Ten Quotes About Mothers for Mother's Days

Everyone has a mother. Almost everyone has something to say about their mother. May these quotes bring inspiration and joy to you and your mother on Mother's Day.

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. (Peter De Vries)
Translation: Mothers continue to carry their children long after they have carried them in their womb.

The phrase "working mother" is redundant. (Jane Sellman)
Translation: Every mother works, whether in the home or out of it. Each mother's work has value and importance in our lives.

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. (Rajneesh)
Translation: Becoming a mother is an act that changes you forever.

Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What's that suppose to mean? In my heart it don't mean a thing. (Toni Morrison, Beloved, 1987)
Translation: For a mother, a child is always a child no matter their age. To a child a mother is always a mother, no matter her age. We are always our mother's children.

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, Women and Beauty)
Translation: Mothers must be both selfish and selfless to best serve themselves, their child and humanity.

"Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother." (African proverb)
Translation: In our mother's eyes, we are always better than we are.

One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters. (George Herbert)
Translation: A mother is our first teacher; from her we learn how we are to be.

My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. (Graycie Harmon)
Translation: A mother is always with you, no matter where you are.

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. (Erich Fromm)
Translation: A mother's love is eternal and unconditional.

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers. (Jewish Proverb)
Translation: When we feel far from God, mothers can help us find our way.

Sources:
http://www.mothers.net/mothersquotes.htm
http://www.quotegarden.com/mothers.html
http://www.angelfire.com/ma4/memajs/quotes/mom.html