Loss of Mother Quotes

"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."

— Gaspard Mermillod

"When you lose your mother, you realize she was the only person who loved you unconditionally from your very first breath."

— Unknown

"The loss of a mother is always felt."

— Unknown

"No matter how old you are, when your mom dies it feels like you're a child again — lost and alone."

— Unknown

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

— Queen Elizabeth II

"When you lose your mother, the first thing you lose is your witness — the person who saw your whole life from the beginning."

— Unknown

"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother."

— George Washington

"A mother's death is the first great sorrow wept without her."

— Unknown

"You never truly know what you had until it's gone. And when it's your mother — you had everything."

— Unknown

"I didn't know it was possible to miss someone this much."

— Unknown

"Mothers hold their children's hands for a while, but their hearts forever."

— Unknown

"A mother's love lives forever in the hearts she has touched."

— Unknown

"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."

— Thomas Campbell

"Those we love don't go away. They walk beside us every day."

— Unknown

"Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones shines down."

— Inuit Proverb

"Death ends a life, not a relationship."

— Mitch Albom

"She was the sun in my sky and now I must learn to live with the rain — knowing that somewhere, she's still shining."

— Unknown

"What is grief if not love persevering?"

— Vision (WandaVision)

"Your mother is always with you. She's the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street."

— Unknown

"My mother taught me everything — except how to live without her."

— Unknown

"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."

— Abraham Lincoln

"Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love, and fearlessness."

— Stevie Wonder

"A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary."

— Dorothy Canfield Fisher

"The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation."

— James E. Faust

"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."

— Oprah Winfrey

"My mother's love was the foundation of everything good in my life."

— Unknown

"She gave me roots and wings — and now I must fly without her standing on the ground beneath me."

— Unknown

"The best thing about having a great mother: you can become one yourself."

— Unknown

"She raised us to be strong. I just didn't know she was preparing us for the day we'd have to be strong without her."

— Unknown

"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."

— Victor Hugo

"I sustain myself with the love of family."

— Maya Angelou

"I see her in the flowers. I hear her in the wind. I feel her in the sunlight. She is everywhere."

— Unknown

"She may be gone from my sight, but she is never gone from my heart."

— Unknown

"I carry her in every decision I make, every meal I cook, every child I comfort. She lives in my actions."

— Unknown

"Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch."

— Walt Whitman

"She taught me to love by loving me first. I will spend the rest of my life passing that love forward."

— Unknown

"When I miss her most, I do something she would have done — and for a moment, she's right there."

— Unknown

"I didn't just lose my mother. I lost my best friend, my confidant, my biggest fan, and the only person who always answered the phone."

— Unknown

"The world changes when your mother dies. Not the planet. YOUR world."

— Unknown

"I will love you forever. I will miss you forever. And I will carry you with me — forever."

— Unknown