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It's almost time to officially celebrate the moms in your life, but we know moms are worth celebrating every day. While you prep for Mother's Day with cute cards and brunch menus, sometimes a kind and inspiring word really makes all the difference in a day. While your moms, sisters, and gal pals have perfectly good advice, we think a little extra words of encouragement can't hurt. With that in mind, here are 16 motherhood quotes to send to the moms you know and love — or to screenshot and save for yourself. Big hugs, mamas!
"I was lucky enough to get to have one woman who truly helped me through everything." — Emma Stone
"You're going to get advice from a lot of people...but you know innately what your child needs. You should trust that." — Lucy Liu
"My mother and I are so close, and I always prayed that I would have that type of relationship with my daughter." — Beyoncé
"Become a mother has made me next-level confident. I've never felt more empowered." — Kelly Clarkson
"As a new mom myself, it really was important to hear positive compliments from people just being like, 'Hey, you're doing a great job.'" — Shay Mitchell
"Nothing can really prepare you for the sheer overwhelming experience of what it means to become a mother. It is full of complex emotions of joy, exhaustion, love, worry, all mixed together." — Kate Middleton
"No one's really doing it perfectly, I just think you love your kids with your whole heart, and you do the best you possibly can." — Reese Witherspoon
"There is no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one." — Jill Churchill
"There's no such thing in the world as a supermom. We just do the best we can." — Sarah Michelle Gellar
"'Oh, I'm just a mom,' you heard women say. Just a mom? Please! Being a mom is everything. It's mentorship, it's inspirational, and it's our hope for the future." — Sally Field
"I've approached many things in my life with such intensity that I want to approach motherhood with dedication and focus." — Drew Barrymore
"Motherhood has helped me stop overanalyzing things." — Idina Menzel
"When I had my children and I felt that type of love...it made me understand there was a purity to love." — Jennifer Lopez
"I try to call my mother with more regularity because I think, what if Hazel didn't call me for two weeks? I'm able to see her mothering now from a different vantage point." — Julia Roberts
"If you're confident with what you're doing even if that's some weird, bizarre parenting technique that you know works for your kid or you feel happy about it, do it." — Kristen Bell
"I am completely changing since being a mom. I'm much more open, I'm much more accepting of myself, I'm much more thoughtful." — Pink
Be sure to check out our other mom quotes to help remind you that you're doing the best you can on your motherhood journey.
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