Mom Love Quotes for Every Wedding Speech, Card or Occasion

There's nothing quite like a mother's love, and oftentimes, a wedding is the perfect place to share your appreciation for the woman who raised you. For couples and speech givers who want to make sure their love for their mom is evident, we rounded up dozens of mom love quotes to help you sprinkle your speech with affection.

From famous quotes and celebrity speeches to poems and songs, there are quotes about love for your mom for every son, daughter and child to share. Let these phrases and words guide your speech or letter to your mom on your wedding day.

Depending on your relationship with the women in your family, emotional, unconditional love mom quotes might be best. Other times, a short love mom quote will be better. Either way, the sentiment is the same: You love and appreciate your mom. Here are dozens of ways others have shared that same thought.

In this article:

• Mom Love Quotes That Say 'I Love You'
• Mom Appreciation Quotes That Say 'Thank You'
• Love Quotes to Mom From Son
• Love Quotes for Mom and Daughter

Mom Love Quotes That Say 'I Love You'

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There are so many ways to say "I love you", and thankfully, it is a sentiment expressed time and time again. These "I love you, Mom" quotes express just how much you care about your mother. Consider adding one to a mother-of-the-bride card.

• "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." – Cardinal Gaspard Mermillod
• "Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There's no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving." – Gail Tsukiyama, Dreaming Water
• "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, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
• "A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend." – Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
• "Life doesn't come with a manual; it comes with a mother." – Unknown
• "In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine." – Maya Angelou
• "My mother is the bone 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 imagine a life without her." – Kristin Hannah

Mom Appreciation Quotes That Say 'Thank You'

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When you're looking for quotes about a mom's love, some are sappy, some are intensely emotional, and some simply share a heartfelt appreciation. While you'll certainly find a wide variety on this list, these next few are the best appreciative love quotes for a mom.

• "A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary." – Dorothy C. Fisher
• "Mothers are like glue. Even when you can't see them, they're still holding the family together." – Susan Gale
• "God could not be everywhere, and, therefore, he made mothers." – Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
• "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
• "There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation." – James E. Faust
• "Moms are as relentless as the tides. They don't just drive us to practice; they drive us to greatness." – Steve Rushin
• "Perhaps it takes courage to raise children." – John Steinbeck, East of Eden

Love Quotes to Mom From Son

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Whether you are thanking your mom for fulfilling her mother-of-the-groom responsibilities or figuring out how to share your appreciation for the woman who raised you in a groom speech, these quotes will help convey those feelings. Consider it a list of mom appreciation quotes that any parent would be overjoyed to hear.

• "You can feel when your mom's proud of you. You can feel the love." – Jimmy Fallon
• "My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind." – Michael Jordan
• "...The angels, whispering to one another, can find, among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of Mother..." – Edgar Allen Poe, To My Mother
• "One is a mother in order to love without beginning or end." – Mariama Bâ, So Long a Letter
• "All I am I owe to my mother." – George Washington
• "No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed." – Godfrey Winn
• "I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." – Abraham Lincoln
• "Without you, none of this is possible. You are the kindest, gentlest, most loving mother a son could ever ask for. You have taught us what strength really means. Family is everything. We all love you so much." – Tom Brady

Love Quotes for Mom and Daughter

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Sometimes the best quotes about a mom's love are from those who are mothers themselves. This next set could be used for a bride speech to share her thankfulness and love for her mom, appreciation for her doing her mother-of-the-bride duties, or really anything in between.

• "My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her." – Jodi Picoult
• "No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom." – Cardinal Gaspard Mermillod
• "I need you, I need you here, I need you now. I cannot do this alone. I need my Mommy, and dammit, I don't care who knows it." – Rory Gilmore, Gilmore Girls
• "Oh the wars would all be over, 'Cause she'd raise us all as friends, And no one would ever wonder, if somebody wanted them, We'd walk on grass that's greener, And our cares would all be freer, If the world had a mother like mine" – The Band Perry, "Mother Like Mine"
• "My mother never gave me any idea that I couldn't do whatever I wanted to do or be whomever I wanted to be... I don't know if she ever realized that the person I most wanted to be was her." – Rory Gilmore, Gilmore Girls
• "It doesn't matter how old you are or what you do in your life. You never stop needing your mom." – Kate Winslet
• "I am a strong woman because a strong woman raised me." – Unknown