May 7, 2011
With Mother's Day right around the corner, you don’t need to spend an arm-and-a-leg on that extraordinary, one-of-a-kind mom this year. Why not add a humorous quote or sentimental saying to your Mother's Day card or gift to make it extra special? In such a hectic and stressful world, a silly saying may be just what the doctor ordered. Or a simple heartfelt message can bring tears to a mother’s eyes.
Sentimental Quotes for Mother’s Day
- The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. ~ Unknown
- We never know the love of the parent until we become parents ourselves. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
- Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. ~ Lin Yutang
- The sweetest sounds to mortals given are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven. ~ William Goldsmith Brown
- Men are what their mothers made them. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~ Proverb
- My doctors told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believe my mother. ~ Wilma Rudolph, Olympian born with polio.
- A mother understands what a child does not say. ~ Jewish Proverb
- All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my Angel mother. ~ President Abraham Lincoln
- If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much. ~ First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. ~ Victor Hugo
- All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his. ~ Oscar Wilde
- A man’s work is from sun to sun, but a mother’s work is never done. ~ Unknown
- Never marry a man who hates his mother because he’ll end up hating you. ~ Jill Bennett
Humorous Sayings for Mother’s Day
- My mother’s menu consisted of two choices - take it or leave it! ~ Comedian Buddy Hackett
- Mothers of teenagers know why animals eat their young. ~ Unknown
- A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but you mean your mother. ~ Unknown
- Sing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children. ~ Marilyn Penland
- No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement! ~ Florida Scott-Maxwell
- The one thing children wear out faster than shoes, is parents. ~ John J. Plomp
- Insanity is hereditary – you get it from your children. ~ Sam Levenson
- Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing, is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing! ~ Comedienne Phyllis Diller
- The phrase “working mother” is redundant! ~ Jane Sellman
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own! ~ Aristotle
- There is only one pretty child in the world and every mother has it. ~ Proverb
Happy Mother’s Day!
For even more affordable Mother’s Day ideas, please visit:
- 30 Mother's Day Brunch Recipes
- Top 10 Mother’s Day Movies
- Free Mother's Day Cards
- Fun Mother’s Day Recipes for Kids: Kid-friendly Recipes Just for Mom
- Fun Mother’s Day Craft Projects for Kids
- Free Mother’s Day Recipes Cards
Sources:
Quotes for Mother’s Day. Think Exist.
Rock Mom’s World this Mother’s Day. Jackie Tithof Steere
Quotations for Mother’s Day. Quote Garden
