Mother's Day sentiments are like our mothers themselves. The come in all shapes and sizes, and each one is unique and lovely in it's own way. Since time began, women and mothers have been the subjects of poetry, songs, and quotes. Authors are fascinated with capturing the human experience of being a woman, and more particularly, a mother. What better way to pay homage to the most important job in the world than a collection of quotes that attempt to capture the magic of motherhood?

• “God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.”- Jewish Proverb
• “You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his mother every time around - and why his mother  will always wave back.” - William D. Tammeus
• “A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.” - Tenneva Jordan
• “A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.” - Peter De Vries
• “It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.” - Phyllis Diller
• “When I was a child my  mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk you'll end up as the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.” - Pablo Picasso
• Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. - Ambrose Bierce
• “A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” - Irish Proverb
• “ Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother.” - Ann Taylor
• “A mother is a person who, if she wasn't there when you came back from school, you wouldn't know how to get your dinner. And you wouldn't feel like eating it anyway.” - Annonymous
• “The doctors told me that I would never walk, but my mother told me I would, so I believed my mother.” - Wilma Rudolph, American athlete
• “I figure that if the children are alive when I get home, I've done my job.”- Roseanne