This weekend we celebrate Mother’s Day. I am blessed to be the daughter of an excellent mom and I am also the proud mother of two fabulous children. Motherhood has been the greatest blessing of my life. Nothing is better. I am starting the Mother’s Day celebration early with 20 beautiful quotes about moms, and love! I hope you enjoy!

1.     “God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers”
– Jewish Proverb

2.     “There is such a such a special sweetness is being able to participate in creation.”
– Pamela S. Nadav

3.     “Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.”
– Sophocles

4.     “Until one becomes a mother, no one can ever tell you what it will feel like to love someone so deeply and profoundly that you rejoice when they rejoice, ache when they ache, feel what they feel – even without ever speaking a word.”
– Jennifer Quinn

5.     “Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs… since the payment is pure love.”
– Mildred Vermont

6.     “You never know how much your parents loved you until you have a child to love.”
– Jennifer Hudson

7.     “Men are what their mothers made them.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

8.     “Still the most magical day of my life was the day I became a mom.”
-Linda Becker

9.     “Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.”
– Lin Yutang

10.  “I don’t remember who said this, but there really are places in your heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.”
– Anne Lamott

11.  “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.”
– Sophia Loren

12.  “Sometimes the littlest things take up the most room in your heart.”
– Winnie the Pooh

13.  “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
– Abraham Lincoln

14.  “The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.”
– Jessica Lange

15.  “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.”
– Princess Diana

16.  “Birth is not only about making babies. It’s about making mothers; strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and believe in their inner strength.”
– Barbara Katz Rothman

17.  “Blessed is a mother that would give up part of her soul for her children’s happiness.”
– Shannon L. Alder

18.  “Don’t raise your kids to have more than you had, raise them to be more than you were.”
– Unknown

19.  “When in doubt choose the kids, there will be plenty of time later to choose work.”
– Anna Quindlen

20.  “It’s not our job to toughen our children to face a cruel and heartless world. It’s our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.”
– LR Knost

I hope that you enjoyed this collection of quotes. If you are interested in a bit more reading click here to read the (slightly dramatic) birth story of my second child. Do you have any favorite mom quotes that I missed? Leave them in the comments! Thank you in advance and HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

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Much Love & Happy Travels,

Lacey