Origin of Mother’s Day goes back to the era of ancient Greek and Romans. The earliest history of Mothers Day dates back to the ancient annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to maternal goddesses. The Greeks used the occasion to honor Rhea, wife of Cronus and the mother of many deities of Greek mythology. The more recent history of Mothers Day dates back to 1600s in England. Here a Mothering Sunday was celebrated annually on the fourth Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter) to honor mothers.
The idea of official celebration of Mothers day in US was first suggested by Julia Ward Howe in 1872. Anna Jarvis is recognized as the Founder of Mothers Day in US. Though Anna Jarvis never married and never had kids, she is also known as the Mother of Mothers Day, an apt title for the lady who worked hard to bestow honor on all mothers. By 1911, Mother’s Day was celebrated in almost every state in the Union and on May 8, 1914 President Woodrow Wilson signed a Joint Resolution designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. Today Mothers Day is celebrated in several countries including US, UK, India, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, Mexico, Canada, China, Japan and Belgium. [Source]
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Mother’s Day is coming and you must be searching for flowers, chocolates, and cards are popular gifts to symbolize your love and appreciation for your mother or mother figure. Beautiful cards are also presented to mothers and you, for sure, are looking for some lovely and sentimental Mothers Day quotes to write on your cards. Touch your mothers heart by writing these quotes in Mothers Day cards, letters or gift wraps. You may consider and appreciate the emotions which are expressed in these pictures. Let her know how much you care with these short and sweet quotes for Mother’s Day. Enjoy these Mothers Day quotes. I believe you would like to check these beautiful Mothers day pictures too.
Mothers Day Quotes
Abraham Lincoln Quotes
All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. ― Abraham Lincoln Share on X
Agatha Christie Quotes
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 Share on X
Beautiful Mothers Day Quotes
Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. ― Marion C Garrett Share on X
Best Mothers Day Quotes
Home is where your mom is. Share on X
“A mother’s love is everything. It is what brings a child into this world. It is what molds their entire being. When a mother sees her child in danger, she is literally capable of anything. Mothers have lifted cars off of their children and destroyed entire dynasties. A mother’s love is the strongest energy known to man.” — Jamie McGuire
Charles Lamb Quotes
A Mother's love grows by giving. ― Charles Lamb Share on X
Donna Bell Quotes
“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.” ―
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary. ― Dorothy Canfield Fisher Share on X
George W. Bush Quotes
The bond between mothers and their children is one defined by love. As a mother's prayers for their children are ending, so are the wisdom, grace and strength they provide to their children. - George W. Bush Share on X
Graycie Harmon Quotes
My mom is a never ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. - Graycie Harmon Share on X
Helen Rice Quotes
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 Rice Share on X
Jill Churchill Quotes
There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one. — Jill Churchill Share on X
Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. — Erich Fromm Share on X
Always love your mother because you will never get another. Share on X
There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother. Share on X
Mothers Day Wishes
Mother Means
A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. — Cardinal Mermillod Share on X
From Daughter
Of all my dreams that may come true, I want most to be a Mommy like you. Share on X
Motherhood: It takes patience, a sense of humour ... and a lot of moist towelettes. Share on X
You know you are a real mom when you have more items in your purse for your toddler than for yourself. Share on X
A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go. — Unknown Share on X
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs since the payment is pure love. — Mildred B. Vermont Share on X
Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. —Unknown Share on X
Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Share on X
Tillie Olsen
More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible, responsive, and responsible. - Tillie Olsen Share on X
Perfect Mother
Mothers don't get every moment right and rarely hold the perfect balance, but sometimes the stars align and we're exactly where our children needs us to be doing exactly what they need us to do. Share on X
Robert Browning Motherhood Quote
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. - Robert Browning Share on X
Sophia Loren Quotes
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 Share on X
Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their children. —Maxim Grosky Share on X
A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend. — Unknown Share on X
I realized when you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know. — Mitch Albom Share on X
Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartthrob. — Leroy Brownlow Share on X
Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together. — Susan Gale Share on X
The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation. — James E. Faust Share on X
There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood. — Elder M. Russell Ballard Share on X
Motherhood is the exquisite inconvenience of being another person’s everything. — Unknown Share on X
To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colours of a rainbow. — Maya Angelou Share on X
A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s. — Princess Diana Share on X
A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. —Victor Hugo Share on X
The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children. — Elaine Heffner Share on X
If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. — Stevie Wonder Share on X
There is no velvet so soft as a mother’s lap, no rose as lovely as her smile, no path so flowery as that imprinted with her footsteps. — Archibald Thompson Share on X
