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The best Mother’s Day quotes

Sunday, May 12, is Mother’s Day. Here are some of the best quotes and thoughts that celebrate the very important woman who brought us into the world.

Update:
Este domingo 12 de mayo se celebra el Día de las Madres en los Estados Unidos. ¿Se trata de un feriado nacional? Te explicamos.
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Mother’s Day is celebrated in the United States on the second Sunday of May, and this year, the holiday falls on May 12. Here are the best quotes and thoughts to greet mom.

The best Mother’s Day quotes

To thank mom for everything she does and celebrate her day, we have selected a list of the best quotes and phrases to greet her, either in person, in a card, by means of a message, a call, or a post on social media.

“All that I am and hope to be, I owe to my mother’s angel,” Abraham Lincoln.

“Never in life will you find tenderness better, deeper, more disinterested or true than that of your mother,” Honoré de Balzac.

“My mother was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Everything, I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual, and physical education I received from her,” George Washington.

“The love of the mother is peace. It doesn’t need to be acquired, it doesn’t need to be earned,” Erich Fromm.

“No language can express the power, beauty and heroism of a mother’s love,” Edwin Chapin.

“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, it has no pity, it defies all things and mercilessly crushes everything that stands in its way,” Agatha Christie

“For I feel that, high in the Heavens / The angels, whispering to each other / May find, among their burning terms of love / None so devoted as ‘Mother’,” Edgar Allan Poe

“I have her spirit / She always has my back / When I look at her / I think I want to be like that,” Lauren Alaina

“Don’t poets know better than others? God cannot always be everywhere: and therefore he invented mothers,” Sir Edwin Arnold.

“A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible,” Marion C. Garretty

“A mother’s love is everything. It is what brings a child into this world. It is what shapes your entire being. When a mother sees her child in danger, she is literally capable of anything... A mother’s love is the strongest energy known to man,” Jamie McGuire

“A mother dresses in strength and dignity, laughs without fear of the future. When she speaks, her words are wise and she gives instructions with kindness,” Proverbs

“As mothers and daughters, we are connected to each other. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beat of my heart. Now I can’t imagine life without her,” Kristin Hannah

“My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed on which I base my life, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve begins in your mind,” Michael Jordan

“My Mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her,” Jodi Picoult

“The mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartbeat,” Leroy Brownlow

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“Youth fades away; love falls; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all,” Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Describing my mother would be writing about a hurricane at its maximum power or the colors that rise and fall in a rainbow,” Maya Angelou

“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they still hold the family together,” Susan Gale

“Mothers and their children are in a category of their own. There is no such strong bond in the whole world. There is no love so instant and merciful,” Gail Tsukiyama

“The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is incalculable,” Jaime Fausto

“Your arms were always open when I needed a hug. Your heart understood when I needed a friend. Your sweet eyes were stern when I needed a lesson. Your strength and love have guided me and given me wings to fly,” Sarah Malin

“Of all the gifts that life has to give, a good mother is the greatest of all.”

“Today I want to thank you for being the person who has dedicated a large part of her life to making me happy and has achieved it thanks to the love she has given me.”

“Mom, I don’t have the words to express my love. You mean a lot to me. Although I don’t always tell you, my heart is full of love for you. Happy Mother’s Day mom!”

“There is a reason why some people believe they can achieve anything. They listened to their mother.”

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“When you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”

“Thanks a million and a lifetime of happiness to the only person in the world who will always be with me through thick and thin, Mom. Happy Mother’s Day!”

“When I had no one to turn to, I knew I could count on you. When all the roads were closed, your door was the only one always open and when everything got difficult, there you were by my side saying that everything would be fine. Thank you mom for everything you do and would be able to do. I owe it all to you.”

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