Photo: Adorations to Amma

“An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.” – Spanish Proverb

“God could not be everywhere, and so He made mothers.” – Jewish Proverb

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

“Who fed me from her gentle breast and hushed me in her arms to rest, and on my cheek sweet kisses prest? my mother.” – Ann Taylor

“The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” – William Makepeace Thackeray

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

“A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. – Author Unknown

“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn, Hundreds of bees in the purple clover, Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, but only one mother the wide world over.” – George Cooper

“Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs… since the payment is pure love.” – Mildred B. Vermont