Some of My Favorite Motherhood Quotes

Please enjoy this list of my favorite poignant and inspiring quotes that delve into the essence of motherhood and parenting – capturing the joys, challenges, and profound moments that shape the journey of caregiving and nurturing.

“A mother’s body against a child’s body make a place. It says you are here. Without this body there is no place.”

– V (formerly Eve Ensler)

“You think because you understand one you must also understand two, because one and one make two. But you must also understand and.”

– Rumi

“And so it is the one who rocks the cradle of the babe is the one who holds up the lamp, shedding light on the world.”

– Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi

“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.”

– Princess Diana

“The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you are one.”

– Jodi Picoult

“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.”

– Linda Wooten

“A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.”

– Unknown

“Parenting is by far my boldest and most daring adventure.”

– Brené Brown

“Before you were conceived, I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before you were here an hour, I would die for you. This is the miracle of Mother’s Love.”

– Maureen Hawkins

“A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.”

– Emily Dickinson

“We are born of love; love is our mother.”

– Rumi

“There is no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.”

– Jill Churchill

“A mother is a mother from the moment her baby is first placed in her arms until eternity.”

– Sarah Strohmeyer

“A new baby is like the beginning of all things — wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.”

– Eda LeShan

“A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years, and in your heart ’till the day you die.”

– Mary Mason

“In the garden of humanity, every baby is a fresh new flower.”

– Debasish Mridha

“Sometimes the littlest things take up the most room in your heart.”

– Winnie the Pooh

“Having kids—the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings—is the biggest job anyone can embark on.”

– Maria Shriver

“Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.”

– Cheryl Lacey Donovan

“She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn’t take them along.”

– Margaret Culkin Banning

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