Motherhood. There’s nothing quite like it. It can be the most fulfilling job you’ve ever had and also the hardest. There are some days when I feel like I can’t hear the word “Mom” one more time or I’m going to scream, throw myself off a cliff, or something. Days like that are a struggle. On these days I need something to pick me up (other than a glass of wine.)
This is why I’ve compiled a list of 31 encouraging motherhood quotes to get me through the struggle. And because I love you, and I know you’re on the same struggle bus, I’m sharing them with all of you. That’s so sweet of me, I know. Ha.
So plaster these all around your house. Write them on your hand. Ingrain them in your mind. Because your a great mom and we all need all the help we can get. Am I right?
31 Encouraging Motherhood Quotes
- The most precious jewels you’ll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children” ~Unknown
- “Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had and dealing with fears you never knew existed” ~Linda Wooten
- “Children are not a distraction from more important work, they are the most important work” ~C.S. Lewis
- “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one” ~Jill Churchill
- “We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong” ~Laura Stavoe Harm
- “I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know” ~Mitch Albom
- Kids don’t stay with you if you do it right. It’s the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run ~Barbara Kingsolver
- A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one can take ~Cardinal Mermillod
- Good moms have sticky floors, dirty ovens, and happy kids ~Unknown
- You’re always going to wander if you’re doing things wrong, but that’s what it means to be a mom, to care so much about someone else that you just want to be as perfect as possible ~Naya Rivera
- The moment he wakes up from a nap… just a gummy mouth, no teeth, just a big smile, happy that you’re alive and you’re just looking at him, that’s probably the most magical. ~Jessica Biel
- 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
- “A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future, but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories” ~Honore de Balzac
- 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.
- “A mother holds her child’s hand for just a short time, but holds their heart forever”. ~Unknown
- “Mothers never retire, no matter how old her children are she is always a mom, always willing to encourage and help her children in any way she can” ~Catherine Pulisifer
- “One good mother is like a hundred schoolmasters” ~George Herbert
- “Mother was by far the greatest personal influence in our lives” ~Dwight Eisenhower
- “Giving grace to yourself is never more important than when you became a mother.” ~Whitney Meade
- “When I was a young boy, something that my mom always emphasized to my siblings and me is that it was never okay to just get bye, be average or mediocre. She encouraged us to chase our dreams, but always keep God first in our lives.” ~Joseph Woodley
- “Behind every famous and influential person there is a driving force and in many cases this driving force is the unfailing love and support of their mothers” ~Lisa Valentine
- “Simply having children does not make mothers.” ~Jon A. Shedd
- “If every mother in the United States could wrap her mind around her true value as a woman and mother, her life would never be the same. We would wake up every morning excited for the day rather than feeling as though we’d been hit by a truck during the night. We would talk differently to our kids, fret less about our husbands’ annoying habits, and speak with greater tenderness and clarity. We would find more contentment in our relationships, let mean remarks roll off our backs, and leave work feeling confident in the job we performed. ~Meg Meeker
- We may not be perfect mothers, but we are the perfect mothers for our children. ~Unknown
- “The days are long but the years are short” ~Unknown
- “Successful mothers are not the ones who have never struggled. They are the ones that never give up despite the struggles.” ~Sharon Jaynes
- “There is no role in life that is more essential and more eternal than that of motherhood” ~M. Russell Ballard
- “Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.” ~Neil Anderson
- “Give everyday the chance to become the most beautiful of all your life” ~Mark Twain
- “Your greatest contribution to the kingdom of God may not be something you do, but someone you raise” ~Andy Stanley
- Children are a gift from the Lord. They are a reward from him. ~Psalm 127:3
