1.M ... is for the million things she gave me,
O ... means only that she's growing old,
T ... is for the tears she shed to save me,
H ... is for her heart of purest gold;
E ... is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
R ... means right, and right she'll always be.
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.
            --Howard Johnson (c. 1915)

2. God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
—Jewish proverb
上帝不能无处不在，因此他创造了母亲。
——犹太谚语

3. Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall. A mother's secret hope outlives them all.
                                     —Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809—1894)
青春会逝去；爱情会枯萎；友谊的绿叶也会凋零。而一个母亲内心的希望比它们都要长久。
                                                    ——奥利弗•温戴尔•荷马

4. My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
                                             —George Washington (1732—1799)
我的母亲是我见过的最漂亮的女人。我所有的一切都归功于我的母亲。我一生中所有的成就都归功于我从她那儿得到的德、智、体的教育。
—乔治•华盛顿

5. A good mother is worth a hundred schoolmaster.  
—George Herbert(1593—1633)
一位好母亲抵得上一百个教师。
　——乔治•赫伯特

6. 在孩子的嘴上和心中，母亲就是上帝
　——英国谚语

7　女人固然是脆弱的，母亲却是坚强的。
——法国谚语

8.　世界上一切其他都是假的，空的，唯有母亲才是真的，永恒的，不灭的。
                ——印度谚语

9. 慈母手中线，游子身上衣，临行密密缝，意恐迟迟归。谁言寸草心，报得三春晖。
                                                 ——孟郊