15 Favorite Quotes About Mothers

There will never be a bond as close or enduring as the relationship between mother and child.

In honor of Mother's Day, here are 15 inspiring quotes from our partners at Grandparents.com that remind us just how demanding and rewarding motherhood is.

Do you have your own favorite truism about mothers? Share it in the comments section below.

"Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for."
- Pablo Picasso

"24/7— once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer."
- Jodi Picoult

"A mother knows what her child's gone through, even if she didn't see it herself."
- Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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

"Motherhood is a choice you make everyday, 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

"When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out."
- Erma Bombeck

"It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from."
- Anne Tyler

"The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires."
- Dorothy Parker

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

"God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers."
- Jewish Proverb

"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

"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