Boy Mom Quotes

Boy mom quotes give a peek into the hearts of moms for their boys. Life with boys can be challenging, so baby boy moms, hang on and cherish those hugs and kisses while you can!

Here at Skip to My Lou, we are parents of boys and appreciate being boy mamas. If you enjoy these quotes, check out You are Awesome Quotes and Good Vibes Quotes.

Mom Boy Quotes-Great for cards & gifts

“Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life.” – Sophocles
“And she loved a little boy very, very much – even more than she loved herself.” – Shel Silverstein
“Son, you remind me how so much depends on days made of now.” – Alison McGhee
“Of course, my son has been the center of my life and will always be the center of my love. When he was young, I was the rock in his life. Now that I am old, he is the rock in my life.” – Hyacinth Mottley
“More than mother and son, they were accomplices in solitude.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” – Irish Proverb
“The only man who has stolen my heart is my son.” – Sandra Bullock
“Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.” – Moroccan Proverb
“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
“Men are what their mothers made them.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A mother’s love doesn’t make her son more dependent and timid; it actually makes him stronger and more independent.” – Cheri Fuller
“When you were a toddler you made me smile. When you were a teenager you made me worry. But now you are a man and my son, I am so proud of you and all your accomplishments!” – Catherine Pulsifer
“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
“Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did.” – Martin Andersen Nexo
“Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.” – Louisa May Alcott
“I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.” – Maya Angelo
To wake up to the sound of my son saying ‘Mama, mama!’ It’s the best sound ever. Miranda Kerr
“Moms are as relentless as the tides. They don’t just drive us to practice, they drive us to greatness.” – Steve Rushin
“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
“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” – Victor Hugo
“In my practice, I’ve seen something extraordinary, almost spiritual, in the eyes of young mothers who hold their sons for the first time. It’s as though we know we have to hold on tightly, while we can, because deep down, we realize that we can’t keep them.” – Meg Meeker
“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” – Abraham Lincoln
“There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart.” – Washington Irving
“The moment that little bundle of pink, squirming flesh slips into our arms, love touches us. We feel it, not just in our hearts, but also on our skin. He is there. Our son.” – Meg Meeker Md
“Son, you will outgrow my lap, but never my heart.” – Unknown
“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.
“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
“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
“If a man has been his mother’s undisputed darling, he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.” – Sigmund Freud
“If you would have your son walk honorably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them – not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.” – Anne Bronte

Mama’s boy quotes make lovely inspirations for cards, wall art, and gifts for the boys in your life (little or big). I plan on using several of these for the ones who call me mom this year.

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