Mother Day Poems Quotes

A mother's love is like an island, In life's ocean vast and wide, A peaceful, quiet shelter, From the restless, rising tide.

I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose love would follow me still, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! If I were drowned in the deepest sea, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose tears would come down to me, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! If I were damned of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! I know whose love would follow me still Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!

This heart, my own dear mother, bends, With love's true instinct, back to thee!

In the Heaven's above, the angels, whispering to one another, can find, among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of 'Mother.

And may you happy live, And long us bless.

MOTHER (a word that means the world to me)

It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.

If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, mother o' mine o mother o' mine.

Who is getting more pleasure from this rocking, the baby or me?

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.

A mother's love is something that no one can explain — It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain. It is endless and unselfish and enduring, come what may, For nothing can destroy it or take that love away. It is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, And it never fails or falters even though the heart is breaking.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.

Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.

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

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

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

Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother

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

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

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

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.

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.

It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.

Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers, and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world.

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

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

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

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

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

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.