Celebrate Your Son: 79 Proud Mom Quotes You’ll Love

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1. “Every time I look at you, my heart swells with pride for the incredible person you have become, my son.

Every time I look at you, my heart swells with pride for the incredible person you have become, my son.

2. “As you navigate through life, know that my love and pride for you will never waver. You are, and always will be, my precious son.

As you navigate through life, know that my love and pride for you will never waver. You are, and always will be, my precious son.

3. “From the moment you came into my life, my love for you has known no bounds. You are my son, my hero, my everything.

From the moment you came into my life, my love for you has known no bounds. You are my son, my hero, my everything.

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

George Washington Quote: “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.”

5. “A mother is a son’s first true love. A son, especially that first son, is a mother’s last true love.

– Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington Quote: “A mother is a son’s first true love. A son, especially that first son, is a mother’s last true love.”

6. “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.

– Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde Quote: “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.”

7. “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

Agatha Christie Quote: “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.”

8. “In the journey of motherhood, being your mom has been the most rewarding role. You make me so proud, son.

In the journey of motherhood, being your mom has been the most rewarding role. You make me so proud, son.

9. “I feel blessed to have a son like you, who constantly fills my heart with pride.

I feel blessed to have a son like you, who constantly fills my heart with pride.

10. “I am proud to have a son who is not only talented, but also incredibly kind-hearted.

I am proud to have a son who is not only talented, but also incredibly kind-hearted.

11. “Maternal love is perhaps the most powerful, positive influence on a son’s development and life.

– Cheri Fuller

Cheri Fuller Quote: “Maternal love is perhaps the most powerful, positive influence on a son’s development and life.”

12. “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity.

– Washington Irving

Washington Irving Quote: “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity.”

13. “You may have tangible wealth untold; caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than you can never be. I had a mother who read to me.

– Strickland Gillilan

Strickland Gillilan Quote: “You may have tangible wealth untold; caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than you can never be. I had a mother who read to me.”

14. “Your achievements make me burst with pride, my wonderful son.

Your achievements make me burst with pride, my wonderful son.

15. “I am proud to be the mother of such a talented and intelligent son like you.

I am proud to be the mother of such a talented and intelligent son like you.

16. “In you, I see the very best of me and so much more. You make me proud every single day, my beloved son.

In you, I see the very best of me and so much more. You make me proud every single day, my beloved son.

17. “And of course, as a son I would say this, she was the best mum in the world. She smothered us with love, that’s for sure.

– Prince Harry

Prince Harry Quote: “And of course, as a son I would say this, she was the best mum in the world. She smothered us with love, that’s for sure.”

18. “Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.

– Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Quote: “Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.”

19. “There is an endearing tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart.

– Washington Irving

Washington Irving Quote: “There is an endearing tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart.”

20. “To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to be kind.

– Shannon L. Alder

Shannon L. Alder Quote: “To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to be kind.”

21. “I am proud to have a son who is not only successful, but also humble and compassionate.

I am proud to have a son who is not only successful, but also humble and compassionate.

22. “You are the epitome of everything a mother could be proud of, my dear son.

You are the epitome of everything a mother could be proud of, my dear son.

23. “A mother’s love doesn’t make her son more dependent and timid; it actually makes him stronger and more independent.

– Cheri Fuller

Cheri Fuller Quote: “A mother’s love doesn’t make her son more dependent and timid; it actually makes him stronger and more independent.”

24. “As mothers raising sons, we have the power to change the trajectory of not only our own son’s lives but also of the culture at large.

– Melia Keeton Digby

Melia Keeton Digby Quote: “As mothers raising sons, we have the power to change the trajectory of not only our own son’s lives but also of the culture at large.”

25. “Raising a son like you has been my greatest blessing. Watching you become the amazing person you are today fills me with indescribable pride.

Raising a son like you has been my greatest blessing. Watching you become the amazing person you are today fills me with indescribable pride.

26. “There will be so many times you feel like you’ve failed. But in the eyes, heart, and mind of your child, you are super mom.

– Stephanie Precourt

Stephanie Precourt Quote: “There will be so many times you feel like you’ve failed. But in the eyes, heart, and mind of your child, you are super mom.”

27. “And she loved a little boy very, very much – even more than she loved herself.

– Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein Quote: “And she loved a little boy very, very much – even more than she loved herself.”

28. “My son, my pride, my joy. Watching you grow has been the greatest treasure of my life.

My son, my pride, my joy. Watching you grow has been the greatest treasure of my life.

29. “But kids don’t stay with you if you do it right. It’s the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run.

– Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver Quote: “But kids don’t stay with you if you do it right. It’s the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run.”

30. “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.

– Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi Quote: “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.”

31. “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

– Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo Quote: “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.”

32. “When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice. Once for herself and once for her child.

– Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren Quote: “When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice. Once for herself and once for her child.”

33. “I still feel the love she gave us and that is testament to her massive heart and her amazing ability to be a great mother.

– Prince William

Prince William Quote: “I still feel the love she gave us and that is testament to her massive heart and her amazing ability to be a great mother.”

34. “A boy needs his mother’s respect. Not only her love but also her respect.

– Emerson Eggerichs

Emerson Eggerichs Quote: “A boy needs his mother’s respect. Not only her love but also her respect.”

35. “We are the windows through which our children first see the world. Let us be conscious of the view.

– Katrina Kenison

Katrina Kenison Quote: “We are the windows through which our children first see the world. Let us be conscious of the view.”

36. “Let your boys test their wings. They may not be eagles, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t soar free.

– C. J. Milbrandt

C. J. Milbrandt Quote: “Let your boys test their wings. They may not be eagles, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t soar free.”

37. “I am a boy mom, and I keep my eyes on the goal; raising the boy I love into a man who will make this world a better place.

– Monica Swanson

Monica Swanson Quote: “I am a boy mom, and I keep my eyes on the goal; raising the boy I love into a man who will make this world a better place.”

38. “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

Gail Tsukiyama Quote: “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.”

39. “Yet now in my arms, I was holding a helpless baby boy who would grow into a man. I cannot imagine that soft little face one-day having whiskers.

– Rhonda Stoppe

Rhonda Stoppe Quote: “Yet now in my arms, I was holding a helpless baby boy who would grow into a man. I cannot imagine that soft little face one-day having whiskers.”

40. “I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.

– Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quote: “I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.”

41. “Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.

– James Joyce

James Joyce Quote: “Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother’s love is not.”

42. “Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.

– Marion C. Garretty

Marion C. Garretty Quote: “Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.”

43. “If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.

– Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington Quote: “If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.”

44. “Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother’s secret hope outlives them all.

– Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote: “Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother’s secret hope outlives them all.”

45. “No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

– Godfrey Winn

Godfrey Winn Quote: “No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.”

46. “Mother is her son’s first god. She must teach him the most important lesson of all — how to love.

– T. F. Hodge

T. F. Hodge Quote: “Mother is her son’s first god. She must teach him the most important lesson of all — how to love.”

47. “There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.

– Boyd K. Packer

Boyd K. Packer Quote: “There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.”

48. “Mother’s love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.

– Eric Fromm

Eric Fromm Quote: “Mother’s love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.”

49. “My heart swells with pride when I see the incredible person you have become, my son.

My heart swells with pride when I see the incredible person you have become, my son.

50. “That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is the reality we are living in.

– Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill Quote: “That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is the reality we are living in.”

51. “Raising a son like you has been my greatest achievement and source of pride.

Raising a son like you has been my greatest achievement and source of pride.

52. “But boys are different from girls and not just physically. Acknowledging, appreciating, and understanding that boys are boys is essential in raising a son.

– Catherine Musco Garcia-Prats

Catherine Musco Garcia-Prats Quote: “But boys are different from girls and not just physically. Acknowledging, appreciating, and understanding that boys are boys is essential in raising a son.”

53. “You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes.

– Walter M. Schirra Sr.

Walter M. Schirra Sr. Quote: “You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes.”

54. “Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it.

– Augustus Hare

Augustus Hare Quote: “Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it.”

55. “Your strength and resilience make me immensely proud, my beloved son.

Your strength and resilience make me immensely proud, my beloved son.

56. “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

Michael Jordan Quote: “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.”

57. “Your determination and perseverance are a constant source of pride for me, my amazing son.

Your determination and perseverance are a constant source of pride for me, my amazing son.

58. “When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.

– Mitch Albom

Mitch Albom Quote: “When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.”

59. “The best love in the world is the love of a man. The love of a man who came from your womb, the love of your son!

– C.JoyBell C

C.JoyBell C Quote: “The best love in the world is the love of a man. The love of a man who came from your womb, the love of your son!”

60. “That’s the wonderful thing about mothers, you can because you must, and you just do.

– Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet Quote: “That’s the wonderful thing about mothers, you can because you must, and you just do.”

61. “Be strong out there, my son. Look for the love and kindness in others. Forgive yourself when you make mistakes, and enjoy the journey.

– Kirsten Wreggitt

Kirsten Wreggitt Quote: “Be strong out there, my son. Look for the love and kindness in others. Forgive yourself when you make mistakes, and enjoy the journey.”

62. “I am proud to have raised a son who is not only kind and loving, but also incredibly strong and resilient.

I am proud to have raised a son who is not only kind and loving, but also incredibly strong and resilient.

63. “Your unwavering dedication and hard work make me immensely proud, my amazing son.

Your unwavering dedication and hard work make me immensely proud, my amazing son.

64. “I’m not really single. I mean, I am, but I have a son. Being a single mother is different from being a single woman.

– Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson Quote: “I'm not really single. I mean, I am, but I have a son. Being a single mother is different from being a single woman.”

65. “If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

– Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder Quote: “If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.”

66. “What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?

– Rose Kennedy

Rose Kennedy Quote: “What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?”

67. “The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

– Honore de Balzac

Honore de Balzac Quote: “The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”

68. “You are the embodiment of my pride and joy, my dear son.

You are the embodiment of my pride and joy, my dear son.

69. “Moms are as relentless as the tides. They don’t just drive us to practice; they drive us to greatness.

– Steve Rushin

Steve Rushin Quote: “Moms are as relentless as the tides. They don’t just drive us to practice; they drive us to greatness.”

70. “Watching you grow and flourish fills me with an overwhelming sense of pride, my wonderful son.

Watching you grow and flourish fills me with an overwhelming sense of pride, my wonderful son.

71. “My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me; and I felt I had something to live for, someone I must not disappoint.

– Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison Quote: “My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me; and I felt I had something to live for, someone I must not disappoint.”

72. “Wisdom dictates that I patiently let my child work it out rather than jumping to the rescue.

– Susan Merrill

Susan Merrill Quote: “Wisdom dictates that I patiently let my child work it out rather than jumping to the rescue.”

73. “Being the mother of a son as remarkable as you is a privilege I cherish every day. You make my heart swell with pride, sweet boy.

Being the mother of a son as remarkable as you is a privilege I cherish every day. You make my heart swell with pride, sweet boy.

74. “I’m glad we’ve begun to raise our daughters more like our sons – but it will never work until we raise our sons more like our daughters.

– Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem Quote: “I’m glad we’ve begun to raise our daughters more like our sons – but it will never work until we raise our sons more like our daughters.”

75. “Son, you are my shining star in a world full of ordinary. I am endlessly proud to be your mom.

Son, you are my shining star in a world full of ordinary. I am endlessly proud to be your mom.

76. “My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart — a heart so large that everybody’s joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation.

– Mark Twain

Mark Twain Quote: “My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart — a heart so large that everybody’s joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation.”

77. “Seeing you succeed fills me with an indescribable sense of pride, my dear son.

Seeing you succeed fills me with an indescribable sense of pride, my dear son.

78. “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

– Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”

79. “I am proud to call you my son, for your kindness and compassion knows no bounds.

I am proud to call you my son, for your kindness and compassion knows no bounds.
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