Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Mother's Day

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 quotes from Honore de Balzac

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 more wisdom & wit from Robert Browning

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 views from Henry Ward Beecher

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. 8 other quotes from William Makepeace Thackeray

When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half. 3 wisdom & wit from Gracie Allen

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father. 24 more wisdom & wit from Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face. 52 quotes from George Eliot

There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing. 10 thoughts from Billy Sunday

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. 12 quotes from Rudyard Kipling

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. 73 other thoughts from Victor Hugo

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. 47 more views from Abraham Lincoln

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. 47 other quotes from Abraham Lincoln

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. 16 quotes from Erich Fromm