70 Strong Mom Quotes to Inspire You

These quotes from strong moms are inspirational and motivating, as well as fun and make you think.

Being a mom can be the most rewarding thing anywhere. It’s not always straightforward, but it’s worth it. These mom-friendly quotes will inspire you and remind how much you love your family. Also, you can send them to your mom, to show her that you admire her strength and affection. Moms you know may be in need of a reminder that she’s more powerful than she thinks. Help any mom out by sharing these inspirational quotes!

70 Motivational Strong Mom Quotes to Lift You Up

“A strong mom can conquer any mountain, with her children by her side.” – Michelle Obama

“The strength of a mother is the foundation on which a family thrives.” – J.K. Rowling

“The very fact that you worry about being a good mother means that you already are one.” – Jodi Picoult

“Having a strong mom  is like having a best friend that can carry you when your legs are too tired to walk.” – Unknown

“A mom is the glue that holds everything together, even when she feels she may fall apart.” – Proudhappymama

“A strong mom is one who always encourages her children, even if she feels discouraged herself. She’s the kind of mother every child deserves!” – Unknown

“Strong mothers raise strong daughters.” – Jessica A. Lane

“I’m thankful for my struggles because without them, I wouldn’t know my strengths.” – Proudhappymama

“Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is…and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong.” – Unknown

“I was raised by a strong mom and it shows.” – Unknown

“Stay strong mama.  Don’t let the world make you bitter. You are beautiful.” – Unknown

“Love as powerful as your mother’s leaves its own mark…To have been loved so deeply… Will give us some protection forever.” – J.K. Rowling

“The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly – indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.” – Arianna Huffington

“Even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you’d be okay.” – Jojo Moyes

“Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” – Marion C. Garretty

“Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. And may we raise them.” – Unknown

“As a mama you may see me struggle, but you will never see me quit.” – Unknown

“‘To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don’t feel it, you have to pretend.” – Sade Adu

“No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.” – Sarah Josepha Hale

“Don’t pity me because I am a single mom. Respect me for having the courage to do it alone, the strength to never give up, and the love to put my child’s needs before my own.” – Unknown

“But there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begin.” – Mitch Albom, For One More Day

“I was always an unusual girl. My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean.” – Lana Del Rey

“The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.” – Karl Lagerfeld

“If you can’t go back to your mother’s womb, you’d better learn to be a good fighter.” – Anchee Min, Red Azalea: A Memoir

“No man is poor who has a Godly mother.” – Abraham Lincoln

“In a child’s eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.” – N.K. Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

“My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.” – R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.” – George Washington

“Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.” – Robert A. Heinlein, Have Space Suit-Will Travel

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

“To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don’t feel it, you have to pretend.” – Sade Adu

“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

“Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.”

“Being a single mother is twice the work, twice the stress, and twice the tears, but also twice the hugs, twice the love, and twice the pride.”

“It takes a strong person to be a single parent and take on two roles. You are amazing in your child’s eyes, so never forget that.” – Unknown

“A mother is she who can take place of all others but whose place no one else can take.” – Cardinal Mermillod”

“A strong mom teaches her children to embrace challenges as opportunities for growth.” – Brené Brown

“Being a mother is LEARNING ABOUT STRENGTHS you didn’t know you had, and DEALING WITH FEARS you didn’t know existed.” – Nishan Panwar

“Strong moms raise strong children who can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai

“The love of a strong mom has the power to heal wounds and nurture souls.” – Maya Angelou

“If you’re a single mother, never give up. Your child is watching how you handle your challenges and that will help him or her determine how they want to live their life too.” – Unknown

“The strength of a mother is second to none. Even when she is in times of stress, when she is fighting her own demons, when she is beyond exhausted both mentally and physically nothing will stop her from finding the strength she needs to do for her children what she needs to get done.” – Unknown

“Most people’s mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she was very strong. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That’s more important.” – Diane von Furstenberg

“You’ll never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have.” – Unknown

“Single moms: You are a doctor, a teacher, a nurse, a maid, a cook, a referee, a heroine, a provider, a defender, a protector, a true superwoman. Wear your cape proudly.” – Mandy Hale

“Mother – that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.” – T. DeWitt Talmage

“Birth is the epicenter of women’s power.” – Ani DeFranco

“To the world you are a mother, but to your family you are the world.” – Unknown

“As a single mum you’ll discover inner strengths and capabilities you never knew you had.” – Unknown

“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.” – Linda Wooten

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

“The strength of a mother is second to none.  Even when she is in times of stress, when she is fighting her own demons, when she is beyond exhausted both mentally and physically; nothing will stop her from finding the strength she needs to do for her children what she needs to get done.” – Unknown

“Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own. To teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing, even when you’re not sure what the right thing is…And to forgive yourself over and over again for doing everything wrong.” – Donna Ball

“A Real Mom: Emotional, yet the rock. Tired, but keeps going. Worried, but full of hope. Impatient, yet patient. Overwhelmed, but never quits. Amazing, even though doubted. Wonderful, even in the chaos. Life changer, every single day.” – Rachel Martin

“I love my mother for all the times she said absolutely nothing…. Thinking back on it all, it must have been the most difficult part of mothering she ever had to do: knowing the outcome, yet feeling she had no right to keep me from charting my own path. I thank her for all her virtues, but mostly for never once having said, “I told you so.” – Erma Bombeck

“It takes someone really brave to be a mother, someone strong to raise a child, and someone special to love someone more than herself.” – Lily

“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

“See how they look at you, like you hung the moon and the stars, like you have the answers, like you can do anything. Guess what? They’re absolutely right.” – Becca Carnahan

“I think my mother taught me what not to do. She put us first, always, sometimes to the detriment of herself. She encouraged me not to do that. She’d say being a good mother isn’t all about sacrificing; it’s really investing and putting yourself higher on your priority list.” – Michelle Obama

“The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” – James E. Faust

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

“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” – Susan Gale

“Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.” – Robert A. Heinlein

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

“The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.” – William Ross Wallace

“The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness.” – Jessica Lange

“A mother’s love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking.” – Helen Rice

“Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.” – Ricki Lake

“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

“Angry mothers raise daughters fierce enough to fight wolves.” – Nghi Vo

“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 crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” – Agatha Christie

“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning

“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” – Victor Hugo

“Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is… and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong.” – Donna Ball

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

“A mother’s love is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.” – Honore de Balzac

“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill

“Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.” – Alice Walker

“My mother was the one constant in my life. When I think about my mom raising me alone when she was 20, and working and paying the bills, and, you know, trying to pursue your own dreams, I think is a feat that is unmatched.” – President Barack Obama

“As a mama, you may see me struggle, but you will never see me quit.” – Unknown

“For a mother is the only person on earth who can divide her love among ten children and each child still have all her love.” – Unknown

“It takes a lot to be a mom. It takes strength to show up each and every day, even when you don’t think you can. It takes patience to teach your children all the things they need to know. It takes empathy to feel their pain when they don’t have the words. It takes forgiveness to forgive yourself every time you get it wrong. And most of all it takes unconditional love because no one will love your child like you do.” – Unknown

“Women have always been the strong ones of the world.” – Coco Chanel

“Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.” – Unknown

“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 desert us when trouble thickens 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.” – Washington Irving

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

“You do the best you can, even when you think you can’t and that dear mama is not failing. You are amazing.” – Unknown

“Some days I don’t know how I do it. I am so exhausted…But I am a mom so I will always show up and stay strong for my children.” – Unknown

“Motherhood is hard. I try my best, but some days I struggle to be the mama I want to be. I get exhausted. I make mistakes. I lose my cool. And some days I struggle to find myself. But, regardless how hard it gets, each day I still show up. And in the end, no one could ever love my child the way I do” – Unknown

“A strong mother is someone who sees all that’s possible in a world of impossible things, while still believing she can make it better for everyone – including herself.” – Unknown

“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.” – Unknown

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

“Never undermine yourself because you are ‘just’ a house mom.” – Tracey Taylor

“My mom is a strong-willed lady. She taught me to believe in myself, no matter what anybody else said.” – Tracy Edmonds.

“Your most valuable parenting skill is learning to manage yourself first.” – Dr. Laura Markham

“Hey mama, has anyone told you that you’re doing an awesome job?” – Unknown

“The best gift a parent can give children is time … Single moms need to know it’s okay to have a little ‘me’ time.” – Denise Richards

“I want to show the example that you can be a single mother and work and handle a lot of other things at the same time.” – Christina Milian

“My family is blended and diverse, nutty, and loving and understanding. That’s a family.” – Sandra Bullock.

Conclusion

The 100 strong mom quotes serve as powerful reminders of the amazing endurance and strength that mothers have. They speak to the unwavering dedication and affection that mothers have to their kids. Through the trials and victories the statements remind us of the fact that we’re capable of conquering any obstacle that happens to us. Therefore, to all the women who are unstoppable in the world.

Let these quotes inspire you and encourage you to keep as the wonderful mom you are. Your determination and strength are truly inspiring and you hold the ability to create an unforgettable and rewarding life for your children. Continue to push forward being confident that you’re unstoppable and can achieve anything you want to.