Holidays & Entertaining Holidays Mother's Day 34 Mother's Day Quotes, Captions, and Sayings to Make Mom's Day Can't fit all you want to say into a 5x7 inch card? Try one of these pithy quotes instead. By Lauren Phillips Lauren Phillips Lauren is a former editor at Real Simple and currently serves as a senior digital editor for Better Homes & Gardens. Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines Updated on April 16, 2024 Trending Videos Close this video player Photo: huePhotography/Getty Images The lead-up to Mother's Day may be all about finding the right Mother's Day gift and planning great Mother's Day activities, but don't let the day itself flash by without a meaningful Mother's Day quote or two. Your mom—or your wife and mother of your children, or your grandmother, or whomever—is sure to appreciate a Mother's Day quote, saying, or caption along with the meaningful card you give her or the funny post you put on social media. A good Mother's Day poem will never fail you, but sometimes you want something a little shorter: That's where Mother's Day quotes come in. These short, pithy sayings and phrases from great minds, writers, and thinkers carry a lot of meaning and feeling in just a few words. If you don't know exactly what to say to your mom (or how to caption your Instagram post), these quotes might have the words that you don't. (Some are even funny too.) 28 Mother's Day Poems That Will Make Mom Laugh and Cry Between tracking down gifts for new moms for the women in your circle and planning your Mother's Day itinerary, take a look at these quotes for moms—they'll make you smile and want to call Mom whether it's Mother's Day or not. 01 of 34 "Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind." Real Simple —Kahil Gibran 02 of 34 “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.” Real Simple —Gilda Radner 03 of 34 "A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place." Emma Darvick – Amy Tan 04 of 34 “Nothing is really lost until your mom can’t find it.” Real Simple —Unknown 05 of 34 "All that I ever am and hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." Emma Darvick – Abraham Lincoln 06 of 34 "There's no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one." Emma Darvick – Jill Churchill 07 of 34 "My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was." Emma Darvick – Lisa Leslie 08 of 34 "It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it." Emma Darvick – Dorothy, The Golden Girls 09 of 34 "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." Emma Darvick – Cardinal Mermillod 10 of 34 "A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's." Emma Darvick – Princess Diana 11 of 34 "Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face." Emma Darvick – George Eliot 12 of 34 "Mothers: All love begins and ends there." Emma Darvick – Robert Browning 13 of 34 "Maybe it's just a daughter's job to piss off her mother." Emma Darvick – Chuck Palahnuik, Diary 14 of 34 "Behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begin." Emma Darvick – Mitch Albom, For One More Day 15 of 34 "You know all my most embarrassing moments, you know that I'm a nut, so what can I do to repay your love...and make sure you keep your mouth shut!?" Emma Darvick – Holly Giffers, "You Know Me" 16 of 34 "On Mother's Day it isn't smart to give your mom a broken heart." Emma Darvick – Bruce Lansky, On Mother's Day 17 of 34 "Life doesn't come with a manual. It comes with a mother." Emma Darvick – Unknown 18 of 34 "Best of wives and best of Women." Emma Darvick – Alexander Hamilton 19 of 34 "A mother's love endures through all." Emma Darvick – Washington Irving 36 Spring Quotes About New Beginnings, Hope, and Change 20 of 34 "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers." Emma Darvick – Rudyard Kipling 21 of 34 “Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their children.” Real Simple —Maxim Grosky 22 of 34 “If you’re a mom, you’re a superhero. Period.” Real Simple —Rosie Pope 23 of 34 “There are no rules in this house; I’m not like a regular mom, I’m a cool mom.” Real Simple —Mrs. George, Mean Girls 60 Mother's Day Brunch Ideas That Celebrate Spring and Mom 24 of 34 “It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?” Real Simple —Mahatma Gandhi 25 of 34 “The truth is that no matter how old we are, as long as our mothers are alive, we want our mother.” Real Simple —Goldie Hawn 26 of 34 “Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.” Real Simple —Lisa Alther 27 of 34 “Mom: a title just above queen.” Real Simple —Unknown 28 of 34 “Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.” Real Simple —Bern Williams 29 of 34 “No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother’s love.” Real Simple —Edwin Chapin 30 of 34 “The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.” Real Simple —Elaine Heffner 31 of 34 “Mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.” Real Simple —Emily Dickinson 29 Great Books for Mom for Mother's Day, Her Birthday, or the Holidays 32 of 34 “A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.” Real Simple —Amit Kalantri 33 of 34 “The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.” Real Simple —Kelly Clarkson 34 of 34 “Mothers are the necessity of invention.” Real Simple —Bill Patterson Was this page helpful? 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