Single Moms Sayings and Quotes

Being a single mom is no easy feat. There are no days off or breaks, and free time feels like an unattainable luxury. Celebrate the women who pull double duty with the collection of wise and insightful single moms quotes below.

If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do matters very much. Jackie Kennedy
Being a working mother and a working single parent instills in you a sense of determination. Felicity Jones
The women whom I love and admire for their strength and grace did not get that way because shit worked out. They got that way because shit went wrong, and they handled it. They handled it in a thousand different ways on a thousand different days, but they handled it. Those women are my superheroes. Elizabeth Gilbert
I don’t think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother. Mary Louise Parker
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. Maya Angelou
In the end, I am the only one who can give my children a happy mother who loves life. Janene Wolsey Baadsgaard
I think it’s really important for every mother to find their own way. Solange Knowles
Mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. Cardinal Mermillod
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. Robert Browning
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs since the payment is pure love. Mildred B. Vermont
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. Tenneva Jordan
Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. Pearl S. Buck
Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease. Lisa Alther
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam. Lord Langdale
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Honoré de Balzac
I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by guilt on steroids! Arianna Huffington
Mothers always find ways to fit in the work – but then when you’re working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you’re with your children, you’re thinking about working. Alice Hoffman
It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge. Phyllis Diller
Good mothers know that their relationship with each of their children is like a movable feast, constantly changing and evolving. Sue Woodman
Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it’s the most exquisite love of all. Maggie Gallagher
Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it’s the most exquisite love of all. Maggie Gallagher
The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable. Lane Olinghouse
Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy. Robert A. Heinlein
We are born of love; love is our mother. Rumi
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. William Makepeace Thackeray
When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth. Mitch Albom
A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. Cardinal Meymillod
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. Barbara Kingsolver
Motherhood changes everything. Adriana Trigiani