Being a single mom may feel like a thankless job, but it’s also the most rewarding experience in any mother’s life. You are doing a great job! You are an exceptional parent, and we want to honor you!
We’ve gathered up some of our best Single Mom Quotes to help brighten your day, give you inspiration, and encourage you along your journey!
Feel free to share these quotes with friends, and encourage one another along life’s journey!
Great Single Mom Quotes
- “Because your child is your first priority, you’re more selective, so in order to let someone into that world, they have to be really special.” – Helena Christensen
- “When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.”- Mitch Albom
- “I have a great career, and I have my daughter. So what I don’t have is not as important to me as what I do have.” – Padma Lakshmi
- “The loves of my life are my children and my mother. I don’t feel as if I need a man.” – Diane Keaton
- “Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver
- “I’m not really single. I mean, I am, but I have a son. Being a single mother is different from being a single woman.” – Kate Hudson
- “Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver
- “Nothing you do for children is ever wasted.” – Garrison Keillor
- “Just because I am a single mother doesn’t mean I cannot be a success.” – Yvonne Kaloki
- “In the end, I am the only one who can give my children a happy mother who loves life.” – Janene Wolsey Baadsgaard
- “You are doing what is best for you and your children. You can’t ever be faulted for that. Hang in there.” – Skoy Chicago
- “I think moms, single or not, put a lot of pressure on ourselves trying to balance it all. It’s NEVER going to be perfectly balanced—the sooner you know this, the sooner you can relieve some of the pressure you put on yourself.” – Denise Richards
- “As a single mum you’ll discover inner strengths and capabilities you never knew you had.” – Emma-Louise Smith
- “As a single mom, I’m juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children get in return is a mother who is energized and content.” – Edie Falco
- “Remember that a single mom is just like any other mom and that our number one priority is still our kids. Any parent does whatever it takes for their kids and a single mother is no different.” – Paula Miranda
- “Being raised by a single mother, I learned to appreciate and value independent women.” – Kenny Conley
- “Being a single parent is not a life full of struggles, but a journey for the strong.” – Meg Lowrey
- “I am prouder of my years as a single mother than of any other part of my life.” – J.K. Rowling
- “Single moms: You are a doctor, a teacher, a nurse, a maid, a cook, a referee, a heroine, a provider, a defender, a protector, a true superwoman. Wear your cape proudly.” – Mandy Hale
- “I want to show the example that you can be a single mother and work and handle a lot of other things at the same time.” ‒ Christina Milian
- “She has to have four arms, four legs, four eyes, two hearts, and double the love. There is nothing single about a single mom.” – Mandy Hale
- “The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but the strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to dictate her and who she becomes.” – C. JoyBell C.
- “A single mom tries when things are hard. She never gives up. She believes in her family, even when things are tough. She knows that above all things, a mother’s love is more than enough.” – Deniece Williams
- “I was once a single mother, with very few resources, so I have a special place in my heart for women in difficult situations.” – Linda Lael Miller
- “Just because I am a single mother doesn’t mean I cannot be a success.” – Yvonne Kaloki
- “As a single mum you’ll discover inner strengths and capabilities you never knew you had.” – Emma-Louise Smith
- “I value so many people who have to work full time, definitely single mothers. Their work is the hardest work. I applaud it so much.” – Molly Sims
- “There will be so many times you feel like you failed. But in the eyes, ears, and mind of your child, you are a SUPER MOM.” – Stephanie Precourt
- “A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.”- Cardinal Meymillod
- “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them”- Victor Hugo
- “Being a working mother and a working single parent instills in you a sense of determination.” – Felicity Jones
- “Even though it leaves me sleep-deprived, I love every bit of motherhood.” ‒ Neha Dhupia
- “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.”- Princess Diana
- “Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.”- Sophocles
- “Having kids—the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings—is the biggest job anyone can embark on.” – Maria Shriver
- “Motherhood is the ultimate call to sacrifice.”- Wangechi Mutu
- “There’s a feeling sometimes in motherhood that you’re alone in what you’re going through, and none of us are alone. We’re all going through the same thing.”- Nia Vardalos
- “When you’re a single parent, you’re often lonely yet seldom alone. There is no backup… It is mothering without a net.”- Amy Dickinson
- “Single motherhood is an amazing thing; it’s a blessing.”- Kelly Cutrone
- “The best gift a parent can give children is time … Single moms need to know it’s okay to have a little ‘me’ time.”- Denise Richards
- “Hell, even the President of the United States – four of them, in fact – were raised by single mothers. Nevertheless, mention that you’re a single mom, and all-too many of us still have to cut through a thick, gristly layer of stigma before we’re given our proper due.” – Taraji P. Henson
- “The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.” – Beyoncé Knowles
- “I decided instead of being embarrassed of my failed marriage and ashamed of being a single mother, I was going to OWN it. Being the best mother you can be and giving your kids the BEST life possible has nothing to do with your relationship status and you don’t have to be happily married to have a ‘picture-perfect family’.” – Amanda Stanton
- “The only man in my life is my son, and it’s probably going to stay this way for a while… I go to bed wearing a very baggy one-piece cheetah suit, just because it makes my son laugh. My sexy lingerie has been locked in a drawer for a while!” – Sandra Bullock
- “I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” – Marilyn Monroe
- “I never really considered myself a single parent because I was blessed to have a village of family and friends who love us and assist in every way to help him become a really kind person and a genuine person.” – Jill Scott
- “The most difficult part of dating as a single parent is deciding how much risk your own child’s heart is worth.” – Daniel Pearce
- “We are born of love; love is our mother.” – Rumi
- “Single mothers have as much to teach their children as married mothers and as much love to share – maybe more.” – Anne Cassidy
- “If you can dance and be free and be embarrassed, you can rule the world.” – Amy Poehler
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You’re doing a great job, and we support you in all you do! Encourage one another, find your village, and let us help you along your journey!
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