Mom’s big day is coming up and she deserves just the right saying to share the joy, so we have put together a list of all the best Mother’s Day sayings for your next post. And if you’re looking for short Mother’s Day quotes for cards and signs, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Mother’s Day Sayings
A mother’s love endures through all.
My mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.
The world needs our mothers.
Thanks for always loving me, even through all my awkward phases.
I can feel my mother’s love from miles away.
If I type too much, I might cry. So, I’ll just leave it at “I love you.”
Nacho average mama.
Life doesn’t come with a manual—it comes with a mother and I am so grateful.
We’re the perfect mother-daughter duo. She’s perfect, and I’m her daughter.
Sometimes when I talk, my mom comes out.
I’m so lucky to have you as my mom. Wishing you a beautiful Mother’s Day!
Who needs superheroes when we have Moms?
The heart of a mother is a home.
Out of all the moms in the world, I am so glad you are mine.
No matter how old I am, I will always need you, mom.
I think we can officially say that mom is always right.
The best medicine in the world is a mother’s hug.
Thanks for never saying “I told you so” all the times you were right.
Mothers hold their children’s hands for a while, but their hearts forever.
Mom: My greatest teacher, my best friend, and my cheapest therapist.
My mother is a walking miracle.
You are the most sustaining force in our family.
My Mother’s Day resolution: To call when I don’t need something.
Thanks for giving me the best things in life: Your love, your care, and your cooking.
Keep calm and call Mom.
No words, just hearts.
Happy Mother’s Day from your favorite child.
Home is where Mom is.
Who needs a superhero when I have her?
Flowers with Mother’s Day messages
Thanks for being the mom everyone wishes they had. Lucky me!
I’m posting this because you said I was your fav.
A mother’s love is more beautiful than any fresh flower.
Always fangirling over my mom.
Wishing you a day full of love, joy, and peace! You deserve it, Mom!
You were spot-on about… well, everything. Grateful to have you as my mom!
Mom, thanks for teaching me to stop and sip the rosé.
Mom: A title right above queen.
You’re the best manual life has to offer.
No matter what age you are, sometimes you just need your mom.
Wishing you a great Mother’s Day! You’re the best mom I could ever ask for.
I’m so glad the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
You make life latte better, always brewing up smiles.
I know I can do anything I put my mind to, because you taught me I can.
Mom, our relationship is like a fine bottle of wine—it just gets better with age.
Happy Mother’s Day! Thank you for looking after me so well!
Home is wherever you are, Mom. Happy Mother’s Day!
I’m not embarrassed to admit I call my mom on a regular basis.
Here’s my Mother’s Day gift to you: You were right about everything.
To my first friend, my best friend, and my forever friend.
A mom’s hug lasts long after she lets go.
At least life with us is never mum-dane!
I am who I am today because of you, Mom.
When people tell me I’m turning into my mother, I take it as a compliment.
Happy Mother’s Day, even though we all know the dog is your favorite.
I hope I have your energy and stamina one day.
I love you, even though I’ll never accept your friend request.
Without you in my life, I don’t know where I would be!
I take it as a compliment when people say I’m turning into my mom.
My mom is always right (I think that covers my Mother’s Day present).
Happy Mother’s Day to the world’s greatest mom!
Happy Mother’s Day to the woman who put up with my teenage mood swings!
Moms are the only ones who know the true meaning of 24/7.
Mom, you are the queen of my heart.
Sorry for driving you crazy sometimes, it was just because I love you so much!
Here’s to the woman who gave up caffeine for nine months just for me.
Ain’t no hood like motherhood.
Thanks for trying to teach me how to fold a fitted sheet. Emphasis on the word “trying.”
Couldn’t do this without you!
I love my mom to the moon and back.
Mom! You make my heart smile. Thanks for always being my rock and my safe harbor.
Thanks for always sharing your food, clothes, and personal space.
Thanks for being my built in best friend.
Being your daughter/son is my favorite thing in the world.
Mom, I’m sorry for all the times I didn’t take the chicken out of the freezer. I get it now.
Raising boys is an extreme sport, and you’re the #1 player.
You’re the best mom ever—just look at me, I turned out amazing!
I love you Mom to the moon and back.
My favorite moments in life are really just mom-ents, because everything is better with you.
A mom is the only person in life who’s smelled your butt without complaint.
Thank you for everything, mom! (Yes, even the long lectures.)
Happy Mother’s Day! Wishing you all the happiness you so richly deserve. Love you!
Behind every great woman is an even better mother.
Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mom.
I’m not sure there’s a more kind-spirited person in the world. Love you mom.
Mothers of teens know why some animals eat their young… grateful you haven’t eaten me yet!
A mother’s unconditional love: Cleaning up messes she didn’t make.
Have a very happy Mother’s Day, Mom! Thank you for always having faith in me.
You taught me about the glass ceiling—and then showed me how to swing a hammer.
I’d take your genes any day!
A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.
Mom-osa, mom-tini, mom-garita. Anything else I can get you this Mother’s Day?
You raised me well so that I could raise my dogs.
Nothing is truly lost until your mom can’t find it.
Your loving spirit helped me find my own.
Thinking about the time you gave me that extra cookie. Love you, mom!
My rock, my role model, my style icon.
Mothers don’t sleep. They just worry with their eyes closed.
Unconditional love: Always letting me blame you when I want to get out of something.
To the world, you are a mother but to our family, you are the absolute world.
No matter how old we may be, sometimes we just need our moms.
As a teen, I knew I could always rely on your discretion. Mum’s the word!
I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you—literally!
Just a pic of a mom and her proud daughter!
Mom, you’re tea-riffic, always steeped in love.
Moms are like buttons—they hold everything together!
My love for you is bigger than that overflowing pile of dishes in the sink.
Mother: the most beautiful word.
Your kindness, love, and strength are an inspiration to me every day, Mom.
So glad you didn’t get it right the first time! Love, your second born.
Mom, you are always in my heart. Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day! Sending you lots of love and hugs!
Happy Mother’s Day to a real-life superhero! I love you, Mom!
You’ve given me everything a girl needs to step forward with confidence.
Home is wherever you are, mom.
You’re one of my favorite parents!
Thank you for teaching me my worth.
Thank you for everything, Mom. Happy Mother’s Day!
No matter how difficult I was, you never left me at the grocery store!
A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go.
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.
This woman ran so I could walk!
If at first you don’t succeed, try doing it the way mom told you to in the beginning.
You take the biscuit for being the best, Mom! Love, your sweet ‘chip off the old block.
Mom: (n.) The person who does the work of twenty, for free.
The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.
Happy Mother’s Day to the most amazing mom in the entire Universe! I love you!
Mom, I love you loads. Speaking of, can you do my laundry?
She’s not a regular mom, she’s a cool mom.
Thank you for choosing to love and support me and being there when I need you the most.
Here’s the annual reminder that indeed have a mother!
If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.
I’d choose you as my mom every time.
To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.
There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood.
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! There’s no one else like you!
You’re my happy place.
Sorry about the other children, but at least you have me!
Grateful I have someone to gossip with at all times.
You made me who I am… literally.
You helped me to be everything I am today.
Thank you for every hug, smile, and kind word. You’re the best, Mom! Happy Mother’s Day!
For Mother’s Day this year, I’m finally accepting your follow request.
Mothers hold their children’s hands for a while but their hearts forever.
Abundant love, constant encouragement—what more could I ask for?
Mom, mama, mama bear, bestie, superwoman—am I missing any of you other titles? Happy Mother’s Day to the best out there.
To the world, you’re a mother, but to our family, you’re the world.
I love how we don’t have to say out loud that I’m your favorite.
Everything I am, you helped me to be.
You have always been there for me, no matter what. Happy Mother’s Day!
Hats off to you, the mom-stache of wisdom.
I don’t need anything as long as I have my mom.
I love you Mom, but I’m never accepting your friend request.
I love you more, Mom!
Happy Mother’s Day! You are the best mother a child could wish for!
Roses are red, violets are blue. There’s no other mother near as wonderful as you!
Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartthrob.
You. Are. The. Best. Mom. Ever. Thank you for everything, and happy Mother’s Day!
Thank you for always being there for me. Happy Mother’s Day!
There are trillions of stars in the universe. That’s how many reasons I have to celebrate you.
My favorite arms to fold into since day one.
Dad proves that you’re a woman who can really do it all.
Two peas in a pod!
Always my mom, forever my friend.
Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
Thank you for being an amazing mom! Happy Mother’s Day!
Mom, thanks for being my first and forever friend on Facebook. Happy Mother’s Day!
There ain’t no one else like her.
You watched me post this.
Thanks for keeping me alive!
Today is all about you, Mom! Of course, tomorrow it’ll be about me again, so enjoy it while you can.
You’re the best mom ever—I turned out awesome!
You are the heart and soul of our family. Happy Mother’s Day to the most caring and loving mom!
Let’s taco-bout how much you rock my world, Mom.
You’re a woman like no m-other.
A mother’s touch is magic.
The world would fall apart without you.
You’re the most loving mom in the world. Wishing you a very happy Mother’s Day!
If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.
Happy Mother’s Day to the person who uses my voicemail like a podcast.
A mother’s love is unconditional.
Moms are like buttons – they hold everything together.
Mom, you’re pawsitively the best.
Don’t forget to call your mamas today!
A mother’s arms are the most comforting.
Happy Mother’s Day! You’re the best mom in the world!
Happy Mother’s Day! You’re the light of my life, and I’m so grateful to have you.
Wishing you an amazing Mother’s Day! Love you, Mom!
I know you were hoping for grandkids, but here’s this cute post instead!
Thanks for not letting the others know I’m your favorite.
I love you more than I love your homemade desserts. And that’s a lot.
Thanks for all the shenanigans you let me get away with as a teen!
I appreciate you today, and everyday.
The strongest person I know.
Let this be a formal apology for ages 13 to 19.
The best mom award goes to you!
I feel so proud to have you as my mother. Happy Mother’s Day!
My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was.
Your love has been a constant source of strength and support in my life.
Yoda best mom. Love you, I do.
Mom, I can’t see your heart, but I know it’s made of gold.
Every time I need a mom, you’re right there for me.
My mom is a genius, and not just because she thinks I’m one!
Happy Mother’s Day to the woman who does it all! I feel blessed to call you my mom.
Not always eye to eye, but forever heart to heart.
Thank you for always being there for me. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!
Moms are like double-sided tape—they hold everything in life together.
This is my mom. She’s my biggest fan.
Thank you for everything you’ve done for me! Wishing you a very special Mother’s Day!
She’s Lorelai to my Rory.
To the woman who wore mom jeans before they were cool.
Mom: the first love.
Dear Mom, okay I get it now.
There aren’t enough Hallmark cards in the world to show you how grateful I am.
I got it from my mama!
Home is wherever my mom is.
Love at first sight must be real, because I’ve loved my mom since my very first sight.
Hardworking, smart, and beautiful—I think I’ll keep her around.
When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Happy Mother’s Day Messages, Mother’s Day Puns, Mother’s Day Quotes from Daughter, Memorial Day Sayings, Mom and Daughter Quotes and Mom and Son Quotes.
Happy Mother’s Day Quotes for Cards and Signs
“We are born of love; love is our mother.” – Rumi
“The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.” – Amy Tan
“Nothing is really lost until your mom can’t find it.” – Unknown
“A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.” – Amit Kalantri
“Mothers possess a power beyond that of a king on his throne.” – Mabel Hale
“In the end, mothers are always right. No one else tells the truth.” – Randy Susan Meyers
“Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” – Erich Fromm
“There is no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill
“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” – Princess Diana
“When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.” – Mitch Albom
“There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother.” – Sara Josepha Hale
“To a child’s ear, “mother” is magic in any language.” – Arlene Benedict
“The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.” – Karl Lagerfeld
“All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Raising a kid is part joy and part Guerilla warfare.” – Ed Asner
“Sometimes, the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver
“My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was.” – Lisa Leslie
“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” – Agatha Christie
“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.” – Unknown
“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.” – Maya Angelou
“I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.” – Lance Conrad
“To the world you are a mother, but to your family you are the world.” – Unknown
So that is it for our list of Mother’s Day Sayings. We hope you found the perfect one!
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Laynni Locke
I am Laynni Locke, a Canadian writer, reader and traveller with a passion for sharing life’s moments on social media. Keeping friends and family in the loop of our lives though photos and videos has become an essential activity for most.
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