Love You, Mom! 125 Quotes About Mothers and Daughters That Will Warm Your Heart
The bond between a mother and her daughter is one of a kind. While the relationship can be as complicated as any other and full of ups and downs, daughters often look to their moms for inspiration. We turn to them when things aren’t going right, seeking inspiration, and viewing them as a guiding light in our lives. In return, mothers want the best for their children, offering them unconditional love and support. Our moms can be our biggest allies and our loudest cheerleaders.
Mother’s Day is officially here—that time of year when we honor the women who raised us with attention and affection as we share our love for them. What better way to show one of the most important women in your life just how much they mean to you than with one of these 125 quotes about mothers and daughters!
Sweet Mother Daughter Quotes
1. “A daughter is someone you laugh with, dream with, and love with all your heart.” — Anonymous
2. “My mom taught me a woman’s mind should be the most beautiful part of her.” — Sonya Teclai
3. “A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.” — Irish Proverb
4. “When I’m weak and unpretty, I know I’m beautiful and strong. Because I see myself like my mother does.” — Lauren Alaina, “Like My Mother Does”
5. “A daughter is just a little girl who grows up to be your best friend.” — Anonymous
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6. “There were times, in middle school and junior high, I didn’t have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.” — Taylor Swift
7. “The more a daughter knows the details of her mother’s life the stronger the daughter.” – Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
8. “The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother.” — Sharon Olds
9. “As they get older, our daughters become more and more like us too.” – Amy Newmark
10. “Mother and daughter never truly part, maybe in distance but never in heart.” — Anonymous
11. “What the daughter does, the mother did.” — Jewish Proverb
Strong Mother Daughter Quotes
12. “A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” — Dorothy Canfield Fisher
13.“If you ever feel like giving up, just remember there is a little girl watching who wants to be just like you.” — Anonymous
14. “A mother’s treasure is her daughter.” – Catherine Pulsifer
15. “A mother and a daughter always share a special bond, which is engraved on their hearts.” — Anonymous
16. “Words are not enough to express the unconditional love that exists between a mother and a daughter.” — Caitlin Houston
17. “It was easy for me to not feel beautiful in a world of prom queens, yet my mother was always reminding me of how worthy I was. I was a lucky daughter.” — Brittainy C. Cherry, Eleanor & Grey
18. “The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise.” — Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena
19. “Always love your mother because you will never get another.” — Anonymous
20. “My mother shed her protective love down around me and without knowing why people sensed that I had value.” — Maya Angelou, Mom & Me & Mom
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21. “A mother and a daughter have one soul for two, which can’t be broken by time, obstacles, distance and insults.” — Anonymous
22. “My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star, and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.” — Denise Van Outen
23. “I smile because I’m your daughter. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.” — Anonymous
24. “We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters’ lengthening flight.” — Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Family Politics
25. “A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” — Anonymous
26. “Being a mother and grandmother is the best of the best in my life. My grandchildren multiply the joy my daughters bring me.” — Alexandra Stoddard
27. “Mothers are the most dynamic and influential force on the development of a young woman's journey to being herself.” — Hillary L. McBride, Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image
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28. “Many people may be replaced in daughter’s life, but nobody can take the mother’s place.” — Anonymous
29. “Mother-daughter disagreements were, in hindsight, basically mother stating the truth and daughter taking her own sweet time coming around.” — Barbara Delinsky, Sweet Salt Air
30. “Mother and daughter got on very well indeed, with a deep affection founded on an almost complete misunderstanding.” — Mary Stewart
31. “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, The Last Séance
32. “Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away.” — Heather Gudenkauf, The Weight of Silence
33. “Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter’s mouth.” — Victoria Secunda
34. “I did not give you the gift of life, life gave me the gift of you.” — Anonymous
35. “The woman who is my best friend, my teacher, my everything: Mom.” — Sandra Vischer, Unliving the Dream
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36. “My daughter makes me laugh with her incredibly humorous take on the world. Everything makes her laugh, and I aspire to take in the world the same shoes she does.” — Anonymous
37. “My mom is literally a part of me. You can’t say that about many people except relatives, and organ donors.” — Carrie Latet
38. “The living mother-daughter relationship, you learn over and over again, is a constant choice between adaptation and acceptance.” — Kelly Corrigan, Glitter and Glue
39. “My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.” — Erica Jong
40. “A mother is the only person in the world who can turn daughter’s worries and fears into happiness.” — Anonymous
41. “A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give.” — Laurel Atherton
42. “I love our daughters more than anything in the world, more than life itself. So for me, being Mom-in-Chief is, and always will be job number one.” — Michelle Obama
43. “I told my mom she was invading my personal space and she said I came out of her personal space.” — Anonymous
44. “A daughter is God’s way of saying, ‘Thought you could use a lifelong friend.’” — Anonymous
45. “Mothers and daughters together are a powerful force to be reckoned with.” — Melia Keeton-Digby, The Heroines Club: A Mother-Daughter Empowerment Circle
Inspiring Quotes from Daughters About Mothers
46. “She’s my best friend — she’s everything to me. It’s always just been me and her against the world.” — Jacqueline Middleton, Until the Last Star Fades
47. “The only love between a mother and a daughter can’t be changed and only this love has no limits. It grows with every single day and never fades.” — Anonymous
48. “My mother was my first country, the first place I ever lived.” — Nayyirah Waheed, “Lands”
49. “When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother. It’s so much more than love. Even when there's no love, it's so much more than anything else in your life.” — Anna Quindlan, One True Thing
50. “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” —Diana, Princess of Wales
51. “One of the most important relationships we’ll have is the relationship we have with our mothers.” — Iyanla Vanzant
52. “Mothering is a mysterious task. First, you create an intimate, all-consuming attachment with your daughter, then you spend the rest of your life learning to let her go.” — Judy Ford
53. “What’s it like to have the greatest daughter in the world? I don’t know ask your grandmother.” — Anonymous
54. “I cannot forget my mother. She is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadies herself long enough for me to run across safely.” — Renita Weems
55. “A mother who radiates self-love and acceptance actually vaccinates her daughter against low self-esteem.” — Naomi Wolf
56. “All I know is that I carried you for nine months. I fed you, I clothed you, I paid for your college education. Friending me on Facebook seems like a small thing to ask in return.” — Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home
57. “I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because a queen raised me.” — Anonymous
58. “By the time you realize your mother was right, you have a daughter who thinks that you’re wrong.” — Sada Malhotra
59. “My daughter introduced me to myself... the connection I had with her when I was giving birth was something I’ve never felt before.” — Beyoncé
60. “No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom.” — Anonymous
61. “A mom is a daughter’s ‘first’ friend. And, through life, becomes her best friend.” — Vicki Reece
62. “To my daughter, I will say, ‘See your beauty without a compliment or a mirror.’” — Anonymous
63. “Of course, mothers and daughters with strong personalities might see the world from very different points of view.” — Katherine Howe
64. “Mothers and daughters are part of each other's consciousness, in different degrees and in a different way, but still with the mutual sense of something which has always been there.” Edith Wharton, The Mother’s Recompense
65. “No one in this world can love a girl more than her mother.” — Anonymous
66. “Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers and have remained so, in circles joined to circles, since time began.” — Signe Hammer
67. “Her smile makes me smile. Her laugh is infectious. Her heart is pure and true. Above all, I love that she is my daughter.” — Anonymous
68. “The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex.” — Wynonna Judd
69. “The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way.” — Joyce Carol Oates
70. “My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
71. “Even as a small child, I understood that woman had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way we were bound together for eternity.” — Alice Hoffman, The Dovekeepers
72. “I am not a perfect mother, and I will never be. You are not a perfect daughter, and you will never be. But put us together and we will be the best mother and daughter we would ever be.” — Zoraida Pesante
Best Mother and Daughter Quotes
73. “If I turn into my mother, or even half the woman she is, I’ll consider my life a successful one.” — Anonymous
74. “A loving and careful mother both recognizes and even protects her daughter’s autonomy and also helps her dance out confidently on to a wider stage.” — Rachel Billington
75. “As for my girls, I’ll raise them to think they breathe fire.” — Jessica Kirkland
76. “As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her.” — Kristin Hannah, Summer Island
77. “My Dearest Baby, You gave me the strength I didn't know I had. You taught me the true meaning of serenity and peace.” — Serena Williams
78. “In my daughter’s eyes I am a hero. I am strong and wise and I know no fear. But the truth is plain to see, she was sent to rescue me.” — Martina McBride, “In My Daughter’s Eyes”
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79. “God couldn't be everywhere so that is why he invented mothers.” — Daphne Wilder, Because I Said So
80. “A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she’ll never outgrow your heart.” — Anonymous
81. “On the darkest days, when I feel inadequate, unloved and unworthy, I remember whose daughter I am and I straighten my crown.” — Anonymous
82. “She raised us with humor, and she raised us to understand that not everything was going to be great — but how to laugh through it.” — Liza Minelli on Judy Garland
83. “A daughter is someone you laugh with, dream with, and love with all your heart.” — Anonymous
84. “From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress — I never dreamed I'd have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was.” — Isabella Rossellini on mom Ingrid Bergman
85. “Mothers and daughters are closest when daughters become mothers.” — Anonymous
86. “When we weren’t scratching each other’s eyes out, we were making each other laugh harder than anyone else could.” — Lucie Arnaz on Lucille Ball
87. “You are your child's keeper until she's mature enough to keep herself.” — Laura Ramirez
88. “My mom is a never-ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words, but I always remember the tune.” — Graycie Harmon
89. “What I wanted most for my daughter was that she be able to soar confidently in her own sky, whatever that may be.” — Helen Claes
90. “I unapologetically and unabashedly am deeply biased toward my mother.” — Chelsea Clinton on Hillary R. Clinton
91. “Mama, you taught me to do the right things. So now you have to let your baby fly. You’ve given me everything that I will need to make it through this crazy thing called life.” — Carrie Underwood, “Mama’s Song”
92. “My mother was like sand. The kind that warms you on a beach when you come shivering out of the cold water. The kind that clings to your body, leaving its impression on your skin to remind you where you’ve been and where you’ve come from.” — Clare Vanderpool, Navigating Early
93. “Mother and daughter relationship is a special bond that spans the years. Through laughter, worry, smiles and tears. A sense of trust that can’t be broken, a depth of love sometimes unspoken.” — Anonymous
94. “A mother teaches her daughter how to feel about herself, about handling pressure, about relishing life’s joys and conquering fears.” — Melissa Harrison, Mother to Daughter
95. “All mother’s characteristics are absorbed by daughter’s personality so that it’s not clear where the mother ends, and the daughter begins. It’s pure magic.” — Anonymous
96. “I love my mother as trees love water and sunshine. She helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights.” — Terri Guillemets
97. “You’ll be her first role model, her first friend, her first love. You are her mom and she is your whole world. She is your little girl.” — Anonymous
98. “My daughter, while we have had adversity, we also have had more sweet memories that allow us to overcome the challenges we faced.” — Ann Butler
99. “Dear Daughter, don’t concern yourself with fitting into glass slippers. Think instead of shattering glass ceilings.” — Anonymous
100. "A mother-daughter bond is the perfect blessing, so that makes me one blessed mom because I have you." — Stephanie Lahart
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101. “I will never be as good a mother as she was. She was just grace incarnate.” — Angelina Jolie on Marcheline Bertrand
102. “He that would the daughter win must with the mother first begin.” — English Proverb
103. “Mothering is a mysterious task. First you create an intimate, all-consuming attachment with your daughter, then you spend the rest of your life learning to let her go.” — Judy Ford
104. “I tell my daughter every morning, ‘Now, what are the two most important parts of you?’ And she says, ‘My head and my heart.’” — Viola Davis
105. “Daughters are like flowers, they fill the world with beauty, and sometimes attract pests.” — Anonymous
106. “Life doesn’t come with a manual. It comes with a Mother.” — Anonymous
107. “Mother. One person who does the work of twenty. For free.” — Anonymous
108. “Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.” – Cheryl Lacey Donovan
109. “A daughter will always be the closest person in the world for her mother because only she saw the heart of her mother from the inside.” — Anonymous
110. “Mothers, look after your daughters, keep them near you, keep their confidence that they may be true and faithful.” — Elmina S. Taylor
111. “The lives of a mother and a daughter are connected. A mother is the daughter’s spine, she always supports her, and a daughter is the mother’s blood, which makes her strong.” — Anonymous
112. “For all the things my hands have held, the best by far is you.” — Anonymous
113. “I love you for the little girl that you once were, for the amazing woman you are today, and for the precious daughter that you will always be.” — Anonymous
114. “A daughter makes a mother’s life brighter and the mother makes daughter’s life warmer.” — Unknown
115. “Someday when the pages of my life end, I know that you will be one of the most beautiful chapters.” — Anonymous
116. “I am a strong woman because a strong woman raised me.” — Anonymous
117. “My mom is a hard worker. She puts her head down and she gets it done. And she finds a way to have fun. She always says, 'Happiness is your own responsibility.'" — Jennifer Garner
118. “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
119. “Lucky is the woman whose first child is a daughter.” — Prophet Mohammed
120. “If I didn’t have you as a mom, I’d choose you as a friend.” — Anonymous
121. “Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.” — Lady Gaga
122. “Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.” — Clementine Paddleford
123. “Once I asked her why she didn’t like nuts on her sundae, and she said she did like them, but I loved them. And she loved me.” — Jenny Han, Always and Forever, Lara Jean
124. “Maybe I stepped into the skin my mother left behind and became the girl my mother had been, the one she still wanted to be.” — Laura Kasischke, White Bird in a Blizzard
125. “My daughter is not the child that I expected. She is so much more.” — Brenda Kosciuk
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