Are you looking for quotes to include in your baby shower invitation or a cute baby quote for your desktop wallpaper, or you just simply can’t get enough of babies and all the adorable cuteness that they bring? 

Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered with 40 best baby quotes to suit almost every occasion and your need for more baby cuteness. 

Funny Quotes

These quotes are perfect for laughs and a glimpse at the lighter and funnier side of having a baby in the family: 

“A baby makes love stronger, the days shorter, the nights longer, savings smaller, and a home happier.” — Anonymous

“I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food.” — Robert Orben

“When your first baby drops her pacifier, you sterilize it. When your second baby drops her pacifier, you tell the dog: ‘Fetch!’.” — Bruce Lansky

“Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.” — Fran Lebowitz

“Babies are always more trouble than you thought and more wonderful.” — Charles Osgood

“A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A baby changes your dinner party conversation from politics to poops.” — Anonymous

“Babies are the worst roommates. They’re unemployed. They don’t pay rent. They keep insane hours. Their hygiene is horrible. If you had a roommate that did any of the things babies do, you’d ask them to move out.” — Jim Gaffigan

“A toddler can do more in one unsupervised moment than most people can do all day.” — Unknown

Inspirational Quotes

These quotes convey how babies inspire people with their promise of hope and a better future: 

“Children make you want to start life over.” — Muhammad Ali

“A baby is a wishing well. Everyone puts their hopes, their fears, their pasts, their two cents in.” — Elizabeth Bard

“You know what the great thing about babies is? They are like little bundles of hope. Like the future in a basket.” — Lish McBride

“A new baby is like the beginning of all things — wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.” — Eda J. LeShan

“Babies are amazing. They begin each day all warm and sleepy, smelling of promise.” — Julia Roberts

“Children reinvent your world for you.” — Susan Sarandon

“There is nothing like a newborn baby to renew your spirit and to buttress your resolve to make the world a better place.” — Virginia Kelley

“A happy baby has shining eyes. It walks open-hearted into the world and spreads magic.” — Sigrid Leo

 “Every child begins the world again.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Babies are such a nice way to start people.” – Don Herold

Appreciation (Thankful) Quotes

These are quotes of appreciation and thankfulness from people whose lives have been blessed with the presence of a baby.:

“It is the smile of a baby that makes life worth living.” — Debasish Mridha

“For all the things my hands have held the best by far is you.” — Anonymous

“Babies are bits of stardust, blown from the hand of God.” — Larry Barretto

“Children make your life important.” — Erma Bombeck

“I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.” — Charles Dickens

“A baby’s grin has so much magic that you barely realize that it is a toothless smile!” — Anonymous

“Children bring us a piece of heaven on earth.” — Roland Leonhardt

“The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.” — Johnny Depp

“There are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.” — Anne Lamott

“The most precious jewels you’ll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children.” — Anonymous

“A baby is an inestimable blessing.” — Mark Twain

Parenthood Quotes 

These are some of the most famous baby quotes from popular celebrities and personalities when their babies came into their lives:

“A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years, and in your heart till the day you die.” — Mary Mason

“There are no words that can describe the euphoria you feel when your baby recognizes you for the first time and smiles.” — Jared Padalecki

“Having my baby fall asleep in my arms takes away all of my worries and stresses. A sense of complete and total peace comes over me.” — Maria Jose Ovalle

“When he finally was placed into my arms, I looked into his precious eyes and felt an overwhelming, unconditional love. I never felt so complete and empowered in my life.” — Gisele Bündchen

“All those cliches, those things you hear about having a baby and motherhood – all of them are true. And all of them are the most beautiful things you will ever experience.” — Penelope Cruz

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” — Elizabeth Stone

“It’s all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It’s like you’ve met your reason to live.” — Johnny Depp

“Whenever you hold your baby for the first time, it will be one of the most special moments of your lives.” — Hetty Van De Rijt

“There are hard days in motherhood. But looking at your sleeping baby reminds you why it’s all worth it.” — Kara Ferwerda

“You’ll never understand life until it grows inside of you.” — Sandra C. Kassis

Frequently Asked Questions on Baby Quotes

What are some baby quotes for new parents?

These are some of the most popular quotes for new parents or expecting parents:

• “A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years and in your heart till the day you die.” – Mary Mason
• “Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” – Elizabeth Stone
• “All those cliches, those things you hear about having a baby and motherhood – all of them are true. And all of them are the most beautiful things you will ever experience.” — Penelope Cruz

What are some baby quotes for a baby boy?

These are five of the most famous baby boy quotes of all time: 

• “A baby boy has a special way of bringing out the man in his father and the little boy in his grandfather.” – Tanya Masse
• “And she loved a little boy very, very much, even more than she loved herself.” – Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree
• “If I have a monument in this world, it is my son.” – Maya Angelou
• “Sons are born to make their fathers better men.” – Mekael Shane
• “Men are what their mothers made them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

What are some baby quotes for a baby girl?

Here are some of the most popular baby girl quotes:

• “A daughter is one of the best gifts this world has to give.” – Laurel Atherton
• “Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of.” – Bethany Hamilton
• “Words are not enough to express the unconditional love that exists between a mother and a daughter.” – Caitlin Houston
• “A mother’s and daughter’s love is never separated.” – Viola Shipman
• “A tiny daughter gives parents a life in a climate of perpetual wonder.” – Pierre Doucet