“A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.”  - Washington Irving

“Rejecting things because they are old-fashioned would rule out the sun and the moon -- and a mother's love.” 
 - Unknown

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

“Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all!”  - Washington Irving

“Nature's loving proxy, the watching mother”  - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

“Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart”  - Danish Proverb 

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” 
                                                      - Morrie Schwartz 

“Blessings on him who invented sleep, the mantle that covers all human thoughts.” - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra