569 Quotes About Mothers

Not every daughter mourns the loss of a mother.

But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.

We gotta start teaching our daughters to be somebodies instead of somebody's.

I always feel sad for the girl that I was, because it never occurred to me that my mother might comfort me. She has never told me she loved me, and I never assumed she did. She tended to me. She administrated me.

My mum translated this in her head to "witchfinder," which was good because like most West Africans, she considered witchfinding a more respectable profession than policeman.

All mothers are mothers of great people, and it is not their fault that life later disappoints them.

Girls should be strong together. Strong like steel, merry like the tinkling of chimes dancing in the wind.

You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand new shoes that did not quite fit.

My mother once told me, when you have to make a decision, imagine the person you want to become someday. Ask yourself, what would that person do?