A mother's heart never grows old.
Meaning: Maternal love remains eternally protective and nurturing regardless of children's age or life stage.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
More proverbs about Perseverance
- A good name keeps its lustre in the dark. — Integrity unseen by others still preserves your character's worth and inner value.
- A nimble ninepence is better than a slow shilling. — Quick profit from small ventures outpaces sluggish returns from larger investments.
- The great Homer himself sometimes nods. — Even the most skilled and accomplished people occasionally make mistakes or lose focus.
- Doing nothing is the hardest work. — Idleness demands constant mental struggle against restlessness and guilt, making it parad…
- Old friends to meet, old wine to drink, and old wood to burn. — Cherished relationships and familiar comforts—people, drinks, and fires—improve with time…
- Old friends and old wine are best. — Enduring relationships and tried experiences improve with time, unlike novelty which ofte…
From our tongue twisters
- ยักษ์ใหญ่ไล่ยักษ์เล็ก (Yák yài lâi yák lék) — A tonal 'yak / yai / lai / lek' drill that hops across Thai tones in four short beats.
- Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said the butter's bitter. — A 'b / t / tt' plosive drill that bounces between Betty, butter, and bitter.
- Бабин біб розцвів у дощ, буде бабі біб у борщ. (Babyn bib roztsviv u doshch, bude babi bib u borshch.) — A bilabial 'b / bib / bor' drill that ends in a very Slavic splash of borscht.