100+ Mother’s Day Quotes That Will Make Her Smile

It's not always easy to figure out what to say to your mother on Mother's Day. Be it your mother or your mother-in-law, this lady holds a special place in your life. From giving birth to you to holding your hand through the different phases of your life, we owe unfathomable gratitude to our mothers. But not always do we find the perfect words that will make up for the emotions we feel about our mothers. But there are many Mother's Day quotes spoken by famous people or from popular movies and television soaps that can help you place your sentiments rightly this Mother's Day. You can pick a greeting card and handwrite some of these Mother's Day quotes to attach them to your gifts and bouquets, or simply get them a printed Mother's Day card and add these quotes as an extended letter to your mother this year. We have cherry-picked some of the best Mother's Day quotes for you to do it right this time. Scroll on to bookmark your favourite Mother's Day quotes from this extensive list below.

Table of Content:

• When is Mother’s Day?
• Mother’s Day Quotes in Hindi
• Heart-Touching Mother’s Day Quotes
• Happy Mother’s Day Quotes in Marathi
• Funny Mother’s Day Quotes
• Mother’s Day Quotes from Daughter
• Short and Sweet Happy Mother’s Day Quotes
• Mother’s Day Quotes in Tamil
  

When is Mother’s Day?

The 2ND Sunday of May every year is marked as the day to celebrate all mothers, motherhood and maternal connections. This year, it will be celebrated on 11th May, 2025. It is a day when children thank their mothers for their unconditional love and nurturing. While there are no traditional norms followed for this day, children across the globe plan their special ways to celebrate their mothers by cooking them a breakfast-in-bed, taking them out for a meal and showering them with gifts.

Mother’s Day Quotes in Hindi

Let your Ma or Mummy know what she means to you with words that best describe the feeling. Check out these Mother's Day quotes in Hindi for a more personal touch of expression for your mom. We have combined a mix of short, long and fun quotes in Hindi that you can choose from.

1. माँ का प्यार सबसे ऊचा, निर्विशेष और अनपेक्षित प्यार होता है। - नेल्सन मंडेला

2. माँ की ममता का कोई बदल नहीं सकता, यह अनूठी और अद्वितीय होती है।- महात्मा गांधी

3. मेरे लिए मम्मी का मतलब है, मेरी सारी दुनिया। अगर मैं एक शिप हूं, तो वह इस शिप की कैप्टन हैं। वह मेरी डॉक्टर, सी ए, डायटीशियन, दोस्त और गाइड सब कुछ हैं। - आलिया भट्ट

4. मेरी मां मेरी ताकत, गाइड, फिलॉसफर, बेस्ट फ्रेंड और मैनेजर भी हैं। जो मुझ पर आंच आने की स्थिति में झांसी की रानी बन जाती हैं। काश! मैं उनकी आधी भी बन पाऊं, तो खुद को धन्य मानूंगी। - सोफी चौधरी

5. भगवान हर जगह नहीं हो सकता, इसलिए उसने माँ को बनाया। - ‘माँ’ फिल्म 

6. एक माँ हमेशा एक माँ ही रहती है। वह अपने बच्चों के बारे में चिंता करना कभी बंद नहीं करती, चाहे वे कितने भी बड़े हो जाएं। - इंग्लिश विंग्लिश

7. माँ, मैं अपने जीवन से प्यार करता हूँ क्योंकि इसने मुझे तुम्हें दिया है। मैं तुमसे प्यार करता हूँ क्योंकि तुम मेरी जिंदगी हो। - 'पा' फिल्म 

8. चलती फिरती हुई आँखों से अज़ाँ देखी है। मैंने जन्नत तो नहीं देखी है माँ देखी है - मुनव्वर राना

9. चुपके चुपके कर देती है जाने कब तुरपाई अम्मा। घर में झीने रिश्ते मैंने लाखों बार उधड़ते देखे, चुपके चुपके कर देती है जाने कब तुरपाई अम्मा - आलोक श्रीवास्तव 

10.ममता ही प्यार की शुरुवात और अंत है। - रोबर्ट ब्राउनिंग

11. मां का प्यार शांति है। इसे अधिग्रहण की जरूरत नहीं है, इसे लायक होने की भी जरूरत नहीं है। - एरिच फोर्म्म

12. यूँ तो मैं, दिखलाता नहीं , तेरी परवाह करता हूँ मैं माँ, तुझे सब है पता, है ना माँ, तुझे सब है पता, मेरी माँ - 'माँ' गीत 

13. ओ माँ माँ माँ, मेरी दुनिय है माँ तेरे आंचल में, शीतल छाया तू दुख के जंगल में, मेरी दुनिया है माँ तेरे आंचल में - 'ऐसा क्यों माँ' गीत 

14. तू कितनी अच्छी है तू कितनी भोली है, प्यारी-प्यारी है ओ माँ, ओ माँ, ये जो दुनिया है ये बन है काँटों का, तू फुलवारी है ओ माँ, ओ माँ - 'तू कितनी अच्छी है गीत' 

Heart-Touching Mother’s Day Quotes 

15. Don't be surprised if your mom gets teary-eyed reading these heart-touching Mother's Day quotes. Pick the ones that best express what you wish to convey to your momma with these beautiful quotations.

16. Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

17. A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s. - Princess Diana

18. In the mother’s eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child reads the message: ‘You are there!' - Adrienne Rich

19. 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

20. When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know. - Charley Benetto

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

22. It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful? - Mahatma Gandhi

23. Being a full-time mother is one of the highest-salaried jobs since the payment is pure love. — Mildred B. Vermont

24. A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dates all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path. - Agatha Christie, The Last Séance

25. Can anything harm us, mother, after the night-lights are lit? ’Nothing, precious,’ she said; ‘they are the eyes a mother leaves behind her to guard her children. - J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

26. Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you'd be okay. Some deep-rooted part of you would know you were loved.- Jojo Moyes

27. My mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her. - Jodi Picoult

28. I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine. She helps me prosper and reach great heights. - Terri Guillemets

29. My mother never gave me any idea that I couldn’t do whatever I wanted to do or be whomever I wanted to be. ... I don’t know if she ever realised that the person I most wanted to be was her. - Rory, The Gilmore Girls"

30. When you look into your mother's eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth. - Mitch Albom

31. The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. - Honoré de Balzac

32. I think in a lot of ways, unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing. - Conor Oberst

Happy Mother’s Day Quotes in Marathi

Now that your Mother's Day gifts are sorted for this year's celebrations, how about taking out your craft supplies and scribbling down some of these Mother's Day quotes in Marathi to add to your Aai's presents too?

33. फक्त आईच भविष्याचा विचार करु शकते कारण ती एका नव्या जीवनाला आयुष्यात आणत असते- मॅक्झिम ग्रोस्की

34. जे तुम्ही बोलू शकत नाही, ते न बोलता समजून घेते आई- ज्युईश प्रोवर्ब

35. आई ही अशी व्यक्ती आहे जी तुमच्या ह्रदयात सगळ्यात आधी जाऊन बसते-  अॅमी टॅन 

36. आईचे प्रेम हे कोणत्याही नव्या फुललेल्या फुलांपेक्षाही अधिक सुगंधित असते-  देवाशिष मृधा

37. आई, दोन अक्षर जिथे अनंत शब्दांना त्यांच्या, असण्याची जाणीव करून देतात, जिथे असंख्य वर्णनं कुचकामी ठरतात, जिथे लेखनालाही मर्यादा जाणवते - कृणाल गणे

38. मंदिरातील तू माऊली, कपीला गायची तू सावली, धन्य त्या "ईश्वराचे” तुझ्यासारखी आई - संदीप सोनार

39. जिच्या सोबत असताना, दुःख जाणवत नसते, ते सुंदर जग, म्हणजे आई असते.. - Manswini Writes

40. परमेश्वराने, आईच्या रुपात प्रत्येकाला, स्वत:च असं, एक मंदीर दिलेलं आहे.,आईची कूस ही,अशी एकच जागा आहे, जेथे यातनाही आपल्याला, प्रेमाने कुरवाळू पाहतात.. - अमर

41. आई - मृत्यूशी लडते आणि आप्लायला जन्म देते, ठेच लागताच ओठावर आधी येते, आईचे हात म्हणजे आजारपनातले पहिले औषध,आईचे बोल म्हणजे आयुष्याचे मोल - अश्विनी खोपडे

42. तुझ्या हासण्याने, खुलतो चेहरा अफाट, सोनेरी किरणांची जशी तू पहाट। स्वप्नाची ओढ ही मला,पहिली मी तुझ्या डोळ्यात,पळस फुलोरा जसा तू माझ्या जगण्यात। - अंजली माने, सातारा

Funny Mother’s Day Quotes

43. Make Mother's Day 2025 celebrations merrier by forwarding these funny Mother's Day quotes to your mother and watch her crack up into hearty laughter reading them. After all, a mother's laugh is priceless!

44. It's a funny thing about mothers... Even when their child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful. - Roald Dahl, Matilda

45. 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, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

46. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. - Emily Dickinson

47. Mother-daughter disagreements were, in hindsight, basically mother stating the truth and daughter taking her own sweet time coming around. - Barbara Delinsky

48. Mom: I love you and your super long voicemails." — Anonymous

49. Mama does everything for the baby, who responds by saying, ‘Da-da’ first. — Mignon McLaughlin

50. Maybe it’s just a daughter’s job to piss off her mother. — Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

51. My mother’s menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it. — Buddy Hackett

52. When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway. — Erma Bombeck

53. The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years, she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. — Calvin Trillin

54. I always say if you aren't yelling at your kids, you're not spending enough time with them. – Reese Witherspoon

55. There’s something empowering about going, ‘Hell, I can do this! I can do this all!’ That’s the wonderful thing about mothers, you can because you must, and you just do. — Kate Winslet

56. My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. - Mark Twain

57. Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children. - Sam Levenson

58. Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease - Lisa Alther

59. Sooner or later, we all quote our mothers - Bern Williams

Mother’s Day Quotes from Daughter

It is said that a daughter holds a much deeper bond with her mother. This Mother's Day 2025, while you gift-wrap a beautiful present for your mother, add a gift tag with any of these quotes written on it to make the gifting more special!

60. Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face. - George Eliot

61. A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place. - Amy Tan

62. My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was. - Lisa Leslie

63. To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. - Maya Angelou

64. If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. - Stevie Wonder

65. A mother’s love is everything. It is what brings a child into this world. It is what moulds their entire being. When a mother sees her child in danger, she is 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

66. As mothers and daughters, we are connected. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her. - Kristin Hannah, Summer Island

67. The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life, the stronger the daughter. - Anita Diamant, The Red Tent

68. A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are their daughters' role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships. - Victoria Secunda

69. Maybe it’s true that in the end, all daughters turn into their mothers. - Paula Ramón, Motherland

70. Sometimes, even grown women need their mother's comfort so they can take a break from all that being strong. - Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us

71. It doesn't matter how old you are or what you do in your life. You never stop needing your mom. - Kate Winslet

72. When I’m weak and unpretty, I know I’m beautiful and strong, because I see myself like my mother does. - Lauren Alaina, “Like My Mother Does”

73. Her love’s ‘til the end, she’s my best friend. Ain’t nobody got a mom like mine. - Meghan Trainor, Mom

Short and Sweet Happy Mother’s Day Quotes

We say that you bombard your mom's DMS with short and sweet Mother's Day quotes the moment the clock strikes midnight on the eve of Mother's Day 2025. These crisp quotes are perfect when you wish to say more to your dearest mother with fewer words.

74. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation. - James E. Faust

75. A mother understands what a child does not say. - Jewish proverb

76. A mother’s love is more beautiful than any fresh flower. - Debasish Mridha

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

78. My mother is a walking miracle. - Leonardo DiCaprio

79. All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. - Abraham Lincoln

80. We are born of love; love is our mother. - Rumi

81. Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind. - Kahil Gibran

82. And all my mother came into my eyes. And gave me up to tears. - William Shakespeare, King Henry V

83. I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. - E.M. Forster, Howard's End

84. My favourite house is my mother. - Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

85. The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother. - Sharon Olds

86. When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother. - Anna Quindlen

87. I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile. - Adriana Trigiani

88. I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood. - Lance Conrad, The Price of Creation

89. Mother is the first connection for you to this manifest world. - Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Mother’s Day Quotes in Tamil

Make your Amma feel proud and happy by sharing Mother's Day quotes in your mother tongue, Tamil, with your mama bear. There's something about Mother's Day quotes in regional languages that makes the sentences feel more personal. 

90. கண்கள் பார்த்த, முதல் ஓவியம், கைகள் வருடிய, முதல் காவியம், உதடுகள் உச்சரித்த, முதல் வார்த்தை, உள்ளம் உணர்ந்த, முதல் பாசம் ,அதுவே என் தாயின்நேசம்..! - குமநாம்

91. என் முகம் பார்க்கும் முன்பு, என் குரல்கேட்கும் முன்பு, என் குணம் அறியும் முன்பு, என்னை நேசித்த ஓர் இதயம் அம்மா

92. எத்தனை முறை சண்டை, போட்டாலும் தேடிவந்து பேசும், தெய்வம் என் தாயை தவிர, வேறேதும் உண்டோ இந்த உலகினிலே?

93. நம்ம கஷ்ட படும் போதும், அழும் போதும் கூடவே, இருந்து ஆறுதல் சொல்றது, அம்மா மட்டும் தான்

94. ஜீவநதியாய் வருவாள், என் தாகம் தீர்த்து மகிழ்வாள், தவறினைப் பொறுப்பாள், தர்மத்தை வளர்ப்பாள், தரணியிலே வளம் சேர்த்திடுவாள், தாயில்லாமல் நானில்லை - அடிமைப்பெண்

95. வாழும் காலம் யாவுமே, தாயின் பாதம் சொர்க்கமே, வேதம் நான்கும் சொன்னதே, அதை நான் அறிவேனே, அம்மா என்னும் மந்திரமே, அகிலம் யாவும் ஆள்கிறதே - ராம்

96. அம்மா அம்மா ஆசை அம்மா, நன்றி சொல்ல ஒரு வார்த்தை இல்லை, நிலவாக நான் விளையாட, வானாக வந்தவள் நீயே என் தாயே, அலையாக நான் விளையாட, நதியாக வந்தவள் நீயே என் தாயே, உந்தன் விரல்கள் பிடித்து நடந்தேன், உந்தன் விழியின் நிழலில் வளர்த்தேன் - வலிமை

97. ஆசைப்பட்ட எல்லாத்தையும் காசிருந்தா வாங்கலாம்,அம்மாவை வாங்க முடியுமா நீயும்?, அம்மாவை வாங்க முடியுமா நீயும்?, ஆயிரம் உறவு வந்து உன்னை தேடி வந்து நின்னாலும், தாய் போல தாங்க முடியுமா?, உன்னையும் என்னையும் படைச்சது இங்கே யாருடா?, தெய்வம் ஒவ்வொரு வீட்டிலும் இருக்கிறதுன்னா தாய்டா. - வியாபாரி

98. தாலாட்டு கேட்காத பேரிங்கு யாரு,தாயாரின் தாலாட்டு போல் வேறு ஏது, பாட்டுக்கு நான் அடிமை – அந்த, பாட்டுக்கு நான் அடிமை, தாய் போலே இங்கு வேறாரு – நம், தாய் போலே இங்கு வேறாரு - பாட்டுக்கு னான் அடிமை

99. அன்னையைப் பிள்ளை பிள்ளையை அன்னை,அம்மா என்றே அழைப்பதுண்டு, அன்பின் விளக்கம் பண்பின் முழக்கம், அம்மா என்றொரு சொல்லில் உண்டு, அன்பின் விளக்கம் பண்பின் முழக்கம், அம்மா என்றொரு சொல்லில் உண்டு - அடிமைப்பெண்

100. அடுத்திங்கு பிறப்பொன்று அமைந்தாலும் நான் உந்தன்,மகனாகப் பிறக்கின்ற வரம் வேண்டுமே, அதை நீயே தருவாயே, அம்மா என்றழைக்காத உயிரில்லையே, அம்மாவை வணங்காது உ யர்வில்லையே - மன்னன் 

101. அம்மா என்றால் அன்பு, அம்மா என்றாள் பாசம், அம்மா என்றால் கடவுள். - மன்னன்

Occasionally, the greatest gift for Mother's Day is just a letter with nice, famous Mother's Day quotes from the core of your heart. Consider placing your ideas in a letter by writing everything that you want to thank her for and everything that you love about her before you start shopping for that ideal gift for Mother's Day. On this Mother’s Day, convey the feelings of love and respect that you carry for her in your heart by using these famous Mother's Day quotes. If you want to make it extra special, team up with your husband or your siblings so that the two of you can get her something special. You can pick your mother and mother-in-law to spend the day with them at their favourite restaurants and enjoy a movie afterwards too! Give them a Mother's Day present that you know they will appreciate. And don’t forget to write these famous Mother's Day quotes on the card with the present! 

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