Let twenty pass, and stone the twenty-first,
Loving not, hating not, just choosing so.
Mother's Day Quotes
Most of what you will see here is about love in general, because the Mother page itself is short. The page is assembled from the pages on mothers, love and gratitude.
If you want quotes that are actually about mothers, the Mother page has fewer but more precise ones. For anything you plan to print or say out loud, check the source line and the label next to it.
Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.
Affliction is not sent in vain, young man,
From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.
None knows the reason why this curse
Was sent on him, this love of making verse.
There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
Love is the law, love under will.
What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve:
The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.