In recognition of the coming of Mother’s Day, here are some quotes about mothers.

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.- Washington Irving

As a mother, my job is to take care of what is possible and trust God with the impossible.
-Ruth Bell Graham

All mothers are working mothers-Unknown

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

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same. –Pearl S. Buck

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.- Marion C. Garretty

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

I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.- Abraham Lincoln

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

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

The Joy of Motherhood: What a mother experiences when all her children are in bed.-Barbara Johnson

The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.-Hamilton Wright Mabie

 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

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

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