50+ Best Mother's Day Messages & Quotes 2024

Mother's Day is a time-honoured celebration to express gratitude and love for the remarkable women who raised us. Every year on this special day, we have the opportunity to shower our mums with affection, appreciation, and heartfelt words that capture the profound impact they've had on our lives.

As Mother's Day 2024 approaches, we've curated a collection of over 50 beautiful messages and quotes to help you articulate your feelings and make this occasion truly memorable for the most important lady in your life.

And there are many free online card design tools(like Canva, Fotor) that can help you craft the perfect Mother's Day greeting. Simply pick a pre-made Mother's Day design, add your chosen quote from the inspirational list below, upload photos, and customize with fonts and colors to fit her style perfectly. Print it at home or have it delivered for a heartfelt keepsake she'll treasure.

So get ready to find that perfect quote or message to feature on a custom card for your mum this year!

In this article:

• When is Mother's Day 2024 in the UK?
• Sentimental Mother's Day Quotes
• Funny & Witty Mother's Day Quotes
• Empowering Mother's Day Quotes
• Beautiful Literary Mother's Day Quotes
• Wise & Inspirational Mother's Day Sayings

When is Mother's Day 2024 in the UK?

Mother's Day in the UK in 2024 is on Sunday, March 10th.

Sentimental Mother's Day Quotes

1. "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother." - George Washington
2. "Life doesn't come with a manual, it comes with a mother." - Unknown
3. "A mother's love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible." - Marion C. Garretty
4. "Mother is a verb. It's something you do. Not just who you are." - Cheryl Lacey Donovan
5. "There is no role in life that is more essential and more eternal than that of motherhood." - Elder M. Russell Ballard
6. "All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." - Abraham Lincoln
7. "Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartthrob." - Leroy Brownlow
8. "A mother's hug lasts long after she lets go." - Unknown
9. "Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved." - Erich Fromm
10. "My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled". - Carly Fiorina

Funny & Witty Mother's Day Quotes

1. "A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." - Tenneva Jordan
2. "An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy." - Spanish Proverb
3. "When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' It's a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway." - Erma Bombeck
4. "Mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it." - Buddy Hackett
5. "My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me." - R.J. Palacio
6. "A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have." - Robert Brault
7. "It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it." -The Golden Girls
8. "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." Mark Twain

Empowering Mother's Day Quotes

1. "Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws." - Barbara Kingsolver
2. "My mom is definitely my rock." - Alicia Keys
3. "My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was." - Lisa Leslie
4. "I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood." – Lance Conrad
5. "God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers." - Rudyard Kipling
6. "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
7. "Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever." - Nitya Prakash
8. "My mother’s wonderful. To me she’s perfection." - Michael Jackson
9. "A Mom loves you first, then forever." - Unknown
10. "To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power." - Leonardo DiCaprio
11. "If I know what love is, it is because of you." - Hermann Hesse
12. "I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom’s the only reason I know it’s a real thing." - Conor Oberst

Beautiful Literary Mother's Day Quotes

1. "Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
2. "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
3. "There never was a great man who had not a great mother." - Olive Schreiner
4. "A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's." - Princess Diana
5. "Mother is a verb, not just a noun." - Pralian proverb
6. "Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children." - William Makepeace Thackeray
7. "A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and curshed down remorselessly all that stands in its path. " - Agatha Christie
8. "I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine — she helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights." - Terri Guillements
9. "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
10. "If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love." - Stevie Wonder

Wise & Inspirational Mother's Day Sayings

1. "A mother understands what a child does not say." - Jewish Proverb
2. "A mother's love is more beautiful than any fresh flower." - Debasish Mridha
3. "A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place." - Amy Tan
4. "As is the mother, so is her daughter." - Ezekiel 16:44
5. "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." - Cardinal Mermillod
6. "Sooner or later we all quote our Mothers" - Bern Williams
7. "No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love."  - Edwin Hubbel Chapin
8. "A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend." - Amit Kalantri
9. "For all you've done, We should make every day Mother's Day." - Unknown
10. "Mothers are not the ones that have never struggled. They are the ones that never give up, despite the struggles." - Sharon Jaynes

There you have it - over 50 powerful messages and quotes to help you celebrate the incredible mothers and mother figures in your life this Mother's Day 2024. Whether you choose to write them in a heartfelt card, feature them in a social media tribute, or recite them aloud, these words are sure to touch the heart of any mum.

Happy Mother's Day to all the amazing women who selflessly embrace the journey of motherhood in its many forms! Your love, strength, and dedication deserve to be honoured every single day.

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