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.

There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing. Billy Sunday
Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face. Geroge Eliot
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. Rudyard Kipling
The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom. Henry Ward Beecher
Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials. Meryl Streep
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
I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is. Oprah Winfrey
There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one. Jill Churchill
Babies are bits of star-dust blown from the hand of God. Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of birth for she has held a star. Larry Barretto
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother’s love is not. James Joyce
Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one’s own Trojan horse. Rebecca West
With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. Isadora Duncan
Motherhood was the great equalizer for me; I started to identify with everybody. Annie Lennox
Motherhood has helped me to stop overanalyzing things. It’s been liberating because I used to be somewhat neurotic. I attribute that to having something bigger than myself. Idina Menzel
Motherhood is the ultimate call to sacrifice. Wangechi Mutu
Motherhood is… difficult and… rewarding. Gloria Estefan
The life of a mother is the life of a child: you are two blossoms on a single branch. Karen Maezen Miller
Not all of us can do great things but we can do small things with great love. Mother Teresa
The loves of my life are my children and my mother. I don’t feel as if I need a man. Diane Keaton
You make it work. You keep getting out of bed. Sometimes it’s just because you know there’s a cup of coffee downstairs. Michelle Williams