--- title: "15 Mother Story Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 15 Mother Story quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Mother Story sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/monjur-khan-264248_guy_every-guy-will-have-his-own-how-i-met-yo_1498164.jpg" --- > [Every guy will have his own How I met your mother story to tell his kids one day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monjur-khan/every-guy-will-have-his-own-how-i-met-your-mother-story-to-tell-his/) [Monjur Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monjur-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/monjur-khan-264248_guy_every-guy-will-have-his-own-how-i-met-yo_1498164.jpg) > [“But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-your-mother-s-story-because/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mitch-albom-187_life_but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-yo_1225708.png) > [“Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/behind-all-your-stories-is-always-your-mother-s-story-because-hers-is/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/mitch-albom-187_love_behind-all-your-stories-is-always-your-m_2479148.png) > [A mother is a story with no beginning. That is what defines her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-o-rourke/a-mother-is-a-story-with-no-beginning-that-is-what-defines-her/) [Meghan O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/meghan-o-rourke-9574_birth_a-mother-is-a-story-with-no-beginning-th_2021395.jpg) > [“One of the gentleman guests chuckled. "Do you think the mother made up the story out of whole cloth?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/one-of-the-gentleman-guests-chuckled-do-you-think-the-mother-made-up/) [Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/sharyn-mccrumb-18772_parenting_one-of-the-gentleman-guests-chuckled-do_2059807.png) > [If your hair has never given you any trouble, if you've never had huge fights with your mother about it, then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-benedict/if-your-hair-has-never-given-you-any-trouble-if-you-ve-never-had-huge/) [Elizabeth Benedict](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-benedict/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/elizabeth-benedict-64103_fighting_if-your-hair-has-never-given-you-any-tro_1773404.jpg) > [“My mother's story continues to haunt me, it will until the day I die. My guilt and personal anguish is a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-burke-sr/my-mother-s-story-continues-to-haunt-me-it-will-until-the-day-i-die/) [M.J. Burke Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-burke-sr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/m-j-burke-sr-86134_domestic-abuse_my-mother-s-story-continues-to-haunt-me_3149114.jpg) > [“Maybe there were no villains in my mother’s story at all. Just men and women, trying to do their best by each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boyne/maybe-there-were-no-villains-in-my-mother-s-story-at-all-just-men-and/) [John Boyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boyne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/john-boyne-2944_men-and-women_maybe-there-were-no-villains-in-my-mothe_181119.jpg) > [There's a story behind everything..but behind all your stories is always your mother's story..because hers is where yours begins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/there-s-a-story-behind-everything-but-behind-all-your-stories-is/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/mitch-albom-187_behinds_there-s-a-story-behind-everything-but-be_2274914.png) > [Being a very bad daughter, I never really took time to sit down and listen to my mother's story, and she passed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mabel-cheung/being-a-very-bad-daughter-i-never-really-took-time-to-sit-down-and/) [Mabel Cheung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mabel-cheung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/mabel-cheung-53654_bad-daughter_being-a-very-bad-daughter-i-never-really_580114.jpg) > [“So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one. But just the one. Don’t either of you ask me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/so-then-you-want-a-story-and-i-will-tell-you-one-but-just-the-one-don/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/khaled-hosseini-251_long-day_so-then-you-want-a-story-and-i-will-tell_101296.png) > [But there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/but-there-s-a-story-behind-everything-how-a-picture-got-on-a-wall-how/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/mitch-albom-187_behinds_but-there-s-a-story-behind-everything-ho_2482606.jpg) > ['Gypsy' is the ultimate stage-mother story: Mama Rose is the one who should have been a star; she's the one with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-bourne/gypsy-is-the-ultimate-stage-mother-story-mama-rose-is-the-one-who/) [Matthew Bourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-bourne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/matthew-bourne-15757_dreams_gypsy-is-the-ultimate-stage-mother-story_382501.jpg) > [“I want you to read ‘God Sees the Truth, but Waits,’ ” said Mother. “Tolstoy writes about a man, wrongly accused of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-want-you-to-read-god-sees-the-truth-but-waits-said-mother-tolstoy/) [Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/terry-tempest-williams-835_longing-for-home_i-want-you-to-read-god-sees-the-truth-bu_1620634.png) > [“I’m sorry,” she said, wishing she could say something more meaningful. “I’m not. If he’d been a good uncle, I’d have stayed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angie-frazier/i-m-sorry-she-said-wishing-she-could-say-something-more-meaningful-i/) [Angie Frazier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angie-frazier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/angie-frazier-14965_clean-slate_i-m-sorry-she-said-wishing-she-could-say_407782.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-story/#itemlist", "name": "Mother Story Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every guy will have his own How I met your mother story to tell his kids one day.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Monjur Khan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monjur-khan/every-guy-will-have-his-own-how-i-met-your-mother-story-to-tell-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/monjur-khan-264248_guy_every-guy-will-have-his-own-how-i-met-yo_1498164.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/monjur-khan-264248_guy_every-guy-will-have-his-own-how-i-met-yo_1498164.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/monjur-khan-264248_guy_every-guy-will-have-his-own-how-i-met-yo_1498164.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every guy will have his own How I met your mother story to tell his kids one day.” — Monjur Khan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mitch Albom" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-your-mother-s-story-because/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mitch-albom-187_life_but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-yo_1225708.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mitch-albom-187_life_but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-yo_1225708.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mitch-albom-187_life_but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-yo_1225708.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.” — Mitch Albom", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. 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You want a story and I will tell you one. But just the one. Don’t either of you ask me for more. It’s late, and we have a long day of travel ahead of us, Pari, you and I. You will need your sleep tonight. And you too, Abdullah. I am counting on you, boy, while your sister and I are away. So is your mother. Now. One story, then. Listen, both of you, listen well. 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But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begin.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mitch Albom" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/but-there-s-a-story-behind-everything-how-a-picture-got-on-a-wall-how/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/mitch-albom-187_behinds_but-there-s-a-story-behind-everything-ho_2482606.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/mitch-albom-187_behinds_but-there-s-a-story-behind-everything-ho_2482606.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/mitch-albom-187_behinds_but-there-s-a-story-behind-everything-ho_2482606.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. 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