104 Love Quotes and Messages From Parent to Son

love quotes from Mom and Dad to Son

Expressing your love for your son can be a significant and emotional experience as a parent. Love quotes are a great way to communicate your feelings concisely and powerfully, whether you’re looking to share a message of support, or encouragement, or simply remind your son how much he means to you.

From famous love quotes to personal sentiments, there are countless ways to express your love and admiration for your son, and finding the right words can make all the difference in strengthening your bond and building a lasting relationship. Explore our list of 60 love quotes you can use in assuring your son how much they mean to you. These quotes are ideal for a social media post caption or writing on a card or speech you are to make in their party.

1. “To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to be kind.” — Shannon L. Alder
2. “If I could give you one thing, it would be the ability to see yourself through my eyes. Because only then would you see how loved you really are.” — Unknown
3. “I may have given my son the gift of life, but he gave me a reason to live.” – Unknown
4. “The best love in the world is the love of a man. The love of a man who came from your womb, the love of your son!” – C.JoyBell C
5. “My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed.” — Proverbs 23:15
6. “Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That’s hard enough.” — Robert Downey Jr.
7. “Until you have a son of your own, you will never know what that means. You will never know the joy beyond joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.” — Kent Nerburn
8. “Behold, sons are a gift from the Lord. Happy the man whose quiver is filled with them.” Psalm 127: 3
9. “To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to be kind.” – Shannon L. Alder
10. “When I go home and see my son, I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I’m upset. When I get home and my son is smiling or when he comes running to me.” — LeBron James
11. “My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.” – Proverbs 6:20
12. “I don’t want my son to follow in my footsteps. I want him to walk the path beside me and go even further than I could have ever dreamed.” – Unknown
13. “I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it’s good to make thoughtful, good choices.” — Karen Salmansohn
14. “The years will rush by, and one day you will be watching your son as a man, and feeling incredibly proud that he is caring, safe, making a contribution, and hopefully going far beyond you in the scope of his life.” — Steve Biddulph
15. “Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold.” – Chinese Proverb
16. “My day starts with my son and finishes with my son, and in between, I get to do everything else.”
17. “It doesn’t matter how old a son is. Even when he is big and strong he is always a small boy for his mother.” – Unknown
18. “One of the greatest gifts you can give your teenage boy is the gift of letting him know you get it. You’ve been there.” — Sebastian R. Jones
19. “My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.” – Proverbs 3:11-12
20. “I love my son more than anything. I will do whatever it takes to make sure he is raised the right way.” — Bristol Palin
21. “Sons worship their mothers, seeing them as flawless, almighty beings who spread love and who are able to do anything. That is why the most important lesson that a mother can teach her son is to respect, love, and understand women.”
22. “To wake up to the sound of my son saying ‘Mama, mama!’ It’s the best sound ever.” – Miranda Kerr
23. ” Sons worship their mothers, seeing them as flawless, almighty beings who spread love and who are able to do anything. That is why the most important lesson that a mother can teach her son is to respect, love, and understand women.” — Unknown
24. “Son, you will outgrow my lap, but never my heart.”
25. “Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.” – Proverbs 4:10
26. “And she loved a little boy very, very much — even more than she loved herself.” – Shel Silverstein
27. “A son is a love that lasts a lifetime; my son is my heart and everything. If my son is happy, then I am happy.”
28. “It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.” — Friedrich von Schiller
29. “Yet now in my arms, I was holding a helpless baby boy who would grow into a man. I cannot imagine that soft little face one-day having whiskers.” – Rhonda Stoppe
30. “Men are what their mothers made them.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
31. “And he said to him, ‘Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours.” — Luke 15:31
32. “Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did.” — Martin Andersen-Nexo
33. “Be strong out there, my son. Look for the love and kindness in others. Forgive yourself when you make mistakes, and enjoy the journey.” – Kirsten Wreggitt
34. “The day my son came into my life I knew my purpose was to love and cherish him with everything I have.” – Unknown
35. “There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart.” — Washington Irving
36. “Raising boys has made me a more generous woman than I really am.
37. Undoubtedly, there are other routes to learning the wishes and dreams of the presumably other sex, but I know of none more direct, or more highly motivating, than being the mother of sons.” – Mary Kay Blakely
38. “Mother is her son’s first god; she must teach him the most important lesson of all, how to love.” — T.F. Hodge
39. “A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” – Irish proverb
40. “You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.” — Jean-Paul Sartre
41. “My son’s the most precious thing to me; he’s changed me from being selfish to selfless.” — Ricardo Antonio Chavira
42. “I love his smile, I love his laugh, I love his kind heart, but most of all I love that he is my son.” — Unknown
43. “My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed.” — Proverbs 23:15
44. “A mother’s love doesn’t make her son more dependent and timid; it actually makes him stronger and more independent.” — Cheri Fuller
45. “A son is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” – Unknown
46. “When your son grows up, become his brother.” — Arabic Proverb
47. “If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.” — Bruce Barton
48. “My son is the best gift I have ever received. He is the sunshine in my day. The joy in my soul. And the love of my life.” – Unknown
49. “Sometimes when I need a miracle, I look into my son’s eyes and realize I already have one.” – Unknown
50. “Let your boys test their wings. They may not be eagles, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t soar free.” — C.J. Milbrandt
51. “And she loved a little boy very, very much — even more than she loved herself.” — Shel Silverstein
52. “Our sons grow and change, sometimes before our eyes, and we can barely keep up with their active, inquisitive natures.”—Dr. Gregory L. Jantz
53. “There has never been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between a mother and a son.”
54. “By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” — Charles Wadsworth
55. “A man who treats his woman like a princess is proof that he has been born and raised in the arms of a queen.”
56. “Sons are miracles that will never cease to be miraculous.” – Unknown
57. “Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.” — George Bernard Shaw
58. “My son makes me smile when he stands up for what he believes in, even if it’s his right to have a second portion of dessert.”
59. “A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the grief of his mother… A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.” — Proverbs 15:20
60. “Father and son relationships can be complicated – mine certainly is. Love. Hate. Respect. Fear. Worship. Disdain. Pride. Disappointment. Happiness. Anger. Joy. Sadness. The list goes on.” — John H. Clark III

Whether you are sending a message or talking to them. Here are love messages you can say to your son to express your love.

Love messages for Your Son

1. “When I tell you that I love you, I don’t say it out of habit or to make conversation. I say it to remind you that you are, without a doubt, the best thing that has ever happened to me.”
2. “I loved you from the very first moment.”
3. “When times are hard, when your friends turn against you and your luck seems to fail, know that I will always be just a phone call away.”
4. “You are loved for the boy you are, the man you will become, and the precious son you will always be.”
5. “I may not always be with you, but I will always be there for you.”
6. “My son, never underestimate your worth, your strength, or your ability. Always believe in yourself as much as I believe in you!”
7. “In your eyes, I see all the love I need.”
8. “Watching you grow up has been many things… Joyful, impactful, and even stressful. But it has also been the most meaningful part of my life.”
9. “I can’t even describe how lucky I feel to have a son like you.”
10. “I hug you and kiss you and tell you I love you because it fills me with joy. I’ll hug you and kiss you and tell you I love you some more, so you’ll be full too.”
11. “I never knew how much love my heart could hold until someone called me ‘mommy’.”
12. “My love for you is taller than the sky and wider than the galaxy.”
13. “My son, if you need me, call me. I don’t care where or how busy I am. If you need me and if you need to talk to me, I will always be there for you, no matter how big or how small your problem is!”
14. “You are the greatest gift I have ever received.”
15. “Like a superhero squad, our love is strongest when we give it together.”
16. “No matter how many LEGOs I step on, I’m always so grateful to be your mom (or dad)”
17. To my son, I promise you this: no matter what happens in life I will always love you.”
18. “God knew I needed you, son.”
19. “I never knew what it meant to carry a little life within me until you were born. You came into this world and gave me so many experiences that were truly unique and unforgettable.”
20. “You are my beautiful life’s work.”
21. “You’ve been a blessing from the start. I love you, son, with all my heart.”
22. “I know you’re grown now, but my heart doesn’t realize that. In my heart, you will always be my sweet little boy.”
23. “I am so proud of you, my son, not for what you have achieved, but for the man you have become.”
24. “From the moment you were born, you became the sun to my planet.”
25. “I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.”
26. “What an honor it is watching your son grow into a kind, loving, and thoughtful man.”
27. “I love my son so much. I don’t know what I did to deserve him, but I am forever grateful he is my little boy. I simply could not imagine my life without him in it.”
28. “I love you to the moon and back.”
29. “If my love for you had a color, it would be the whole rainbow.”
30. “To my son, I choose you. And I’ll choose you over and over. Without a doubt. In a heartbeat. I’ll keep choosing you.”
31. “My love for you will never fade, even when I am no longer here.”
32. “I love you more than words can express.”
33. “When I think of how I love you, there are no words to explain. I love you because you are you, it’s that simple and plain.”
34. “There are thousands of children in the world, and I was lucky enough to get you.”
35. “Maybe, destiny and fate could have given you better parents than us. But nothing could have given us a better son than you. I love you, son, you’re the best.”
36. “You are my precious child, and I will always cherish you.”
37. “Butterflies have wings, so they can fly. Fish have gills, so they can swim. Bunnies have four legs, so they can run. I have a heart, so I can love you.”
38. “I promise to always love you, no matter what.”
39. “The best gifts in the world are not always wrapped in boxes. They also come in the form of loving sons like you.”
40. “Being your parent has been the greatest joy of my life.”
41. “You may no longer be small, or need my help for all, but you’ll always need love from my heart, especially when we are apart.”
42. “You are the reason I wake up each morning with a smile on my face.”
43. “You may wonder sometimes why I do what I do. Just remember, my child, my every thought is for you.”
44. “I will always be here to pick you up when you fall.”
45. I didn’t have to love you; I got to love you. It’s the best choice I’ve ever made.

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