Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms and mother figures. This is a special day for some special people.

Alabama Coach Paul Bear Bryant once made a commercial for Central Bell Telephone Company in which he asked, “Have you called your mama today?” Coach Bryant continues with a statement the still resonates with many people: “I sure wish I could call mine.”

It’s a powerful reminder that mothers are not always with us and to cherish mamas and grandmothers while we still have them.

Here are some other quotes that you might enjoy for Mother’s Day:

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” — Abraham Lincoln

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

“Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” — George Eliot

“Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.” — Sophocles

“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” — Rudyard Kipling

“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

“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.” — Mark Twain

Men are what their mothers made them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Mother’s Day!