To All The Mothers of The UAE - Thank You, This Feature Is For You

It's UAE Mother's Day today (March 21), and to say thank you to all the warriors, life givers, lights, and inspirations in the nation, we have compiled a list of poems and quotes.

Please have a read and, don't forget to wish your mother – she deserves it.

"For us, every day is a day to celebrate mothers for they are an eternal source of giving. We are proud of their role in the family, community and nation, and we pray for their happiness." – HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces

"My Mother's face is my nation's face." – Lebanese American poet, Khalil Gibran

"A mother is a school: when you well prepare... you will build a nation whose likes are rare." – Egyptian poet, Ahmed Shawqi

"The greatest, most enriching adventure of all – motherhood." – Lebanese author, public speaker, journalist, and women rights activist, Joumana Haddad

"My mother was my first country. The first place I ever lived." – American Poet, Nayyirah Waheed

"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." – Former US President, Abraham Lincoln

"Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face." – English novelist, poet, journalist, and translator, George Eliot

"It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful." – English­­­ novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot, Roald Dahl

"I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know." – American author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster, and musician, Mitch Albom

"To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow." – American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou

"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother." – American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer, and philanthropist, Oprah Winfrey

"Motherhood: All love begins and ends there." – English poet and playwright, Robert Browning

"Call your mother. Tell her you love her. Remember, you're the only person who knows what her heart sounds like from the inside." – American poet, Rachel Wolchin

"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." – English poet, Tenneva Jordan

"The best academy, a mother's knee." – American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat, James Russell Lowell