Top 10 Famous Quotes About Mothers

Mothers. Where would the world be without them? It wouldn't be populated, that's for sure. Long before Julia Ward Howe founded Mother's Day, sons and daughters have been honoring their mothers in many ways. Some celebrities, like NBA Star Michael Jordan, showed his mother how much he loved her by giving her a gold and diamond Ebel watch and a maroon 380 SL Mercedes. Singer Carvin Winans, of "The Winans" surprised his mother by buying carpet for her house when he was just 15. A less-expensive, but heartfelt way to show a mother how much you care, is to give a verbal account. Here are top 10 famous quotes about mothers you're sure to enjoy:

1. "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

2. Another famous quote about mothers comes from Washington Irving: "A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts."

3. "The mother is everything - she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness. He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly." -- Kahlil Gibran

4. "Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together." is a famous quote by Pearl S. Buck.

5. It's unknown who said the quote, "God could not be everywhere and therefore he made Mothers," but it has become an old Jewish Proverb.

6. "My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart - a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation." -- Mark Twain