National Sons Day falls on Saturday, September 28th this year.

Annual Remembrance Day is a day to recognize the importance of having or being a son and is the perfect opportunity to let someone you love know how much you appreciate them.

Even though National Sunday receives a little less attention than, say, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, it is still a significant holiday and a good reminder to let your son or other special person in your life know that you are thinking of them.

To help you, we have compiled a list of Nationalsons Day quotes to express your warmest wishes for this year.

In the collection below, you’ll find meaningful messages written by the likes of Maya Angelou, Dr. Seuss and EE Cummings, as well as touching sentiments from popular children’s stories, including Robert Munsch’s unforgettable “I will love you forever, I.” “I will love you forever, as long as I live, you will be my baby.” the book “Love You Forever”.

Are you looking for words to show how proud you are of the person you have become? Use these inspiring words from John Green: “I’m so proud of you that it makes me proud of myself.” I hope you know that.”

You can also quote the classic song “You’ll Be in My Heart” by Phil Collins, the hit single from the animated film “Tarzan.”

Include one of these thoughtful quotes in a text message or post it on Instagram. Whatever you choose to share, it is sure to remind the loved one that there is simply no one better when it comes to sons.

National Sons Day Quotes and Wishes

• “And she loved a little boy very, very much—even more than she loved herself.” — Shel Silverstein, “The Giving Tree”
• “I have a son who is my heart. A wonderful young man, brave and loving and strong and kind.” — Maya Angelou

• “I will love you forever, I will like you forever, as long as I live you will be my baby.” – Robert Munsch, “I love you forever”
• “There is no heart like yours for me in all the world. There is no love for you like mine in all the world.” — Maya Angelou
• “You are my sun, my moon and all my stars.” – EE Cummings
• “To the world you may be a person; but to one person you may be the world.” —Dr. Seuss

• “Being a mother to a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to advocate for others, and raise them to be kind.” —Shannon L. Alder
• “No one has ever measured, not even poets, how much a heart can endure.” – Zelda Fitzgerald
• “I will take care of you and I will take care of anyone you say needs to be taken care of, no matter how you say it. I am here. I have brought my entire self to you. I am your mother.” — Maya Angelou
• “Our sons grow and change, sometimes before our eyes, and we can barely keep up with their active, curious natures.” —Gregory L. Jantz
• “Each of our sons leaves home at some point. They become men who can come back to help us mothers in ways no other human being can. They can teach us how to live our lives better. If we hold on long enough and love them always, they will come back to us.” — Meg Meeker, “Strong Mothers, Strong Sons”

• “You have my whole heart. You always did that. You are the best. You always were.” – Cormac McCarthy, “The Road”
• “We never know the love of a parent until we become parents ourselves.” — Henry Ward Beecher
• “The most important thing in the world is family and love.” — John Wooden
• “You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And when you treat them like sons, they become heroes, even if only in your own eyes.” — Walter M. Schirra Sr.
• “If I know what love is, it’s because of you.” — Hermann Hesse
• “Sons always have a rebellious desire to become disillusioned with that which charmed their fathers.” – Aldous Huxley

• “But now I held in my arms a helpless little boy who would grow up to be a man. I can’t imagine that soft little face would one day have a mustache.” – Rhonda Stoppe
• “I like you just the way you are.” – Fred Rogers
• “It is a happy thing to be the father of many sons.” — William Shakespeare, “Henry VI.”
• “A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no compassion. It dares everything and mercilessly crushes everything that stands in its way.” – Agatha Christie
• “People pass before our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a short period of time. We love them; They are brave, proud, beautiful and clever.” Philip Pullman, “The Golden Compass”
• “You don’t choose your family. They are a gift from God to you, just as you are to them.” – Desmond Tutu

• “When you were too little to say hello to me, I knew you were someone I wanted to get to know.” — Emily Winfield Martin, “The Wonderful Things You Will Be”
• “Because you will be in my heart, yes, you will be in my heart. From this day forward, now and forever.” Phil Collins, “You will be in my heart”
• “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; They are the charming gardeners who make our souls bloom.” — Marcel Proust
• “I may not always be with you, but when we are far apart, remember that you will be with me, right in my heart.” — Marc Wabolt, “Poems from the Heart”
• “The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son.” — Sarah Shahi
• “I’m so proud of you that it makes me proud of myself. I hope you know that.” – John Green, “Will Grayson, Will Grayson.”
• “Sons are born to make their fathers better men.” – Mekael Shane