As the saying goes, mothers know best! So, we've tapped into mommy wisdom and other motherhood or child-rearing 'experts' like comedians and even a few dads to raise our very own, growing collection of quotes. (psst... If you know some good sayings we've missed, send us a note)



Fun Mother Quotes

Household Chores Quotes

Inspirational Mommy Quotes

Mothering Proverbs from around the World

“My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.” - Buddy Hackett

“I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.” - Phyllis Diller

"Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going." - Phyllis Diller

"We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up." - Phyllis Diller

"Poverty is hereditary - you get it from your children." - Phyllis Diller

“I asked my mom if I was a gifted child... she said “they certainly wouldn't have paid for me.” – Unknown

“If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?” - Milton Berle

“I know how to do anything - I'm a Mom.” - Roseanne Barr

“A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever after” – Peter De Vries

“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.” - Oscar Wilde

“It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.” - The Golden Girls

“If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylum would be filled with mothers.” - Edgar Watson Howe

“The mother of three notoriously unruly youngsters was asked whether or not she'd have children if she had it to do over again. ‘Yes’, she replied ‘but not the same ones.’” - David Finkelstein

“Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease.” - Lisa Alther

“Mothers of teenagers know why animals eat their young” – Unknown

"Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble."- Dennis Fakes

"Raising a kid is part joy and part guerilla warfare." - Ed Asner

"Children are gleeful barbarians." - Joseph Morgenstern

"The hand that rocks the cradle usually is attached to someone who isn't getting enough sleep." - John Fiebig

"I'd like to be the ideal mother, but I'm too busy raising my kids." - Unknown

"Child rearing myth #1: Labour ends when the baby is born." - Unknown

"Children are a great comfort in your old age. And they help you reach it faster, too." - Lionel Kaufman