Favorite Quotes

Please include a favorite quote that describes your mother or her philosophy or something she often said. Below are some you can select from, just copy and paste and list it as a "Favorite Quote".

Because of you, I believe in myself.
Because of you, I feel safe.
Because of you, I feel inspired.
Because of you, I see what really counts.
Because of you, I feel boundless.
Because of you, the world is full of wonders.
Because of you, I still believe in miracles.
Because of you, I've always had a safe harbor.
Because of you, I understand the labor of love.
Because of you, I know generosity.
Because of you, I know kindness.
Because of you, I find beauty everywhere.
Because of you, I stop to smell the roses.
Because of you, I dream bigger.
Because of you, I know that nothing is too good to be true.
Because of you, I look for the silver lining.
Because of you, the holidays are magical.
Because of you, I know true grace.
Because of you, I know there's always a way.
Because of you, I feel supported.
Because of you, life is fun.
Because of you, the whole world feels like home.
Because of you, little things really do mean a lot.
Because of you, I know unconditional love.
Because of you, I feel treasured.
Because of you, I welcome tomorrow.
Because of you, I have memories to last a lifetime.
Because of you, I am me.
Mothers hold their children's hands for a little while and their hearts forever.
Who ran to help me when I fell, and would some pretty story tell, or kiss the place to make it well, my mother.
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
In the Heavens above, the angels, whispering to one another, can find, among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of 'Mother'. Edgar Allan Poe
Mother- that was the bank where we deposited all of our hurts and worries.
A mother is a woman who shows you the light when you just see the dark.
The sweetest sounds to mortals given are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.
Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide to have your heart to walking around outside your body.
The religion of the world comes from women much more than from men- from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
As we age, we begin to realize the value of a mother's love and the enormous depth of her commitment to us. No other relationship we form can ever be as close or profound as that with our mothers.
Mother is the one we count on for all the things that matter most of all.
God made a wonderful mother, a mother who never grows old; he made her smile of the sunshine, and he molded her heart of pure gold; in her eyes he placed bright shining stars, in her cheeks, fair roses you see; God made a wonderful mother, and He gave that dear mother to me. Pat O'Reilly
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am 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
There are times when only a mother's faith can help us on life's way and inspire in us the confidence we need from day to day. For a mother's heart and a mother's faith and a mother's steadfast love were fashioned by the Angels and sent from God above.
It is not what my mother did for me, but what she taught me to do for myself. This has made all of the success in my life possible.
She'll work her fingers to the bone to make a house into a home. A mother is there to teach and guide. A mother will stay right by your side.
She'll pick you up when you are down. When you need a friend, she'll stick around. A mother is one who listens well, will keep her word; will never tell.
She'll be there through your pain and strife. She'll stay constant in your life. A other will lend a helping hand until you have the strength to stand.
A mother never pokes or pries, but stand, quietly, by your side; giving you the strength you need, encouraging you to succeed.
A mother is one who can be strong when you need someone to lean on. You're more than a mother to me; a reflection of God, in your face, I see.
You share a love that knows no end, you're more than my mother, you are my friend.
Mom, you have been my light, my friend, my teacher Ð then and now - and more than that, my inspiration.
What my mother did and said, gave me the courage to look ahead.
Mother's love is always open arms.
You never realize how much your mother loves you till you explore the attic- and find every letter you ever sent her, every finger painting, clay pot, bead necklace, Easter chicken, paperlace Mother's Day card and school report card since day one.
Home to me is mother; home to me is love.
Long before I was a success, my mother made me feel like I could be one.
When she thought I wasn't looking, I saw her hand up my first painting on the refrigerator and I wanted to paint another one.
A mother's heart is a child's schoolroom- Henry Ward Beecher
What did I learn at my mother's knee? These four words: She believed in me.
It doesn't matter how old I get, whenever I see anything new or splendid, I want to call, "Mom, come and look."
It was easy to confuse my mother with my guardian angel.
When things got tough, I could always run to her. Years later, I still can.
Nobody knows of the work it takes to keep the home together. Nobody knows of the steps it takes. Nobody knows but mother.
My mother had a heart so large that everybody's joy found welcome in it. Mark Twain
'Twas her thinking of others made you think of her. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
She taught me to hear and enjoy life's music everywhere.
"Be everything you can be, " she would say, "be anything but mediocre."
Mother's love perceives no impossibilities.
She made me laugh when I thought I would cry.
In the childhood memories of every good cook, there's a large kitchen, a warm stove, a simmering pot, and mom.
My mother is a woman who speaks with her life, not merely her voice.
Whenever we were down to nothing, she found a way to make something out of nothing.
She was my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely.
She knows what all smart women know: Laughter makes you live better and longer.
She never lost her child's heart.
Grandmothers
The love a grandmother shares with her little ones, it is a love that binds the past and the future.
One day I said to the Lord, "Lord, can you make me immortal? Is there a way I could live on here forever?" And the Lord gave me children and grandchildren and now, I live on through the eyes and smiles, the hearts and the journeys of my precious babes and their babies.
What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, lessons in life, and , most importantly, cookies