May 29th

This world of ours is not being sustained by the small fraction of leaders who swagger in self-importance. It is sustained by mothers, who may not steal the limelight, but who are silently and diligently absorbed in the fulfillment of their unique missions.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
世界を支えているのは、一部の偉ぶった指導者などではない。目立たなくても、自らの使命に生き抜いている、お母さんたちです。

SEKAI O SASAETE IRU NO WA, ICHIBU NO ERABUTTA SHIDOSHA NADO DEWA NAI. MEDATANAKUTE MO, MIZUKARA NO SHIMEI NI IKINUITE IRU, OKASAN TACHI DESU.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 164)