Let’s not kid ourselves, although being a parent is one of the most important and rewarding things we will do in our lives, being a Mom can be rough at times. I collected these 24 quotes to share some encouragement when most needed… and today, I needed that encouragement too.
A MOTHER’S LOVE
“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning
“No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother’s love.” – Edwin Hubbell Chapin
“We are born of love; love is our mother.” – Rumi
“I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” – Mitch Albom
“Love as powerful as your mother’s leaves its own mark…To have been loved so deeply… Will give us some protection forever.” – J. K. Rowling
“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 man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” – Irish proverb
WHEN A MOTHER STRUGGLES
“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
“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’S STRENGTH & ENDURANCE
“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
“Women have always been the strong ones of the world.” – Coco Chanel
“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver
“My mother was the one constant in my life. When I think about my mom raising me alone when she was 20, and working and paying the bills, and, you know, trying to pursue your own dreams, I think is a feat that is unmatched.” – President Barack Obama
“The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” – W. R. Wallace
“All mothers are working mothers.” – Unknown
“Motherhood is wonderful, but it’s also hard work. It’s the logistics more than anything. You discover you have reserves of energy you didn’t know you had.” – Deborah Mailman
THE UNBREAKABLE MOTHER/CHILD BOND
“A mother understands what a child does not say.” – Jewish Proverb
“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
“Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.” – Louisa May Alcott
THE PERFECTLY IMPERFECT MOTHER
“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill
“There are so many times you will feel you have failed, but in the eyes, heart and mind of your child, you are supermom.” – Stephanie Precourt
“Successful mothers are not the ones that have never struggled. They are the ones that never give up, despite the struggles.” – Sharon Jaynes
“I’d like to be the ideal mother, but I’m too busy raising my kids.” – Anonymous
“Behind every great child is a mom who’s pretty sure she’s screwing it all up.” – Unknown
Being a mom starts and ends with love. It requires unending patience and strength but the bond between a mother and her dear child is stronger than anything in this world. Please take this moment to breathe in kindness and gentleness and to know that you are absolutely the best possible mom for your little (and big) ones.
You are amazing.