Emily Becker, Lindsay Geller

That's why trying to come up with the best thing to write in a <a href="https://www.womenshealthmag.com/mothers-day/" id="4fc6f696-2f05-3cae-ae09-05a4c79aa95f"> Mother's Day </a> card can be surprisingly tough. Yes, your momwhether <a href="https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/g30987654/gifts-for-step-mom/" id="ae925952-8762-3829-a0e0-7eee24ed5148"> shes biological or chosen </a> knows that you love her and think shes the greatest, but she also definitely deserves at least one day a year that you specifically tell her that.

Even if youve already found the perfect <a href="https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/g19483793/best-mothers-day-gifts/" id="0e0e5b50-a99f-385d-a620-ab9752cc8141"> Mothers Day gift </a> , dont underestimate how much shell love the sweet and thoughtful written sentiment that goes with it. (Of course, shell love whatever you writeeven if you don't scribble more than "I love you" in her cardbut c'mon, you don't want your sib to be the only one who scores some extra brownie points.)

Need some inspiration? Add one of the 50 best Mother's Day quotes of all time to your card, and before you know it, your mom will be crying all the happy tears.

1. "I love my mother as trees love water and sunshine. She helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights." Terri Guillemets

2. "A mother and daughters love is never separated." Viola Shipman

3. "If youre a mom, youre a superhero. Period." Rosie Pope

4. "My daughter introduced me to myself." Beyonc Knowles

5. "Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws." Barbara Kingsolver

6. "To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow." Maya Angelou

7. "A mothers arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them." Victor Hugo

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8. "Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother." Oprah Winfrey

9. "Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. Theres no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving." Gail Tsukiyama

10. "Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mothers secret hope outlives them all." Oliver Wendell Holmes

11. "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

12. "A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories." Honore de Balzac

13. "Motherhood: All love begins and ends there." Robert Browning

14. "A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend." Unknown

15. "Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing." Ricki Lake

16. "What defines me is what my mom always taught me: to treat everyone with respect, to always be a hard worker, and to be kind." Adam Rippon

\"Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.\"

17. "When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know." Charley Benetto

18. "Mothers are like glue. Even when you cant see them, theyre still holding the family together." Susan Gale

19. "My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was." Lisa Leslie

20. "The world needs our mothers." Liya Kebede

21. "My mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her." Jodi Picoult

22. "A mothers hug lasts long after she lets go." Unknown

23. "We are born of love; love is our mother." Rumi

24. "A mothers arms are more comforting than anyone elses." Princess Diana

25. "A mothers love is more beautiful than any fresh flower." Debasish Mridha

26. "Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind." Kahil Gibran

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

28. "A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place." Amy Tan

29. "A mother is clothed with strength and dignity, laughs without fear of the future. When she speaks her words are wise and she gives instructions with kindness." Proverbs

30. "There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one." Jill Churchill

31. "A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we dont even have." Robert Brault

32. "In the end, mothers are always right. No one else tells the truth." Randy Susan Meyers

33. "To the world you are a mother, but to your family you are the world." Unknown

34. "Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me." Lady Gaga

35. "Mother is a verb. Its something you do. Not just who you are." Cheryl Lacey Donovan

\"A mothers hug lasts long after she lets go.\"

36. "My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind." Michael Jordan

37. "No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mothers love." Edwin Chapin

38. "Being a mother is learning about strengths you didnt know you had." Linda Wooten

39. "Mothers can look through a childs eyes and see tomorrow." Reed Markham

40. "If evolution really works, how come mothers have only two hands?" Milton Berle

41. "Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible." Marion C. Garretty

42. "To a childs ear, 'mother' is magic in any language." Arlene Benedict

43. "My mother is a walking miracle." Leonardo DiCaprio

44. "Mothers hold their childrens hands for a short while, but their hearts forever." Unknown

45. "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." Cardinal Mermillod

46. "Life began with waking up and loving my mothers face." George Eliot

\"To a childs ear, \'mother\' is magic in any language.\"

47. "When you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know." Mitch Albom

48. "My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent." Ruth Bader Ginsburg

49. "My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day." Jennifer Garner

50. "A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin." Unknown

50 Best Mother's Day Quotes To Write In Your Card

Moms are the best. Who else would spend literal years picking up after you and taking care of you and always answering the phone when you call in a panic and still think youre absolutely amazing and killing it on a daily basis? (Not that dads aren't totally awesome, too, buuuuut...)

The 50 Best Mother's Day Quotes To Make Your Mom Feel Extra Special This Year

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Emily Becker, Lindsay Geller

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The 50 Best Mother's Day Quotes To Make Your Mom Feel Extra Special This Year