11. When you said something dumb
“A mother loves her children even when they least deserve to be loved.” — Kate Samperi
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12. Also useful for when you’re taller than her
“I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine — she helps me grow, prosper and reach great heights.” — Terri Guillemets
13. When you’re running for president
“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.” — Abraham Lincoln
14. When your mom complains you never call
“God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.” — Jewish proverb
15. If your mom didn’t give birth to you
“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” — Oprah Winfrey
16. If the greatest thing she taught you was independence
“A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning necessary.” — Dorothy C. Fisher
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17. If she’s a Tuesdays with Morrie fan
“And I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” — Mitch Albom
18. If she’s the sunshine of your life
“Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” — Stevie Wonder
19. If she deserves the Academy Award for motherhood
“Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.” — Meryl Streep
20. When Oscar Wilde just says it best
“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.” — Oscar Wilde
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