Thailand’s National Mother’s Day falls annually on August 12, commemorating and honoring Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother, and serves as an occasion for people to express love, gratitude, and remembrance of a mother’s virtues.
Thairath Online has compiled the National Mother’s Day motto for 2026 to share, including a summary of past annual Mother’s Day mottos. Stay tuned.
His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has graciously bestowed the National Mother’s Day motto for the Buddhist year 2569 (2026) which reads:
“A mother’s grace beyond words,
deeply engraved beyond time, incomparable,
irreplaceable, her virtues proclaimed clearly,
for the world to honor and praise.”
The 2026 Mother’s Day motto is an important message expressing love, bonds, and gratitude toward mothers. It invites reflection on National Mother’s Day mottos from past to present, showing the wording and meanings each year and how they reflect different values of "mother." Here are the details:
“A mother’s grace beyond words,
deeply engraved beyond time,
incomparable, irreplaceable,
her virtues proclaimed clearly, for the world to honor and praise.”
“Is the mountains, forests, and rivers, the beauty and happiness, the everything,
the true love and care, a mother’s grace beyond description.””
“Is the thread of love woven through life, creating another life to grow,
weaving moral strands into the heart, children repay their mother’s kindness to the nation.”
“A mother’s love is firmer than rock and softer than silk,
warm and gentle beyond anything else, children do good wholeheartedly to proclaim their love.”
“A mother’s grace is so great it cannot be compared; it is difficult to find anyone to equal it,
behaving well in body, speech, and mind, proclaiming a mother’s virtues to the nation.”
“Love, oh love mother, children repay the true love given by mother,
strive diligently to do good with heart, proclaiming mother’s virtue across the land.”
“Love, oh love children, mother instills morality to nurture,
watering love, tending goodness and kindness, children grow up to honor the nation’s value.”
“Because a mother loves her children more than anyone in the world, her grace surpasses the heavens,
because she teaches good conduct in body and mind, children love their mother above all to repay her kindness.”
“When we unite as a nation, we can help Thailand solve problems,
combining strength and wisdom, we will lead our country to overcome dangers.”
“Teaching children to learn and face challenges until grown strong,
to be the strength of Thailand.”
“Teaching children to walk the middle path, do everything moderately and reasonably,
guided by morality, they become good people suitable for the nation.”
“Soil and water, wind and sky, forest and mountain combined are the nation’s treasure,
entrusting Thai children to unite in loyalty to care for it, to pass it to future generations.”
“Love learning and work, cherish the nation,
united in harmony, the good children of their mother.”
“An old saying goes: To look at a woman is to look at a mother, meaning a good mother has outstanding children,
both male and female know right from wrong and have rules because they clearly follow good examples.”
“A mother’s hands are the hands of a sculptor,
shaping softness into beauty,
National Mother’s Day 2011
“The Thai national anthem reminds Thai people morning and night to remember it in every part of their hearts,
National Mother’s Day 2010
“This land is the mother of children who use it to plant rice, countless steps retrace sowing and plowing,
National Mother’s Day 2009
“This land was built by grandparents, who once laid down their bodies to fill the motherland,
National Mother’s Day 2008
“Wherever one is born and lives, one should have gratitude and know the value of the land,
National Mother’s Day 2007
“Rice in the fields and fish in the water, ancient sayings of abundance,
entrusting Thai children to cherish and love the land, preserving it so Thailand will never vanish.”