May 7, 2022
By Raza Mehdi
“Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” - George Eliot, English novelist and poet
"A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s." - Princess Diana
"That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in." - Lauryn Hill, Singer, songwriter
"God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers." - Rudyard Kipling, English short-story writer
“I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.” – Oprah Winfrey, Talk show host
"We are born of love; Love is our mother." - Rumi, Persian Poet
"Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark… to have been loved so deeply... will give us some protection forever." - J.K. Rowling, Author of Harry Potter novels
“A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path." - Agatha Christie, Detective novelist
"To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow." - Maya Angelou, American poet
"Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind." - Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese poet
"Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving." - Gail Tsukiyama, American novelist
"My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind." - Michael Jordan, Basketball player
"I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me.They have clung to me all my life." - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of USA
"Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not." - James Joyce, Irish novelist, poet
“Ever since I was little my mother had told me, if you don’t know something, go to the library and look it up.” - Haruki Murakami, Japanese writer
"And all my mother came into mine eyes. And gave me up to tears." - William Shakespeare, English playwright
"It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?" - Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom leader