Honoring Momma

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

“My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was.”—Lisa Leslie

“Being a mama can be tough, but always remember in the eyes of your child, no one does it better than you.”—Unknown

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

“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”—William Makepeace Thackeray

“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.”—Victor Hugo

“Men are what their mothers made them.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”—Charley Benetto

“Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.”—Kahil Gibran

“When you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”—Mitch Albom

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

“I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then, I want to move in with them.”—Phyllis Diller

“Mothers can look through a child’s eyes and see tomorrow.”—Reed Markham

“Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.”—Lin Yutang

“If nothing is going well, call your grandmother.”—Italian Proverb

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