Dear Readers: Happy Mother’s Day! I hope that you feel appreciated and celebrated. I am also sensitive to the fact that Mother’s Day can be difficult for some, either because their mothers have passed on or because they didn’t have the idyllic type of mother described in the beautiful quotes below. Know that Mother’s Day can also be Love Day. A mother’s love is an unconditional love and nourishment that even a friend, teacher or someone you admire can give to you. If your own mother did not give you that unconditional love, take this day to give that love to yourself.

Here are some wonderful thoughts about mothers that I wanted to share with you:

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

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

“There’s no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.” — Jill Churchill

“A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” — Irish proverb

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

“Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” — Stevie Wonder

“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” — Maya Angelou

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

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

“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” — Agatha Christie

“Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.” — Louisa May Alcott

“Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.” — Gail Tsukiyama

“If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.” — Booker T. Washington

“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.” — George Washington

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