve struggled with having a sick kid, becoming a single mom, and plenty of other things. I’m certainly not a perfect mother, (no one is) but I think I’ve done a decent job. One of the ways I kept going when I questioned myself or felt low was to find inspiration. I find a lot of inspiration in the bible and I do highly recommend it. I also enjoy inspirational mom quotes. Here are some of my favorites whether you are a new mom or an old mom like me. I hope they inspire you too!
Inspirational Quotes for Moms
- 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’s love endures through all. – Washington Irving
- 6. A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for. –Anonymous.
- Your most valuable parenting skill is learning to manage yourself first. –Dr. Laura Markham
- Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. — Barbara Kingsolver
- Live in the moment and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering. –Fanny Crosby
- Even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you’d be okay. — Jojo Moyes
- A mother continues to labor long after the baby is born. –Lisa Jo Baker
- The mother’s heart is the child’s school-room. —Henry Ward Beecher
- Men are what their mothers made them. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
- There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. —Chinese Proverb
- If evolution really works, how come mothers have only two hands? —Milton Berle
- The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will find forgiveness. –Honore de Balzac
- All mothers are working mothers. –Author Unknown
- When you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know. — Mitch Albom
- A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s. —Princess Diana
- 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
- Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me. —Lady Gaga
- He didn’t realize that love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark. – J.K. Rowling
- A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. —Victor Hugo
- Mother – that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. -T. DeWitt Talmage
- Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. —Oprah Winfrey
- A mother is someone who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. —Unknown Author
- When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother. — Anna Quindlen
- A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary. —Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Parenting is the easiest thing in the world to have an opinion about, but the hardest thing in the world to do. —Matt Walsh
- “She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.” — Proverbs 31:26-27
- Behind every great child is a mom who’s pretty sure she’s screwing it all up. —Unknown
- “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” —3 John 1:4
- Mother was comfort. Mother was home — Ruta Sepetys
- The love between a mother and a daughter is forever. — Patricia Wayant
- All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. — Abraham Lincoln
- The days are long but the years are short. —Gretchen Rubin
- Mama, you taught me to do the right things. So now you have to let your baby fly. You’ve given me everything that I will need. To make it through this crazy thing called life. — Carrie Underwood
- Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. —William Makepeace Thackeray
- A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled — Emily Dickinson
- It doesn’t matter how old you are or what you do in your life. You never stop needing your mom. — Kate Winslet
- There is no way to be a perfect mother, but a million ways to be a good one. —Jill Churchill
- God couldn’t be everywhere so that is why he invented mothers. — Daphne Wilder
- No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother’s love. —Edwin Chapin
- 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
- What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all. —Benjamin Spock
- A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty. —Anonymous
- 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
- A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. –Washington Irving
- Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face. – George Eliot
- 46. And remember that behind every successful woman is a basket of dirty laundry. —Author Unknown
- No influence is so powerful as that of the mother. —Sarah Josepha Hale
- Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life. —Sophocles
- Everyone loves their mom; everyone’s got an important mom, but for me, she’s really the guiding force. — Taylor Swift
- Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears. – Kate Winslet
- 36. 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.” —Tenneva Jordan
- The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms. — Jodi Picoult
- If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. —Stevie Wonder
- A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. – Cardinal Mermillod
- A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. —Honore de Balzac
- The most powerful thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. –Author Unknown
- Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
- All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his. –Oscar Wilder
- Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother. — Unknown
- When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know. —Charley Benetto
- Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. —Marion C. Garretty
- A mother’s joy begins when new life is stirring inside…when a tiny heartbeat is heard for the first time, and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone. –Author unknown.
- My childhood may be over, but that doesn’t mean playtime is. –Ron Olson
- Sleep is like the unicorn—it is rumored to exist, but I doubt I will see any. –Author Unknown.
- For a mother is the only person on earth who can divide her love among ten children and each child still have all her love. –Anonymous
- I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. — Abraham Lincoln
- Finding balance as a mother means accepting your imperfections. –Mary Organizes
- Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. —Erich Fromm
- 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
- Mothers hold their children’s hands for a while, but their hearts forever. –Author Unknown
Being a stay-at-home mom can be even more challenging at times. Here are some stay at home mom quotes.
If I find more quotes I will be sure and add them! If you have a favorite that isn’t on this list please share it with me. I must say since I recently lost my mom some of these have a whole new meaning to me. She was my best friend and I miss her every single day.
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