Wisdom on mothers

“God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.” – Jewish Proverb.
“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.” – Abraham Lincoln.
“A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” – Irish Proverb
“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.” – Aristotle.
“My mother said to me, ’If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.’ Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.” – Pablo Picasso.
“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” – Oprah Winfrey.
“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” – Diana, Princess of Wales.
“The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” – W. R. Wallace.
“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.” – Oscar Wilde
“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.
“I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.” – E. M. Forster.