If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. – Rajneesh

A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. – Honoré de Balzac

My mom is literally a part of me. You can’t say that about many people except relatives, and organ donors. – Carrie Latet, 2006