210 Mother and Daughter Quotes on Love and Bond

2. “Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes, and the objects of our most watchful love.” – Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

3. “No daughter and mother ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them.” – Christie Watson

4. “My mother shed her protective love down around me, and without knowing why, people sensed that I had value.” –

5. “When I’m weak and unpretty, I know I’m beautiful and strong because I see myself like my mother does.” – Lauren Alaina

6. “A mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually vaccinates her daughter against low self-esteem.” – Naomi Wolf

7. “Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away.” – Heather Gudenkauf

8. “The more a daughter knows the details of her mother’s life, the stronger the daughter.” – Anita Diamant

9. “As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her.” – Kristin Hannah 

10. “As they get older, our daughters become more and more like us too.” – Amy Newmark 

11. “A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart.” – Anonymous

12. “Mother and daughter got on very well indeed, with a deep affection founded on almost complete misunderstanding.” – Mary Stewart

13. “A mother and a daughter always share a special bond, which is engraved on their hearts.” – Anonymous

14. “Mother and daughter from the start, best friends forever from the heart.” – Anonymous 

15. “A son is a son until he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.” – Emily Giffin

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16. “Mothers and daughters together are a powerful force to be reckoned with.” – Melia Keeton-Digby

17. “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark.” – J.K. Rowling

18. “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power, or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” – Maya Angelou

19. “A mother’s and daughter’s love is never separated.” – Viola Shipman

20. “I am a strong woman because a strong woman raised me.” – Anonymous

21. “A daughter is a mother’s gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of herself. And mothers are their daughters’ role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships.” – Victoria Secunda

22. “You are such a beautiful girl, and I’m so proud of the incredible way that you are growing up. Even at such a young age, you are full of wisdom, kindness, compassion, and courage.” – Anonymous

23. “Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers, and have remained so, in circles joined to circles, since time began.” – Signe Hammer

24. “My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent.” –

25. “My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.” – Erica Jong

26. “On the darkest days, when I feel inadequate, unloved, and unworthy, I remember whose daughter I am, and I straighten my crown.” – Anonymous

27. “Every moment I have had with my daughter is precious.” – Cathy Shaffer

28. “My daughter introduced me to myself. The connection I had with her when I was giving birth was something that I’ve never felt before.” –

29. “My daughter is a beautiful gift that brings warmth to my heart and brightness to each day.” – Anonymous

30. “A mother and a daughter have one soul for two, which can’t be broken by time, obstacles, distance, and insults.” – Anonymous

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31. “Angels are often disguised as daughters.” – Anonymous

32. “Thank you for being the answer to the prayer I hadn’t realized I asked for.” – Marisa Donnelly

33. “My daughter, while we have had adversity, we also have had more sweet memories that allow us to overcome the challenges we faced.” – Ann Butler

34. “I am not a perfect mother, and I will never be. You are not a perfect daughter, and you will never be. But put us together, and we will be the best mother and daughter we would ever be.” – Zoraida Pesante

35. “My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star, and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.” – Denise Van Outen

36. “My daughter makes me laugh with her incredibly humorous take on the world. Everything makes her laugh, and I aspire to take in the world the same shoes she does.” – Anonymous

37. “Your smile is charming, your laughter is infectious. You are a stunning woman and above all, you are my daughter.” – Anonymous

38. “She stands firmly on her own two feet and I just behind her should she ever need me.” – J. Iron Word

39. “Honestly, I believe that the mother-daughter relationship is magical, complex, potentially dangerous, profoundly powerful, and deeply transformative. To put it simply, all of us have this relationship, and in a very real way, none of us comes out alive. We are all formed first as daughters and then tested as mothers. There’s nothing like motherhood to make us reassess how we were as daughters.” – Kristin Hannah

40. “I love our daughters more than anything in the world, more than life itself. So for me, being mom-in-chief is, and always will be, job number one.” –

41. “As mothers, we just don’t want anything or anyone to hurt our babies, but life has other plans. Bruised knees, bumpy roads, and broken hearts are part of the deal.” – Michelle Obama

42. “It is so nice to come home and have solitude with me and my daughter.” – Mindy Kaling

43. “Just when I think my daughter is nothing like me, she proudly shows her attitude, and I’m like, ‘There I am.'” – Anonymous

44. “You are the woman who came into my life unexpectedly, whose presence kissed my soul.” – Marisa Donnelly

45. “As for my girls, I’ll raise them to think they breathe fire.” – Anonymous

46. “If you ever feel like giving up, just remember there is a little girl watching who wants to be just like you.” – Anonymous

47. “In a child’s eyes, a mother is a goddess.” – Nora Keita Jemisin

48. “A mother teaches her daughter how to feel about herself, about handling pressure, about relishing life’s joys, and conquering fears.” – Melissa Harrison

49. “Mother and daughter never truly part, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Anonymous

50. “There is nothing as powerful as mother’s love, and nothing as healing as a child’s soul.” – Anonymous

51. “Mother and daughter relationship is a special bond that spans the years through laughter, worry, smiles, and tears. A sense of trust that can’t be broken, a depth of love sometimes unspoken.” – Anonymous

52. “Mother was comfort. Mother was home. A girl who lost her mother was suddenly a tiny boat on an angry ocean. Some boats eventually floated ashore, and some boats, like me, seemed to float farther and farther from land.” – Ruta Sepetys

53. “A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give.” – Laurel Atherton

54. “A daughter is a miracle that never ceases to be miraculous, full of beauty and forever beautiful, loving and caring and truly amazing.” – Deanna Beisser

55. “Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with a little bit of angel shine about them, and though it wears thin sometimes, there is always enough left to lasso your heart.” – Alan Beck

56. “A mother’s treasure is her daughter.” – Catherine Pulsifer

57. “A daughter is God’s way of saying, ‘Thought you could use a lifelong friend.'” – Anonymous

58. “A daughter makes a mother’s life brighter, and the mother makes daughter’s life warmer.” – Anonymous

59. “A mother-daughter bond is the perfect blessing, so that makes me one blessed mom because I have you.” – Stephanie Lahart

60. “It is not the job of the child to protect her mother. It’s the mother’s job to protect the child. By allowing your mother to protect you, you gave her a gift.” – Kristin Cashore

61. “I love my mother as trees love water and sunshine. She helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights.” – Terri Guillemets

62. “A mother’s love is like an everlasting bed of roses that continues to blossom. A mother’s love bears strength, comfort, healing, and warmth. Her beauty is compared to a sunny day that shines upon each rose petal and inspires hope.” – Ellen J. Barrier

63. “You were my home, mother. I had no home but you.” – Janet Fitch

64. “My mom taught me a woman’s mind should be the most beautiful part of her.” – Sonya Teclai

65. “My mother, she is beautiful, softened at the edges, and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.” – Jodi Picoult

66. “I loved my mother too. I still do. That’s the thing. It never goes away even if the person does.” – Anna Carey

67. “I like it when my mother smiles, and I especially like it when I make her smile.” – Adriana Trigiani

68. “The older I get, the more I see the power of that young woman, my mother.” – Sharon Olds

69. “My mother was like sand. The kind that warms you on a beach when you come shivering out of the cold water. The kind that clings to your body, leaving its impression on your skin to remind you where you’ve been, and where you’ve come from.” – Clare Vanderpool

70. “I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because my mother is a queen.” – Anonymous

71. “Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion—these are the things my mom taught me.” –

72. “Every day, I become a little bit more like my mother, and I couldn’t be prouder.” – Anonymous

73. “Maybe I stepped into the skin my mother left behind and became the girl my mother had been, the one she still wanted to be.” – Laura Kasischke

74. “My mom is a strong-willed lady. She taught me to believe in myself no matter what anybody else said.” – Tracey Edmonds

75. “Mothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth.” – Margaret Dilloway

76. “The bond between a mother and her child is the only real and purest bond in the world, the only true love we can ever find in our lifetime.” – Ama H. Vanniarachchy

77. “I have never dreamt of having a better daughter than you. You made my life complete.” – Anonymous

78. “A daughter is someone you laugh with, dream with, and love with all your heart.” – Anonymous

79. “Mama, you taught me to do the right things. So now, you have to let your baby fly. You’ve given me everything that I will need to make it through this crazy thing called life.” – Carrie Underwood

80. “The woman who is my best friend, my teacher, my everything—mom.” – Sandra Vischer

81. “Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you’d be okay. Some deep-rooted part of you would know you were loved. That you deserved to be loved.” – Jojo Moyes

82. “In my daughter’s eyes, I am a hero. I am strong and wise, and I know no fear. But the truth is plain to see, she was sent to rescue me.” – Martina McBride

83. “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.” –

84. “My mom is literally a part of me. You can’t say that about many people except relatives, and organ donors.” – Carrie Latet

85. “Her mother would tell her she was beautiful and that everything was all right.” – Sarah Addison Allen

86. “A mother is the only person in the world who can turn daughter’s worries and fears into happiness.” – Anonymous

87. “Mother-daughter disagreements were, in hindsight, basically mother stating the truth and daughter taking her own sweet time coming around.” – Barbara Delinsky

88. “I think the hardest thing for a mother is to make it possible for a child to be independent, and at the same time, let the child know how much you love her, how much you want to take care of her, and yet how truly essential it is for her to fly on her own.” – Madeleine Albright

89. “She’s my best friend. She’s everything to me. It’s always just been me and her against the world.” – Jacquelyn Middleton

90. “The mother-daughter relationship is one of the most complex of all types because the levels of expectations for love and understanding are so high.” – Dr. Trevicia Williams

91. “Mothers and daughters are closest when daughters become mothers.” – Anonymous

92. “There were times when I didn’t have a lot of friends, but my mom was always my friend. Always.” – Taylor Swift

93. “No matter how old you get, you’ll always be my baby girl.” – Anonymous

94. “One of the most important relationships we’ll have is the relationship we have with our mothers.” – Iyanla Vanzant

95. “Her smile makes me smile. Her laugh is infectious. Her heart is pure and true. Above all, I love that she is my daughter.” – Anonymous

96. “They both began to giggle and then fell into a side-splitting round of laughter, the cleansing, complete sort of laughter only a mother and daughter can share.” – Karen Kingsbury

97. “Happiness is mother and daughter time.” – Anonymous

98. “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” – Princess Diana

99. “When we weren’t scratching each other’s eyes out, we were making each other laugh harder than anyone else could.” – Lucie Arnaz

100. “First my mother, forever my friend.” – Anonymous

101. “Since I’ve heard your first scream and saw your wonderful eyes, my heart has been stolen, and it was the prettiest thief I’ve ever seen.” – Anonymous

102. “You’ll be her first role model, her first friend, her first love. You are her mom, and she is your whole world. She is your little girl.” – Anonymous

103. “To my daughter, never forget that I love you. Life is filled with hard times and good times. Learn from everything you can. Be the woman I know you can be.” – Anonymous

104. “A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” – Anonymous

105. “When you have a daughter, you realized right then what it means to love.” – Anonymous

106. “My daughters are the bouquet of my life.” – Barbara Wynn Bansley

107. “Good daughters make good mothers.” – Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey

108. “If I didn’t have you as a mom, I’d choose you as a friend.” – Anonymous

109. “What the daughter does, the mother did.” – Jewish Proverb

110. “Maybe means honoring one’s mother.” – Sheila Heti

111. “My daughter is my greatest inspiration.” – Whitney Houston

112. “We are our mothers’ daughters, are we not?” – Corey Ann Haydu

113. “All my life’s problems have just one simple solution: a hug from my daughter.” – Anonymous

114. “My mother was my first country, the first place I ever lived.” – Nayyirah Waheed

115. “I love it when my daughter says I am a supermom.” – Anonymous

116. “Lucky is the woman whose first child is a daughter.” – Prophet Muhammad

117. “I will never be as good a mother as she was. She was just grace incarnate.” – Angelina Jolie

118. “Be the woman you want your daughter to be.” – Anonymous

119. “One of the greatest gifts I’ve ever gotten is my daughter.” – Anonymous

120. “I look at my mom and think, what would I do without this woman?” – Anonymous

121. “A daughter is a treasure and a cause of sleeplessness.” – Ben Sirach

122. “Daughters are like flowers. They fill the world with beauty and sometimes attract pests.” – Anonymous

123. “What’s it like to have the greatest daughter in the world? I don’t know. Ask your grandmother.” – Anonymous

124. “The first lesson every child of Athena learned, mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise.” – Rick Riordan

125. “If at first, you don’t succeed, try doing it the way mom told you in the beginning.” – Anonymous

126. “I told my mom she was invading my personal space, and she said I came out of her personal space.” – Anonymous

127. “I smile because I’m your daughter. I laugh because there’s nothing you can do about it.” – Anonymous

128. “Mother and daughter like spoons in a drawer.” – Maggie Stiefvater

129. “Mothers have need of sharp eyes and discreet tongues when they have girls to manage.” – Louisa May Alcott

130. “A daughter is just a little girl who grows up to be your best friend.” – Anonymous

131. “No one in this world can love a girl more than her mother.” – Anonymous

132. “A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.” – Letty Cottin Pogrebin

133. “Many people may be replaced in daughter’s life, but nobody can take the mother’s place.” – Anonymous

134. “My highest hope for her is just that she has the fearlessness to always be her authentic self, no matter what she thinks men want her to be.” – Channing Tatum

135. “The love between a mother and daughter is forever.” – Anonymous

136. “What sunshine is to flowers, and tides are to the sea, is nowhere as important as your being in my life is to me.” – C. Stellar

137. “She is my heart, my soul, my ‘best thing that ever happened to me,’ the source of many laughs and a few tears. She is my daughter, and she is my world.” – Anonymous

138. “No matter how old she may be, sometimes a girl just needs her mom.” – Cardinal Mermillod

139. “A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.” –

140. “The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way.” – Joyce Carol Oates

141. “A mother holds her daughter’s hand for a little while but holds her heart forever.” – Anonymous

142. “Even as a small child, I understood that women had secrets and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way, we were bound together for eternity.” – Alice Hoffman

143. “Mothers are the most dynamic and influential force on the development of a young woman’s journey to being herself.” – Hillary L. McBride

144. “A daughter will always be the closest person in the world for her mother because only she saw the heart of her mother from the inside.” – Anonymous

145. “And she loved a little girl very, very much, even more than she loved herself.” – Anonymous

146. “Mothers, look after your daughters, keep them near you, keep their confidence that they may be true and faithful.” – Elmina Shepard Taylor

147. “The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex.” – Wynonna Judd

148. “A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” – Dorothy Canfield Fisher

149. “By the time you realize your mother was right, you have a daughter who thinks that you’re wrong.” – Sada Malhotra

150. “We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters’ lengthening flight.” – Letty Cottin Pogrebin

151. “Of course mothers and daughters with strong personalities might see the world from very different points of view.” – Katherine Howe

152. “Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter’s mouth.” – Victoria Secunda

153. “Being a mother and grandmother is the best of the best in my life. My multiply the joy my daughters bring me.” – Alexandra Stoddard

154. “Maybe mom is my alter ego, and the woman I’m able to be when I’m working.” – Mary Tyler Moore

155. “A loving and careful mother both recognizes and even protects her daughter’s autonomy and also helps her dance out confidently on to a wider stage.” – Rachel Billington

156. “Being a mother is learning about the strengths you didn’t know you had and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.” – Linda Wooten

157. “The only love between a mother and a daughter can’t be changed, and only this love has no limits. It grows with every single day and never fades.” – Anonymous

158. “In times of need, and in times of tears, in times of joy, and in times of fears, there is mom. The one person who is always there.” – Heather Stillufsen

159. “All mother’s characteristics are absorbed by daughter’s personality so that it’s not clear where the mother ends and the daughter begins. It’s pure magic.” – Anonymous

160. “She raised us with humor, and she raised us to understand that not everything was going to be great, but how to laugh through it.” – Liza Minnelli

161. “I tell my daughter every morning, ‘Now, what are the two most important parts of you?’ And she says, ‘My head and my heart.'” – Viola Davis

162. “I never thought I would say this, but raising a daughter is different than raising a son. But the one thing that is not different is my love for each of them.” – Catherine Pulsifer

163. “Parents exist in children. Grandmother said to bolster my confidence. Your mother will always exist in you. She will give you strength wherever you go.” – Lisa See

164. “Mothers show their daughters how to become strong, fathers make them.” – Rafia Shujaat

165. “My daughter is not the child that I expected. She is so much more.” – Brenda Kosciuk

166. “Yes, mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.” –

167. “The living mother-daughter relationship you learn over and over again is a constant choice between adaption and acceptance.” – Kelly Corrigan

168. “Build yourself to be a woman that when your daughter sees you, she would know you as a woman who works for her goals. Set an example.” – Anonymous

169. “My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis. Every morning, when I wake her up, the endgame is, can I get her to smile? And that puts me in a good mood.” – Drew Barrymore

170. “A mother influences her daughter’s development through many stages of her life, and ideally, represents a suitable role model for her daughter to learn from.” – Wendy Fry

171. “Mothers and daughters are part of each other’s consciousness, in different degrees and in a different way, but still, with the mutual sense of something which has always been there.” – Edith Wharton

172. “Mothers and daughters are individuals. The bond between them is sacred and indestructible, but they are still individuals, each responsible for their own actions and fate.” – Charney Herst

173. “I never want her to think that the whole world revolves around her. But I want her to know, without doubt, that my whole world does.” – Anonymous 

174. “While we have had our differences, I wouldn’t trade my daughter for anything or anyone else in the world. She has made a tremendous positive difference in my life.” – Kate Summers

175. “Mothering is a mysterious task. First, you create an intimate, all-consuming attachment with your daughter, then you spend the rest of your life learning to let her go.” – Judy Ford

176. “I’m blessed, and I couldn’t be more grateful. Do you want to know why? Because I’m a mother, but that’s only half it. I’m blessed because, when I need to, I can still just be a daughter. I get the feeling that there is nothing more precious than to have both of these roles simultaneously.” – Adrianna Stepiano

177. “The greatest gift every mother can have is a daughter. Someone who sings with her, who helps in cleaning the house, and someone she can be with her most of the time.” – anonymous

178. “The mother is only really the mistress of her daughter upon the condition of continually representing herself to her as a model of wisdom and type of perfection.” – Alexandre Dumas Pere

179. “From the time I was a child, I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress. I never dreamed I’d have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was.” – Isabella Rossellini

180. “My mother and my mother’s mother were as silly and stumbling as I am when they were girls. Still, the love from my heart is overflowing, as bright and crimson as the heated metal in a blacksmith’s forge.” – Kim Dong Hwa

181. “As is the mother, so is her daughter.” – Ezekiel

182. “Daughters are far more precious than jewels.” – Anonymous

183. “He that would the daughter win must with the mother first begin.” – English Proverb

184. “A daughter will follow in her mother’s footsteps. Make sure to set a good example.” – Elizabeth George

185. “Because a mother’s love is forever, and so is a daughter’s. Tattooing is a great way of showing your affection, besides feeling your mom or daughter close to you forever.” – Anonymous

186. “It’s quite possible my daughter will disagree with this version altogether. She might say that I’ve put words into her mouth. Show me a mother who hasn’t.” – Kimberly King Parsons

187. “I grew up in a makeup chair, and to see the women around me getting ready was so aspirational. It’s about mothers and daughters, a girl watching her mom at a vanity table.” – Drew Barrymore

188. “I cannot forget my mother. She is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely.” – Renita Weems

189. “A daughter is a rainbow, a curve of light through scattered mist that lifts the spirit with her prismatic presence. Is a shadow, a reminder of something brilliant ducking out of sight, too easily drawn away.” – Ellen Hopkins

190. “Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.” – Clementine Paddleford

191. “My mother was a force. She had little tolerance for fools. She kept her hair short and wore practical, non-fussy clothes. Everything about her radiated confidence and calm.” – Michelle Obama

192. “I love you for the little girl that you once were, for the amazing woman you are today, and for the precious daughter that you will always be.” – Anonymous

193. “What I wanted most for my daughter was that she be able to soar confidently in her own sky, whatever that may be.” – Helen Claes

194. “My mom is a never-ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words, but I always remember the tune.” – Graycie Harmon

195. “How far beyond your mother do you hope to get? You are not going to be a different woman entirely, so just be a slightly altered version of her, and relax.” – Sheila Heti

196. “My dearest baby, you gave me the strength I didn’t know I had. You taught me the true meaning of serenity and peace.” – Serena Williams

197. “With the help of God, she’s the best thing I have ever been a part of.” – Serena Williams

198. “You are your child’s keeper until she’s mature enough to keep herself.” – Laura Ramirez

199. “I cannot be the best daughter for you because I know how many troubles you’ve experienced with me. But I want to tell you that for me, you are the best mom ever.” – Anonymous

200. “Dear daughter, don’t concern yourself with fitting into glass slippers. Think instead of shattering glass ceilings.” – Anonymous

201. “If I turn into my mother or even half the woman she is, I’ll consider my life a successful one.” – Anonymous

202. “To my beautiful daughter, always remember, you are brave, you are capable, you are pretty, and you can accomplish anything your heart desires! I know this because I am your mother.” – Anonymous

203. “A mom is a daughter’s first friend, and, through life, becomes her best friend.” – Vicki Reece

204. “It was easy for me to not feel beautiful in a world of prom queens, yet my mother was always reminding me of how worthy I was. I was a lucky daughter.” – Brittainy C. Cherry

205. “No one in your life will ever love you as your mother does. There is no love as pure, unconditional, and strong as a mother’s love, and I will never be loved that way again.” – Hope Edelman

206. “I want my daughter to believe deep in her heart that she is capable of achieving anything she puts her mind to.” – Anonymous

207. “When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother. It’s so much more than love. Even when there’s no love, it’s so much more than anything else in your life.” – Anna Quindlen

208. “She, the new mother of a daughter, felt a fierceness come over her that seized at her heart, that made her feel as if her bones were turned to steel as if she could turn herself into a weapon to keep this daughter of hers from having to be hurt by the world outside the ring of her arms.” – Lauren Groff

209. “I want my daughters to grow up to be beautiful on the inside, rich in compassion, and perfectly imperfect.” – Brenda Kosciuk