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31 Strong Mother Quotes

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If nothing else, my mom is strong. She immigrated from Cuba as a little kid, learned a new language and culture, married my dad in her teens, divorced with two kids only ten years later and thugged her way through college to become a registered nurse. She’s super tough and has taught her children how to find their inner strength too. My mom and I have our issues at times, but these Strong Mother Quotes are dedicated to her. When I think about quotes on strong moms and inspirational quotes about being a mom, these are the qualities that inspire me. 

As you read through these being a good mom quotes, remember that mothers are human too. We struggle with emotions, make mistakes and lean on inspiration in the world to get us through hard days. I hope that these motherhood quotes will offer a bit of inspiration and gratitude for the strong moms in your life.

“To all mothers in every circumstance, including those who struggle, I say, ‘Be peaceful. Believe in God and yourself. You are doing better than you think you are.’” – Jeffrey R. Holland

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“We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” – Laura Stavoe Harm

“The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” – Jodi Picoult

“Being a mother has been the most challenging and the most rewarding position I will ever hold.” – Cathy Shaffer

“Birth is a mystery. Words are not enough.” – Marie O’Connor

“Motherhood is the exquisite inconvenience of being another person’s everything.”– Unknown

“There is no way to be the perfect mother.. but a million ways to be a good one” – Jill Churchill

“Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.” – Tina Fey

“Having kids – the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings – is the biggest job anyone can embark on.” – Maria Shriver

“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

“That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub, ‘Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you.’ She says, ‘Toughen up, this is the reality we are living in.’” – Lauryn Hill

Related: Father and Son Quotes to Inspire Strong Families

Being a Good Mom Quotes
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“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.” – Robin Lim

“Being a parent, your life gets bigger and more interesting than it was before.” – Lucy Liu

“Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer.” – Jessica Hagedorn

“Not only am I a fighter, but I’m a survivor. I think being a mother really plays into that.” – Willow Cross

“A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” – Dorothy Canfield Fisher

“I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.” – Oprah

“There is such a special sweetness in being able to participate in creation.” – Pamela S. Nadav

“Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” – Stevie Wonder

“Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown. In my heart, it don’t mean a thing.” – Toni Morrison

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“Ultimately, as long as my kid is all right, everything is fine. I think motherhood puts everything into perspective, I really do.” – Kiera Knightley

“I think every working mom probably feels the same thing: You go through big chunks of time where you’re just thinking, ‘This is impossible – oh, this is impossible.’ And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible.” – Tina Fey

“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver

“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.” – Sophia Loren

“Motherhood is more awesome than I ever thought it could be and harder than I ever would have imagined.” – Sarah Williams

“It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.” – Erma Bombeck

“Whether your pregnancy was meticulously planned, medically coaxed, or happened by surprise, one thing is certain – your life will never be the same.” – Catherine Jones

“In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves.” – Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn

“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” – Princess Diana

“My mother always taught us that if people don’t agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you’ve listened to them carefully and you still think that you’re right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.” – Jane Goodall