"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother."
- Abraham Lincoln


"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."
- Jewish proverb


"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."
- Lin Yutang


"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness."
- Honore' de Balzac


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

"By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class."
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh


"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."
- Henry Ward Beecher


"Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes


"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."
- Abraham Lincoln


"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."
- Author Unknown