125 Mother Daughter Quotes To Show Your Loving Bond With Mom

Mother’s Day is coming up in just a few weeks, that time of year when we honor the women who raised us with attention and affection as we share our love for them. What better way to show one of the most important women in your life just how much they mean to you than with one of these 125 quotes about mothers and daughters!

Sweet Mother Daughter Quotes

“A daughter is someone you laugh with, dream with, and love with all your heart.” — Anonymous
“My mom taught me a woman’s mind should be the most beautiful part of her.” — Sonya Teclai
“A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.” — Irish Proverb
“When I’m weak and unpretty, I know I’m beautiful and strong. Because I see myself like my mother does.” — Lauren Alaina, “Like My Mother Does”
“A daughter is just a little girl who grows up to be your best friend.” — Anonymous
“There were times, in middle school and junior high, I didn’t have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.” — Taylor Swift
“The more a daughter knows the details of her mother’s life the stronger the daughter.” – Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother.” — Sharon Olds
“As they get older, our daughters become more and more like us too.” – Amy Newmark
“Mother and daughter never truly part, maybe in distance but never in heart.” — Anonymous
“What the daughter does, the mother did.” — Jewish Proverb

Strong Mother Daughter Quotes

“A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” — Dorothy Canfield Fisher 13.“If you ever feel like giving up, just remember there is a little girl watching who wants to be just like you.” — Anonymous
“A mother’s treasure is her daughter.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“A mother and a daughter always share a special bond, which is engraved on their hearts.” — Anonymous
“Words are not enough to express the unconditional love that exists between a mother and a daughter.” — Caitlin Houston
“It was easy for me to not feel beautiful in a world of prom queens, yet my mother was always reminding me of how worthy I was. I was a lucky daughter.” — Brittainy C. Cherry, Eleanor & Grey
“The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise.” — Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena
“Always love your mother because you will never get another.” — Anonymous
“My mother shed her protective love down around me and without knowing why people sensed that I had value.” — Maya Angelou, Mom & Me & Mom
“A mother and a daughter have one soul for two, which can’t be broken by time, obstacles, distance and insults.” — Anonymous
“My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star, and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.” — Denise Van Outen
“I smile because I’m your daughter. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.” — Anonymous
“We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters’ lengthening flight.” — Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Family Politics
“A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” — Anonymous
“Being a mother and grandmother is the best of the best in my life. My grandchildren multiply the joy my daughters bring me.” — Alexandra Stoddard
“Mothers are the most dynamic and influential force on the development of a young woman’s journey to being herself.” — Hillary L. McBride, Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image
“Many people may be replaced in daughter’s life, but nobody can take the mother’s place.” — Anonymous
“Mother-daughter disagreements were, in hindsight, basically mother stating the truth and daughter taking her own sweet time coming around.” — Barbara Delinsky, Sweet Salt Air
“Mother and daughter got on very well indeed, with a deep affection founded on an almost complete misunderstanding.” — Mary Stewart
“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, The Last Séance
“Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away.” — Heather Gudenkauf, The Weight of Silence
“Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter’s mouth.” — Victoria Secunda
“I did not give you the gift of life, life gave me the gift of you.” — Anonymous
“The woman who is my best friend, my teacher, my everything: Mom.” — Sandra Vischer, Unliving the Dream
“My daughter makes me laugh with her incredibly humorous take on the world. Everything makes her laugh, and I aspire to take in the world the same shoes she does.” — Anonymous
“My mom is literally a part of me. You can’t say that about many people except relatives, and organ donors.” — Carrie Latet
“The living mother-daughter relationship, you learn over and over again, is a constant choice between adaptation and acceptance.” — Kelly Corrigan, Glitter and Glue
“My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.” — Erica Jong
“A mother is the only person in the world who can turn daughter’s worries and fears into happiness.” — Anonymous
“A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give.” — Laurel Atherton
“I love our daughters more than anything in the world, more than life itself. So for me, being Mom-in-Chief is, and always will be job number one.” — Michelle Obama
“I told my mom she was invading my personal space and she said I came out of her personal space.” — Anonymous
“A daughter is God’s way of saying, ‘Thought you could use a lifelong friend.’” — Anonymous
“Mothers and daughters together are a powerful force to be reckoned with.” — Melia Keeton-Digby, The Heroines Club: A Mother-Daughter Empowerment Circle

Inspiring Quotes from Daughters About Mothers

“She’s my best friend — she’s everything to me. It’s always just been me and her against the world.” — Jacqueline Middleton, Until the Last Star Fades
“The only love between a mother and a daughter can’t be changed and only this love has no limits. It grows with every single day and never fades.” — Anonymous
“My mother was my first country, the first place I ever lived.” — Nayyirah Waheed, “Lands”
“When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother. It’s so much more than love. Even when there’s no love, it’s so much more than anything else in your life.” — Anna Quindlan, One True Thing
“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” —Diana, Princess of Wales
“One of the most important relationships we’ll have is the relationship we have with our mothers.” — Iyanla Vanzant
“Mothering is a mysterious task. First, you create an intimate, all-consuming attachment with your daughter, then you spend the rest of your life learning to let her go.” — Judy Ford
“What’s it like to have the greatest daughter in the world? I don’t know ask your grandmother.” — Anonymous
“I cannot forget my mother. She is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadies herself long enough for me to run across safely.” — Renita Weems
“A mother who radiates self-love and acceptance actually vaccinates her daughter against low self-esteem.” — Naomi Wolf
“All I know is that I carried you for nine months. I fed you, I clothed you, I paid for your college education. Friending me on Facebook seems like a small thing to ask in return.” — Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home
“I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because a queen raised me.” — Anonymous
“By the time you realize your mother was right, you have a daughter who thinks that you’re wrong.” — Sada Malhotra
“My daughter introduced me to myself… the connection I had with her when I was giving birth was something I’ve never felt before.” — Beyoncé
“No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom.” — Anonymous
“A mom is a daughter’s ‘first’ friend. And, through life, becomes her best friend.” — Vicki Reece
“To my daughter, I will say, ‘See your beauty without a compliment or a mirror.’” — Anonymous
“Of course, mothers and daughters with strong personalities might see the world from very different points of view.” — Katherine Howe
“Mothers and daughters are part of each other’s consciousness, in different degrees and in a different way, but still with the mutual sense of something which has always been there.” Edith Wharton, The Mother’s Recompense
“No one in this world can love a girl more than her mother.” — Anonymous
“Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers and have remained so, in circles joined to circles, since time began.” — Signe Hammer
“Her smile makes me smile. Her laugh is infectious. Her heart is pure and true. Above all, I love that she is my daughter.” — Anonymous
“The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex.” — Wynonna Judd
“The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way.” — Joyce Carol Oates
“My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Even as a small child, I understood that woman had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way we were bound together for eternity.” — Alice Hoffman, The Dovekeepers
“I am not a perfect mother, and I will never be. You are not a perfect daughter, and you will never be. But put us together and we will be the best mother and daughter we would ever be.” — Zoraida Pesante

Best Mother and Daughter Quotes

“If I turn into my mother, or even half the woman she is, I’ll consider my life a successful one.” — Anonymous
“A loving and careful mother both recognizes and even protects her daughter’s autonomy and also helps her dance out confidently on to a wider stage.” — Rachel Billington
“As for my girls, I’ll raise them to think they breathe fire.” — Jessica Kirkland
“As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her.” — Kristin Hannah, Summer Island
“My Dearest Baby, You gave me the strength I didn’t know I had. You taught me the true meaning of serenity and peace.” — Serena Williams
“In my daughter’s eyes I am a hero. I am strong and wise and I know no fear. But the truth is plain to see, she was sent to rescue me.” — Martina McBride, “In My Daughter’s Eyes”
“God couldn’t be everywhere so that is why he invented mothers.” — Daphne Wilder, Because I Said So
“A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she’ll never outgrow your heart.” — Anonymous
“On the darkest days, when I feel inadequate, unloved and unworthy, I remember whose daughter I am and I straighten my crown.” — Anonymous
“She raised us with humor, and she raised us to understand that not everything was going to be great — but how to laugh through it.” — Liza Minelli on Judy Garland
“A daughter is someone you laugh with, dream with, and love with all your heart.” — Anonymous
“From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress — I never dreamed I’d have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was.” — Isabella Rossellini on mom Ingrid Bergman
“Mothers and daughters are closest when daughters become mothers.” — Anonymous
“When we weren’t scratching each other’s eyes out, we were making each other laugh harder than anyone else could.” — Lucie Arnaz on Lucille Ball
“You are your child’s keeper until she’s mature enough to keep herself.” — Laura Ramirez
“My mom is a never-ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words, but I always remember the tune.” — Graycie Harmon
“What I wanted most for my daughter was that she be able to soar confidently in her own sky, whatever that may be.” — Helen Claes
“I unapologetically and unabashedly am deeply biased toward my mother.” — Chelsea Clinton on Hillary R. Clinton
“Mama, you taught me to do the right things. So now you have to let your baby fly. You’ve given me everything that I will need to make it through this crazy thing called life.” — Carrie Underwood, “Mama’s Song”
“My mother was like sand. The kind that warms you on a beach when you come shivering out of the cold water. The kind that clings to your body, leaving its impression on your skin to remind you where you’ve been and where you’ve come from.” — Clare Vanderpool, Navigating Early
“Mother and daughter relationship is a special bond that spans the years. Through laughter, worry, smiles and tears. A sense of trust that can’t be broken, a depth of love sometimes unspoken.” — Anonymous
“A mother teaches her daughter how to feel about herself, about handling pressure, about relishing life’s joys and conquering fears.” — Melissa Harrison, Mother to Daughter
“All mother’s characteristics are absorbed by daughter’s personality so that it’s not clear where the mother ends, and the daughter begins. It’s pure magic.” — Anonymous
“I love my mother as trees love water and sunshine. She helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights.” — Terri Guillemets
“You’ll be her first role model, her first friend, her first love. You are her mom and she is your whole world. She is your little girl.” — Anonymous
“My daughter, while we have had adversity, we also have had more sweet memories that allow us to overcome the challenges we faced.” — Ann Butler
“Dear Daughter, don’t concern yourself with fitting into glass slippers. Think instead of shattering glass ceilings.” — Anonymous
“A mother-daughter bond is the perfect blessing, so that makes me one blessed mom because I have you.” — Stephanie Lahart
“I will never be as good a mother as she was. She was just grace incarnate.” — Angelina Jolie on Marcheline Bertrand
“He that would the daughter win must with the mother first begin.” — English Proverb
“Mothering is a mysterious task. First you create an intimate, all-consuming attachment with your daughter, then you spend the rest of your life learning to let her go.” — Judy Ford
“I tell my daughter every morning, ‘Now, what are the two most important parts of you?’ And she says, ‘My head and my heart.’” — Viola Davis
“Daughters are like flowers, they fill the world with beauty, and sometimes attract pests.” — Anonymous
“Life doesn’t come with a manual. It comes with a Mother.” — Anonymous
“Mother. One person who does the work of twenty. For free.” — Anonymous
“Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.” – Cheryl Lacey Donovan
“A daughter will always be the closest person in the world for her mother because only she saw the heart of her mother from the inside.” — Anonymous
“Mothers, look after your daughters, keep them near you, keep their confidence that they may be true and faithful.” — Elmina S. Taylor
“The lives of a mother and a daughter are connected. A mother is the daughter’s spine, she always supports her, and a daughter is the mother’s blood, which makes her strong.” — Anonymous
“For all the things my hands have held, the best by far is you.” — Anonymous
“I love you for the little girl that you once were, for the amazing woman you are today, and for the precious daughter that you will always be.” — Anonymous
“A daughter makes a mother’s life brighter and the mother makes daughter’s life warmer.” — Unknown
“Someday when the pages of my life end, I know that you will be one of the most beautiful chapters.” — Anonymous
“I am a strong woman because a strong woman raised me.” — Anonymous
“My mom is a hard worker. She puts her head down and she gets it done. And she finds a way to have fun. She always says, ‘Happiness is your own responsibility.’" — Jennifer Garner
“When your mother asks, “Do you want a piece of advice?” it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.” — Erma Bombeck
“Lucky is the woman whose first child is a daughter.” — Prophet Mohammed
“If I didn’t have you as a mom, I’d choose you as a friend.” — Anonymous
“Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.” — Lady Gaga
“Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.” — Clementine Paddleford
“Once I asked her why she didn’t like nuts on her sundae, and she said she did like them, but I loved them. And she loved me.” — Jenny Han, Always and Forever, Lara Jean
“Maybe I stepped into the skin my mother left behind and became the girl my mother had been, the one she still wanted to be.” — Laura Kasischke, White Bird in a Blizzard
“My daughter is not the child that I expected. She is so much more.” — Brenda Kosciuk Check out… The Best DIY Mother’s Day Gift IdeasHow To Find Comfort On Mother’s Day When Your Mother Has Passed AwayFree Printable Mother’s Day Cards