Happy Mother's Day

'Mother' In Different Languages

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers- Jewish Proverb Here, we have compiled the popular usage of 'mother' in different languages!

French - Mere
German - Mutter
Hindi - Maji
Urdu - Ammee
English - Mom, Mummy, Mother
Italian - Madre
Portuguese - Mãe
Albanian - Mëmë; Nënë; Burim; Kryemurgeshë
Belarusan - Matka
Cebuano - Inahan; Nanay
Serbian - Majka
Czech - Abatyse
Dutch - Moeder; Moer
Estonian - Ema
Frisian - Emo, Emä, Kantaäiti, Äiti
Greek - Màna
Hawaiian - Makuahine
Hungarian - Anya, Fu
Ilongo - Iloy; Nanay; Nay
Indonesian - Induk, Ibu, Biang, Nyokap

Mother Teresa's Favorite Sayings

I work for the people, because I feel I must do something.
People are generally irrational, unreasonable and selfish. They deserve to be loved, anyway.
It's law of nature that the good you do, will be forgotten tomorrow. But the good work must be carried on.
Your honesty and frankness will expose you to problems but your work should not stop for it means the world to so many people.
Years of your hard work may be destroyed overnight, that should not deter you from building upon your hard work.
Despite giving your best to the world, you may be kicked in the teeth. Give the best you've got anyway.
Places like Calcutta can be seen all over the world if you have eyes to see.
Developed countries suffer from poverty of understanding, poverty of will, of loneliness, of lack of love and spirit. There is no greater disease in the world today than this.
When you don't have anything, then you have everything.
The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.
It is not the size of our actions but the amount of love and care that is put into them that matters.
You should never lose heart. God is merciful and kind- he has endowed you with the best gift- smile, which can make millions happy.
Show kindness through your face, your eyes, your smile and through the warmth of your greetings. You must bear a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well.

Some Typical Motherly Advice

There are a few things, which are common to all the mothers around the world. Apart from showering love and affection, mothers make it a point to keep an eye on every activity of their children- this of course arises as a result of her being too caring about her child, so that he/she is always unhurt. Here are some of the most common advices by mothers to their children:
Make sure to change your underwear always; you never know when you'll have an accident.
Don't make that face or it'll solidify in that position.
Be careful or else you'll put your eye out.
What if everyone jumped into a well? Would you do it, too?
You have enough filth behind those ears to grow potatoes!
C'mon close that door! Were you born in a barn?
If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.
Don't put that thing in your mouth; you don't know where it's been!

Mother's Day is a day to honor all mothers. A most wonderful and loving way to honor a mother's unconditional love for a child is a short innocent note written by the child. A hand-written note containing a sweet and emotional poem thanking God for the blessing in the form of a mother in your life is sure to melt a mother's heart within seconds. So write a prayer for your mother and leave it beside her pillow along with a beautiful card. Mother's Day prayers should be the most earnest and sweetest of all.

There are so many beautiful Prayers for Mothers Day to choose from.


Mother's Day Prayer 1:
Lord, protect and guide mothers everywhere to look out for their children. Help them teach and love their children as You love and teach us. Mothers are very important and help them do their vocation in a loving way. Amen.
-Author Unknown

Mother's Day Prayer 2:
May the blessing of the Divine
Be an especially bright benediction
Upon mothers everywhere
On your blessed day -
On Mother's Day!
-Susan Kramer

Mother's Day Prayer 3:
Blessed are mothers
Models of care, like no others.
With mothers' love in mind
May we grow to shine.
Bright beacons of care
For family, friends, neighbors
- Our world family everywhere!
-Susan Kramer

Mother's Day Prayer 4:
"We only have One Mom, One Mommy,
One Mother in this World, One life.
Don't wait for the Tomorrow's
to tell Mom, you love her"
"To the world you might just be one person,
but to one person you might just be the world."
~Author Unknown~