What a mother is quotes

It is impossible to define what a mother is! Fierce, loving, inspiring, tough, resilient, brave, caring, amazing… the list can go forever.

But that won’t stop us from showing our love! And because moms can never get enough of it, we have 45 awesome quotes for every type of mom.

Quotes about mother love; mother & son, mother & daughter; funny quotes; Bible verses for mother; Cambridge Dictionary definition of mom; quotes for single mom; feminist mother quotes. We have it all!

If you are on the DIY side, you can print some free mothers day coloring pagesand make a cute card for your mom or for yourself! Why not? 😉

Quotes about mother love

To be a mother is to have your heart beating outside your body.

 “Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.” – Merryl Streep

It is my job, as a mom, to make my child the most fulfilled person on Earth.

“Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.” – Dorothy Canfield Fisher

To the world you are a mother. To your family, you are the world

“Mothers are the necessity of invention.” – Bill Waterson

A mother’s love is the heart of a family.

“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had.. and fears you didn’t know existed.” – Linda Wooten

Life doesn’t come with a manual. It comes with a mother.

Mother & son quotes | Mother & daughter quotes

Home is where my mom is.

“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Herman Hesse

No matter how old my daughter gets she will always be my baby girl.

“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”- Angela Schwindt

“My daughter introduced me to myself.” – Beyoncé

Everything I am you helped me to be.

“The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son.”- Sarah Shahi

“Nothing you do for children is ever wasted.” Garisson Keillor

Funny mom quotes

May your coffee be stronger than your toddler.

Ain’t no hood like motherhood.

 “I always say if you aren’t yelling at your kids, you’re not spending enough time with them”- Reese Witherspoon

Then I turned my back for 5 seconds… that’s how every parent horror story begins.

Nothing is lost until your mother can’t find it.

Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.

“No one told me I would be coming home in diapers, too” – Chrissy Teigen

 Silence is golden. Unless you have kids. Then silence is just suspicious.

“Parenting is f**king hard. “- Adele

Bible verses for mother

“Her children rise up and call her blessed.” Proverbs 32:28

“As is the mother, so is her daughter.” Ezekiel 16:44

“Children are a gift from the lord, they are a reward from him.” Psalm 127:3

“For this child we have prayed.”Samuel 1:27

“Before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace.” Galatians 1:15

Cambridge Dictionary definitions for mother

noun: a female parent

verb: to treat a person with great kindness and love and to try to protect them from anything dangerous or difficult.

noun: the largest or most extreme example of something

Quotes for single mother

“Being a single parent made me stronger than ever before.”

“I am prouder of my years as a single mother than of any other part of my life.” J.K. Rowling

“A single mother has a backbone made of steel and a heart made of gold.”

“The loves of my life are my children and my mother. I don’t feel as if I need a man.” Diane Keaton

I’m a single mom. What’s your superpower?

“It’s difficult, but far from impossible and we smile more than we cry.” Regina King

Being a single mother is hard. But raising your child with a bad father is far worse.

At the end of the day, I am the only one who can give my daughter the inspiring parent she deserves.

Feminist motherhood quotes

Teach your daughters to worry less about fitting into glass slippers and more about shattering glass ceilings.

“I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It’s just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.” Michelle Obama

“My mother was a feminist and a divorcee who worked. She was very smart, “- Alley Mills

“As a woman you are better off in life earning your own money. You couldn’t prevent your husband from leaving you or taking another wife, but you could have some of your dignity if you didn’t have to beg him for financial support.” – Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“Mother told me a couple of years ago: ‘sweetheart, settle down and marry a rich man.’ I said: ‘Mom, I am a rich man’. “- Cher