Happy Mother’s Day!

Today is a time to honor mothers everywhere but, no matter how much you love her, it can be hard to find the perfect words to tell mom what she means to you.

Thankfully, there are plenty of great quotes and inspiration to help you write the perfect inscription in your Mother’s Day card. Here are a few:

“It takes a lifetime to truly appreciate all the ways a good mom makes all the difference.” – – Ellen Brenneman

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

“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.” – – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.” – – Antonio Villaraigosa

“There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood.” – – Elder M. Russell Ballard

“Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heart throb.” – – Leroy Brownlow

“Mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.” – – Emily Dickinson

“He didn’t realize that love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark.” – – J.K. Rowling

“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 desert us; when trouble thickens 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

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

“Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” – – Erich Fromm

“A mother’s love is everything. It is what brings a child into this world. It is what molds their entire being. When a mother sees her child in danger, she is literally capable of anything. Mothers have lifted cars off of their children, and destroyed entire dynasties. A mother’s love is the strongest energy known to man.” – – Jamie McGuire

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

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

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

“The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.” – – Elaine Heffner

“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.” — Maya Angelou

“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

“Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

“There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.” – – Chinese Proverb

“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had.” – – Linda Wooten

“Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has instilled within each of us a powerful biological instinct to reproduce; this is her way of assuring that the human race, come what may, will never have any disposable income.” – – Dave Barry

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

“The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of God is the heart of a mother.” – – St. Therese of Lisieux

“A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.” – – Tenneva Jordan

“It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?” – – Mahatma Gandhi

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

“A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.” — Amy Tan

“Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary – it’s an act of infinite optimism.” — Gilda Radner