The NZS.com Mother's Day Poems and Quotes article contains poetry and historical quotes which Mum will cherish in her card this Mother's Day.
New Zealand Mother's Day Poems and Quotes
Looking for something profound to say on Mother's Day? Finding the words to express feelings can be difficult, so find a famous someone who has said something profound on mothers and mothering.
Do you want to say a few words to your mum this Mother's Day - but not sure you have the literary know-how? Some of history's greatest poets, writers, thinkers, song writers and public figures have written or spoken on the subject of motherhood. And you shouldn't feel ashamed of quoting from one of the greats in your Mother's Day card; don't they say it's the highest form of flattery?
Mother's Day Poetry
We're all mothered during our lives. No matter how old we are, our mums are there as mothers - to care and support, to share hard-learned knowledge, to celebrate successes and to teach us how to be good human beings. Historically, many poets have written about mothering and motherhood; these poems for Mothers Day show the experience from mother and child views. Find a poem (or just a few lines of poetry) for mum to include in a Mother's Day card or as a preface for a specially collated album of photographs of you and your mum. Here are just a few examples of poems for Mother's Day:
Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother the wide world over.
George Cooper
Who fed me from her gentle breast
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.
Anne Taylor
You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be -
I had a mother who read to me.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Mother's Day Quotes
Quotes for your mum - to praise and to express your love and admiration - can included as part of a message in your Mother's Day card. They're also ideal for an added touch in a Mother's Day gift: make an inspiring bookmark to add to a book gift or frame a photograph of you with your mum and add a loving quote. Choose something from a favourite poet or childhood book, or choose from these Mother's Day sayings and quotes for Mother's Day:
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. Rajneesh
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. Sophia Loren
Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. Marion C. Garretty
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. Jewish Proverb
Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. Elizabeth Stone
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Honore de Balzac
The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best. Hamilton Wright Mabie
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. Henry Ward Beecher
A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. William Makepeace Thackeray
A mother understands what a child does not say. 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 who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavour 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
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
And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me. Gloria Vanderbilt
But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is the essence of real human love, feels the presence of the cherished child even in the debased, degraded man. George Eliot
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. Jewish Proverb
A mother understands what a child does not say. Pearl S. Buck
If I had a flower for each time I thought of My Mother, I could walk in my garden forever. Unknown
Funny Mother's Day Quotes
Quotes for Mother's Day aren't all flowers, love and other soppy stuff. If your mum has a sense of humour and you'd like to include some humour in a card, letter or as part of your gift, try these funnies on for size. There's bound to be one that strikes a chord with your experience as a child:
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
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. Peter De Vries
Sweater, noun: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. Ambrose Bierce
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. Oscar Wilde
Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories. John Wilmot
Sing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children. Marilyn Penland
Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children. Sam Levenson
The one thing children wear out faster than shoes, is parents. John J. Plomp
There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect. Roseanne Barr
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