There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one. – Jill Churchill

Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for. – Neil L. Andersen

I promise you this, no matter who enters your life, I will love you more than any of them. – Clarice Fuentes

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. – Tom Bodett

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. – Melchor Lim

Motherhood is a choice you make everyday, to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is…and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong. – Donna Ball

Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving. – Gail Tsukiyama

A mother’s greatest masterpiece is her children. – Unknown

Strength is removing your kids from a toxic environment Not learning to live with it “for the sake of the kids” – Unknown

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. – Stevie Wonder

If you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent. – Bette Davis

You have the exact qualities God knew your kids would need in a mother. – Proverbs 31

I am your biggest fan. I am your protector. I will always defend you. I will get angry. I will get frustrated. I will be proud of you. I will be your confidant. I will love you unconditionally because I am your mother. – Unknown

Parenting a special needs child isn’t for the faint of heart; it requires a heart that’s capable of containing all the love and happiness that comes with this special role. – Unknown

The most precious jewels you’ll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children. – Unknown

Parenting is the easiest thing in the world to have an opinion about, but the hardest thing in the world to do. – Matt Walsh

Still the most magical day of my life was the day I become a mom. – Linda Becker

We are the silent army for our children. We are the unsung heroes who may never get public recognition but continue to fight the good fight for our kids. – The Jenny Evolution

I wouldn’t change my children for the world. But I wish I could change the world for my children. – Unknown

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings – Ann Landers

No one will ever know the strength of my Love for you. After all, you’re the only one who knows what my Heart sounds like from the inside. – Kristen Proby

Children shouldn’t have to sacrifice so that you can have the life you want. You make sacrifices so your children can have the life that they deserve. – Unknown

I may not be perfect, but when I look at my children, I know I got something in my life perfectly right. – Unknown

I gave them life, they give me a reason to live mine. – Unknown

Mothers hold their children’s hands for a while, but their hearts forever. – Unknown

All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and someone who believes in them – Magic Johnson

Moms are like buttons, they hold everything together. – Unknown

God knew what kind of mother our children would need long before they were even born. – Karen Ehman

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

Who knew that such small feet could leave such big imprints on your heart. – Unknown

Motherhood is a choice you make everyday to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of you own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong. – Donna Ball

A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. – Honoré de Balzac

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

No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother’s love. It shrinks not where man cowers, and grows stronger where man faints, and over wastes of worldly fortunes sends the radiance of its quenchless fidelity like a star. – Edwin Hubbell Chapin

Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are. – Cheryl Lacey Donovan

A mother is someone who dreams great dreams for you, but then she lets you chase the dreams you have for yourself and loves you just the same. – Unknown

And I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know. – Mitch Albom

It doesn’t matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom. – Kate Winslet

A mother is always a mother. She never stops worrying about her children, even when they are all grownup and have children of their own. – Unknown

Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn, Hundreds of bees in the purple clover, Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, But only one mother the wide world over. – George Cooper

A mother’s love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking. – Helen Steiner Rice

I will let them be little fill their hearts with laughter help them grow wings nurture their sense of wonder inspire them to believe love them like there’s no tomorrow. – Unknown

The greatest gift of all is being a mom. – Unknown

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. – W. R. Wallace

Nobody knows of the work it makes, to keep the home together. Nobody knows of the steps it takes, nobody knows- but Mother. – Unknown

A mother is she who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take. – Cardinal Mermillod

Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. – Erich Fromm

The bond between mothers and their children is one defined by love. As a mother’s prayers for her children are unending, so are the wisdom, grace, and strength they provide to their children. – Unknown

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

A mother’s heart is a patchwork of love. – Unknown

The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children. – Karl Lagerfield

We never know the love of the parent until we become parents ourselves. – Henry Ward Beecher

The beauty of being a mom is that no matter how many times your love is divided, it’s still whole. – Unknown

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavour by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. – Washington Irving

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

No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother’s love. It shrinks not where man cowers, and grows stronger where man faints, and over wastes of worldly fortunes sends the radiance of its quenchless fidelity like a star. – Edwin Hubbell Chapin

There are so many times you will feel you have failed, but in the eyes, heart and mind of your child, you are supermom. – Stephanie Precourt

The bond between mothers and their children is one defined by love. As a mother’s prayers for her children are unending, so are the wisdom, grace, and strength they provide to their children. – George W. Bush

To my children. If you need me, just call me. I don’t care if I’m sleeping, if I’m angry with you or if I’m having my own problems – Just call me I will always be there for you, no matter how big or small your problem is, I will be there. – Unknown

Behind all your stories is always your mother’s story. Because hers is where yours begin. – Mitch Albom

Written by Crystal Tan