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There’s nothing like the love of a grandmother. Not every grandma bakes cookies, but it’s safe to say that all of them hold a level of wisdom that can guide us all through life. Our grandmas help to mold our parents into the people they are and do the same for us.
That’s why, when Mother’s Day comes and you’re honoring your mom with a card, don’t forget to write one for your grandma, too. If you’re not sure how to express just how much she means to you, use one these quotes about grandmas to guide you. We have funny options and sweet sentiments that can also be used perfectly as an Instagram caption for a photo featuring you and your grammy. There are even a few here that will help you honor her legacy if you’re feeling her loss strongly right now.
After you use one of these quotes to say I love you to your grandma, don’t forget to pick up a thoughtful gift for her and maybe even cook her a Mother’s Day brunch. After all, she deserves it.
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Jamie Foxx
My Grandmother would say: “Make sure you look good. Make sure you speak well. Make sure you remain that Southern gentleman that I’ve taught you to be.”
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Barbara Cage
A grandma is warm hugs and sweet memories. She remembers all of your accomplishments and forgets all of your mistakes.
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Rebecca Barlow Jordan
Grandmother opens up a new world of change, challenge, and celebration in a woman’s life.
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Lexie Saige
Sometimes our grandmas and grandpas are like grand-angels.
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Welsh Proverb
Perfect love sometimes does not come untill the first grandchild.
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Catherine Pulsifer
Grandmothers always have time to talk and make you feel special.
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Unknown
A garden of love grows in a Grandmother’s heart.
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Unknown
Grandmothers and roses are much the same. Each is a God’s masterpiece with different names.
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Italian Proverb
If nothing is going well, call your grandmother.
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Lois Wyse
A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.
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Janice Elliot-Howard
There are grandmothers out there who would move heaven and earth for their grandchildren.
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Janet Lanese
Parent-child relationships are complex. Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love.
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Unknown
A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.
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Unknown
A grandmother is a remarkable woman. She’s a wonderful combination of warmth and kindness, laughter and love.
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Louisa May Alcott
Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Pam Brown
Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you’re just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.
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Unknown
It’s such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother — that’s why the world calls her grandmother.
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Barbara Cage
A grandma is warm hugs and sweet memories. She remembers all of your accomplishments and forgets all of your mistakes.
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Unknown
You’re never too old to be a mother again.
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Unknown
Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting.
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Welsh Proverb
Perfect love sometimes does not come till the first grandchild.
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Marcy DeMaree
Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete.
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Prince William
As I learned from growing up, you don’t mess with your grandmother.
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Lois Wyse
If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I’d have had them first.
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Unknown
Grandmother: A wonderful mother with lots of practice.
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Phyllis Theroux
We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.
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Helen Ketchum
Grandmothers are voices of the past and role models of the present. Grandmothers open the doors to the future.
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Unknown
There’s no place like home except Grandma’s.
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Unknown
Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies.
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David Jeremiah
Every parent knows that children look at their grandparents as sources of wisdom and security.
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