Every moment is a fresh beginning.— T.S. Eliot
Mother Quotes
A mother's love is the first love most of us know. These mother quotes help you say what she means to you — for a card, a message, or just a moment of gratitude.
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More topics ›Life is available only in the present moment.— Thich Nhat Hanh
A moment of gratitude makes a difference in your attitude.— Bruce Wilkinson
If we were all judged by our worst moments, we'd all be monsters.— Robin Hobb
Fear is the only thing that can keep you from enjoying life's best moments.— Linda Poindexter
Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love.— David Levithan
Live every moment, love every day, cause before you know it, precious time slips away.— Reo Speedwagon
What we wait around a lifetime for with one person, we can find in a moment with someone else.— Stephanie Klein
If you love someone you say it, you say it right then, out loud, or the moment just... passes you by.— My Best Friends Wedding
The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you can change anything.— Hal Elrod
Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for the moment that is to come.— Oprah Winfrey
A moment of anger can destroy a lifetime of work, whereas a moment of love can break barriers that took a lifetime to build.— Leon Brown
The greatest power you possess in life is your understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose to start fresh.— Guy Finley
Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after.— Sabaa Tahir
I deserve passion. I deserve to be loved - in every way. I deserve a man who’ll give his whole heart, not the part he isn’t using at the moment.— Loretta Chase
Quote: I knew I did from that first moment we met. It was… Not love at first sight exactly, but - familiarity. Like: oh, hello, it’s you. It’s going to be you.— Mhairi McFarlane
That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that all you had to do was imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.— Alice Hoffman
The minute someone decides to walk out of your life, that is the same moment in which the opportunity and space opens up for someone who actually deserves your love, to finally walk in.— DeAndre Carswell
Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.— Byron Katie
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.— Henri Nouwen
Eventually, you’ll meet someone right for you. And whether you share a minute, a month, or a lifetime with them is uncertain. But the fact that you found that person, even if for a moment, means more than the lifespan life allows you to have with them.— Marielena Roig
If you find happiness only in certain moments; moments of achievement, rest, reward, or pleasure, then most of your life will be unhappy. If you find happiness in every moment; even moments that others may see as boring, average, frustrating, or challenging, then your life will be lived Happily in Every Moment Ever After.— Doe Zantamata
Above anything else, stay true to yourself. Whether that means for you that you like to have blue hair, or you don’t like to drink, or you are attracted to the same sex, or you want to remove yourself from Facebook, or you’ve got 3 different kids from 3 different dads but you know you’re a really good mom, or you cry for a week because your turtle died. Whatever your truth is, stay true to yourself. But be a good person while you’re at it.— Gillian Anderson
My mother taught me this trick: if you repeat something over and over again it loses its meaning, for example homework homework homework homework homework homework homework homework homework, see? Nothing. Our existence she said is the same way. You watch the sunset too often it just becomes 6 pm you make the same mistake over and over you stop calling it a mistake. If you just wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up one day you’ll forget why.— Phil Kaye
So today I was in Hallmark buying my mom a Happy Birthday card when I noticed this old man standing in front of the Valentines card section contemplating which one to get. I decide to go over and I ask him, 'Are you getting a Valentine’s Day for your wife?' in which he replies 'No my wife died 3 years ago from breast cancer but I still buy her roses and a card and bring them to her grave to prove to her that she was the only one that will ever have my heart.— Ravi Patel
Stop waiting for the perfect moment. It will never arrive. There are no perfect moments sweetheart. We choose our moments and I want you to start choosing yours and start choosing now. Time will not wait for you and I don’t want you to miss out on your life because you’ve been patiently waiting on the sidelines thinking you have to stay there. You don’t have to sit this life out, your life out. You have a whole field in front of you for you to discover and run around in. It is there for you, let your feet press down on the earth and then start running, start discovering, and never stop.— Acoustic Imagery
Poster by our friends at Positive Med: “He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give. Don’t analyze. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had.— Bob Marley
You ruin your life by desensitizing yourself. We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us. Caring is not synonymous with crazy. Expressing to someone how special they are to you will make you vulnerable. There is no denying that. However, that is nothing to be ashamed of. There is something breathtakingly beautiful in the moments of smaller magic that occur when you strip down and are honest with those who are important to you. Let that girl know that she inspires you. Tell your mother you love her in front of your friends. Express, express, express. Open yourself up, do not harden yourself to the world, and be bold in who, and how you love.— Bianca Sparacino
Mom, why do the best people die?— Author Unknown
There is beauty in the in-between moments.— Author Unknown
My mother worked too hard for me not to be great.— Author Unknown
Tiny moments of joy are underrated. Collect them.— Author Unknown
The moment you accept yourself you become beautiful.— Author Unknown
Live, love, laugh and enjoy each moment of your life.— Author Unknown
Even a difficult day contains moments worth treasuring.— Author Unknown
The quiet moments are often where the best things live.— Author Unknown
My life isn't perfect, but it does have perfect moments.— Author Unknown
You have more than you realize right now in this moment.— Author Unknown
Notice when nothing is wrong. That is the sweetest moment.— Author Unknown
Tomorrow, take a moment to do something just for yourself.— Author Unknown
Even in your worst moments, your heart kept beating for you.— Author Unknown
Gratitude turns ordinary moments into extraordinary memories.— Author Unknown
This moment is all we truly have. And it is more than enough.— Author Unknown
Some of the best things in your life came from the worst moments.— Author Unknown
Your life is made of moments. Choose which ones to fully inhabit.— Author Unknown
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What is a good short quote about mothers?
"A mother's love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible." — Marion C. Garretty. Short mother quotes carry weight because the word 'mother' already holds so much.
What can I write in a card for my mom?
Open with a mother quote that fits her, then add one specific thing she did that you've never forgotten. The quote sets the tone; the memory makes it unmistakably hers.
Why do mother quotes move us so much?
Because they touch our earliest experience of being loved and cared for. A good mother quote gives words to a bond most of us feel long before we can explain it.