It is hard to say anything new about mothers, yet we all want words of our own. Here are classic quotes about mothers, lines by Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian proverbs and short original phrases from the UFL team about mothers and daughters for a card, a message or a photo caption.
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“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” — attributed to Abraham Lincoln
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” — attributed to Victor Hugo
“The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother.” — attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte
“In our earthly paradise there is nothing finer than a young mother with her little child.” — Taras Shevchenko
“And there will be a son, and a mother, and there will be people on the earth.” — Taras Shevchenko
“A mother’s prayer can lift you from the bottom of the sea.” — Ukrainian proverb
“No market sells a mother.” — Ukrainian proverb
“The sun keeps you warm; a mother keeps you well.” — Ukrainian proverb
We wrote these ourselves; use them in cards and captions.
“Mum was the first person to believe in me, before I could even walk.”
“However old I get, next to Mum I am home.”
“Mum’s “be careful” is the shortest love poem there is.”
“Mum’s hugs make every problem disappear.”
“A daughter is her mother’s smile, grown up and learning to joke.”
“Mother and daughter: first she holds your hand, then you hold hers.”
“Every year I look more like my mum, and every year I’m glad of it.”
“A daughter is the best friend a mother never chose but would never trade.”
Mums love soft bouquets: pink and white roses, hydrangeas, peony roses or spring tulips. A card with a quote makes the gift even warmer.
See roses and flowers in a box.
Something short and personal, like “However old I get, next to Mum I am home”, or a line by Shevchenko.
It is attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
On the second Sunday of May.
Author: Maria Svitlovir
Graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Biology and Medicine (2001). BSc in Biology, MSc in Horticulture. Writes about plants, works at a garden centre selecting and repotting plants, and contributes to plant reference guides.
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