mother

“Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes

“A mother's love is something we keep locked deep in our hearts; always knowing it will be there to comfort us.” - Harmony Ferrario

 “God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” - Jewish Proverb

"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 endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." - Washington Irving

"A mother understands what a child does not say." - Jewish Proverb

"No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you - life" - Unknown

“Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers, and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world.” -Kate Douglas Wiggin

“When you were small and just a touch away, I covered you with blankets against the cold night air. But now that you are tall and out of reach, I fold my hands and cover you with prayer. Dona Maddux Cooper

"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