Friendship and motherhood both hold unique places in our hearts. They shape us, support us, and give us countless moments of joy and comfort. As Mother’s Day approaches, it’s the perfect time to celebrate friends who navigate the beautiful journey of motherhood.
Whether your friend is a new mom, a seasoned pro, or somewhere in between, meaningful quotes can uplift and inspire. This list of Mother’s Day quotes for friends aims to bring a smile to their face and warmth to their soul. Let’s cherish these special bonds with words that touch the heart.
Heartfelt Mothers Day Quotes for Friends
“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” – Donna Roberts
“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
“There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family.” – Unknown
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis
“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.” – Tennessee Williams
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“To the world you are a mother, but to your family, you are the world.” – Unknown
“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning
“A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden.” – Unknown
“we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” – James E. Faust
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” – Thomas Aquinas
“A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself.” – Heidi Wills
“A mother understands what a child does not say.” – Jewish Proverb
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.” – Unknown
“True friends are like bright sunflowers that never fade away, even over distance and time.” – Marie Williams Johnstone
“Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” – Mencius
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in them.” – Victor Hugo
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.” – Linda Wooten
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” – Susan Gale
“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care to acquire.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” – Erich Fromm
“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us.” – Washington Irving
“A friend is someone who can see the truth and pain in you even when you are fooling everyone else.” – Unknown
“There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood.” – Elder M. Russell Ballard
“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” – Donna Roberts
“No language can express the power, beauty, heroism, and majesty of a mother’s love.” – Edwin Hubbell Chapin
“Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.” – John Evelyn
Inspiring Quotes for Friends on Mothers Day
“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning
“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
“There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill
“Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heart throb.” – Leroy Brownlow
“A friend like you is a blessing; just like a mother is a blessing to her child. Happy Mother’s Day!” – Original
“The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” – James E. Faust
“To the world, you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world.” – Dr. Seuss
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” – Victor Hugo
“Your heart understands what true friendship means, just as a mother understands her child. Happy Mother’s Day!” – Original
“Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” – George Eliot
“A mother is the truest friend we have.” – Washington Irving
“When you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” – Mitch Albom
“Motherhood is the exquisite inconvenience of being another person’s everything.” – Unknown
“A friend is like a mother who allows you to be you without judgment.” – Original
“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver
“My mother is a walking miracle.” – Leonardo DiCaprio
“Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.” – Tina Fey
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis
“Few things in life are more wonderful than the love of a mother, except maybe the love of a true friend.” – Original
“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
“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have.” – Irish Proverb
“A mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” – Erich Fromm
“Your friendship has been like a guiding star, much like a mother guides her child.” – Original
“There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood.” – Elder M. Russell Ballard
“A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go.” – Unknown
“The art of being a mother is the art of enduring the small, day-to-day obstacles with grace.” – Original
“A mom’s hug lasts long after she lets go.” – Unknown
“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
“A true friend is a reflection of a mother’s love, always there, always caring.” – Original
“My friend, you have the heart of a mother—a loving, caring, and selfless heart. Happy Mother’s Day!” – Original
“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
“The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” – Jodi Picoult
Touching Mothers Day Friendship Quotes
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” — Elbert Hubbard
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’” — C.S. Lewis
“To the world, you are a mother. To our friendship, you are the world.” — Unknown
“A true friend is someone who is always there during the ups and downs, and a mother is the first friend you ever have.” — Unknown
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” — Woodrow Wilson
“A mother’s treasure is her daughter, and a daughter’s treasure is her mother.” — Catherine Pulsifer
“Mothers and friends are the pillars that hold up our lives.” — Meghan O’Rourke
“You’ve always been not just my friend but also my mother, guiding me with warmth and love.” — Unknown
“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” — Robert Browning
“A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.” — Unknown
“The bond of friendship is as strong as the bond of motherhood, giving us a lifetime of love and memories.” — Unknown
“A mother understands what a child does not say.” — Jewish Proverb
“True friends are like bright stars; they’re always shining. And mothers, they’re the brightest stars of all.” — Unknown
“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the friendship together.” — Susan Gale
“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.” — Aristotle
“A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go, much like the warmth of true friendship.” — Unknown
“In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips, but mothers are the flour that holds everything together.” — Unknown
“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
“My mother, my friend so dear. Throughout my life, you’re always near.” — Unknown
“Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” — Unknown
“Motherhood and friendship share the same soul: one of unconditional love and unwavering support.” — Unknown
“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. A mother knows the lyrics by heart.” — Donna Roberts
“There is nothing like a mother’s love for her children, and nothing like friendship built on that love.” — Unknown
“The best mirror is an old friend; the best guide is a mother.” — George Herbert
“Motherhood is a choice you make every day to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own.” — Donna Ball
“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. A mother is a friend who knew you before you even arrived.” — Unknown
“There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family, like mothers to us.” — Unknown
“A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” — Marion C. Garretty
“Friendship has a sweet fragrance that can’t be compared. So does the love of a mother.” — Unknown
“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. Friends hold each other’s hearts forever.” — Unknown
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. Just like the comfortable silence between a mother and her child.” — David Tyson Gentry
Empowering Mothers Day Quotes for Friends
“There is no way to be a perfect mother, but a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill
“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world.” – Agatha Christie
“Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” – Lin Yutang
“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you are the world.” – Bill Wilson
“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning
“A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” – Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” – James E. Faust
“Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.” – Author Unknown
“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” – Princess Diana
“The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.” – Elaine Heffner
“A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go.” – Author Unknown
“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill
“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 Steiner Rice
“A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” – Marion C. Garretty
“A mother understands what a child does not say.” – Jewish Proverb
“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.” – Author Unknown
“The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” – Jodi Picoult
“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” – Rudyard Kipling
“Behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begin.” – Mitch Albom
“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had.” – Linda Wooten
“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” – Susan Gale
“Motherhood is the exquisite inconvenience of being another person’s everything.” – Author Unknown
“A mother’s love is the beacon that guides us through life’s storms.” – Author Unknown
“There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood.” – Elder M. Russell Ballard
“A mother’s heart is a patchwork of love.” – Author Unknown
“A mother’s treasure is her daughter.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.” – Ricki Lake
“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver
“Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.” – Kahlil Gibran
“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.” – Maya Angelou
“Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” – Marion C. Garretty
Sentimental Quotes for Friends Celebrating Mothers Day
“A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden, just as a mother does.” – Unknown
“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
“Mothers and friends are the architects of our lives; they build us up, nurture our growth, and lay down the foundation for who we are.” – Unknown
“The best friends are the ones who have the same role model: their mothers.” – Unknown
“A mother’s love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” – Marion C. Garretty
“Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them… your smile, your hope, and your courage.” – Doe Zantamata
“Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.” – Ricki Lake
“A true friend is someone who is always there during the ups and downs, honoring your mother’s memory just as you do.” – Unknown
“Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” – Lin Yutang
“Friends bring happiness into your life. Best friends bring their mothers’ cooking.” – Unknown
“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning
“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have. A good mother is like a fertile garden; it grows the best friends.” – Unknown
“The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.” – James E. Faust
“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words, much like a mother does.” – Unknown
“Successful mothers are not the ones who have never struggled. They are the ones who never give up, despite the struggles.” – Sharon Jaynes
“A friend’s mother can become your second mom, offering guidance and love to all who are lucky enough to know her.” – Unknown
“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had.” – Linda Wooten
“True friends are like stars; you don’t always see them, but you know they are always there, as constant as a mother’s love.” – Unknown
“Motherhood is the exquisite inconvenience of being another person’s everything.” – Unknown
“A friend is what the heart needs all the time. And sometimes, so is a mother.” – Henry Van Dyke
“There is nothing as powerful as mother’s love, and nothing as healing as a friend’s soul.” – Unknown
“A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” – Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“Friends are the siblings God never gave us, and a mother’s nurturing love is the light that brought us together.” – Unknown
“The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of God is the heart of a mother.” – St. Therese of Lisieux
“it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years, much like the love shared between friends and mothers.” – Abraham Lincoln
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness, and friends’ arms are an extension of that love.” – Victor Hugo
“A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.” – Cardinal Mermillod
“One friend in a storm is worth more than a thousand friends in the sunshine, similar to how a mother’s love is most felt in times of need.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one!’ – just like recognizing a mother’s love in each other’s lives.” – C. S. Lewis
“There is nothing like a mother’s love for her children and friends who walk through life with her.” – Unknown
Uplifting Mothers Day Quotes for Special Friends
“A friend is a mother your heart chose for you.” – Anonymous
“There is no role in life more essential, more eternal, and more rewarding than that of motherhood.” – M. Russell Ballard
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis
“Mothers and friends give us comfort in our struggles, joy in our highs, and unconditional love always.” – Original Quote
“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” – C.S. Lewis
“Life was meant for good friends and great adventures, and who loves more adventures than a loving mother?” – Anonymous
“No one knows the value of true friendship until they have experienced a bond like that shared with a mother.” – Jane Austen
“To the world, you are a mother. To our friendship, you are the world.” – Original Quote
“A mother’s love endures through all.” – Washington Irving
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
“Mothers are the true friends who stand by you even when the world walks away.” – Original Quote
“A friend is a second self.” – Aristotle
“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning
“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that is what you are to me—blessing and friend.” – William Shakespeare
“Mothers understand what a child does not say.” – Jewish Proverb
“In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips, and mothers are the dough that holds it all together.” – Original Quote
“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” – Joseph Addison
“The bond of a mother and a friend is interwoven with threads of laughter, tears, and heartfelt talks.” – Original Quote
“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it in you.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.” – Honoré de Balzac
“Friends are the siblings God never gave us, but mothers like you make up for it in every way.” – Original Quote
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” – Victor Hugo
“Friendship is like a rainbow between two hearts.” – Anonymous
“You are my friend, my confidant, and the mother I aspire to be. Happy Mother’s Day!” – Original Quote
“A friend loves at all times, and a mother loves from all corners of the heart.” – Proverb
“Our paths may change as life goes along, but the bond between friends is a sturdy bridge that time cannot break.” – Anonymous
“Thanks for being the amazing friend and mother that you are; you brighten every moment.” – Original Quote
“There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends who become family.” – Anonymous
“You are the friend who turned my sorrows into joys with the touch of motherhood.” – Original Quote
“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.” – Epicurus
“The strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver
Warm Mothers Day Quotes for Cherished Friends
“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley
“Motherhood: all love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning
“Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” – Mencius
“A mother’s hug lasts long after she lets go.” – Unknown
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis
“Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” – Unknown
“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
“There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family.” – Unknown
“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.” – Unknown
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” – Thomas Aquinas
“Of all the gifts that life has to offer, a loving mother is the greatest of them all.” – Unknown
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.” – Unknown
“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” – Victor Hugo
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” – Khalil Gibran
“A mom is someone who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take.” – Cardinal Mermillod
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” – David Tyson Gentry
“A mother’s love is more beautiful than any fresh flower.” – Debasish Mridha
“Friends are the family you choose.” – Jess C. Scott
“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
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” – Proverbs 17:17
“Motherhood is the exquisite inconvenience of being another person’s everything.” – Unknown
“True friends are always together in spirit.” – L.M. Montgomery
“A mother’s treasure is her daughter.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.” – John Evelyn
To Wrap Things Up
And there you have it, a collection of the best Mother’s Day quotes to share with your friends. Whether you’re looking to add a heartfelt touch to a card or simply want to send a loving message, these quotes are perfect. They capture the joys, challenges, and beauty of motherhood in a way anyone can relate to.
Mother’s Day is a special time to honor the amazing moms in our lives, including your close friends. Sharing these quotes can make them feel appreciated and loved. So why wait? Pick a quote, share the love, and make Mother’s Day memorable for everyone.
