Mother’s Day is this Sunday and I’m a sucker for a good quote. Check out a list of my favorite inspirational quotes about mothers and Happy Mother’s Day!

“When You look into your mother’s eyes you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.” Mitch Albom

“Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.” Unknown

“The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” Jodi Picoult

“God couldn’t be everywhere and, therefore he made mothers.” Rudyard Kipling

“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” Susan Gale

Mother is a verb. It is something you do. Not just who you are.” Dorothy Canfield Fisher

There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one. Jill Churchill

“Motherhood: all love begins and ends there.” Robert Browning

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

“Having kids just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.” Kate Winslet

“A child’s first teacher is its mother.” Peng Liyuan

“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.”

“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” Barbara Kingsolver

“For when a child is born, a mother is also born again.” Gilbert Parker

“I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.” E.M. Forster