Happy Mother's Day 2016

Mother's Day, celebrated to honour motherhood, is celebrated on the second Sunday of May in many parts of the world and this year it falls on May 8.

The celebration of Mother's Day is said to have begun in the United States during the early 20th century after Anna Jarvis, who is now known as the founder of the Mother's Day holiday in the U.S., campaigned for a special day for mothers considering their sacrifices for the family. The first official Mother's Day is believed to have celebrated it at St. Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia.

Check out some inspiring quotes by famous personalities to be shared on Mother's Day 2016:

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

It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful? —Mahatma Gandhi. 

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. — William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. — Victor Hugo, novelist

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. — Theodore Hesburgh, priest

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. — Erich Fromm, psychologist

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding. — Gloria Estefan, singer

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. — Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President.

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. — Robert Browning, poet

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face. — George Eliot, novelist