43 Best Single Mom Quotes

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Emma Johnson

“Just because my plan A didn't work out didn't mean plan B couldn't be really kickass. In fact, who was to tell me that my life as a single mother couldn't be completely wonderful.”

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Christine Michel Carter

“As a single mom, you just have to realize that the day-to-day is going to be a %@$&show, for lack of a better phrase. You have to be flexible, be there for school drop offs, pick ups, and the madness of it all.”

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Helena Christensen

"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."

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Sheryl Crow

"I pride myself on finding balance. I love making music and I love raising my boys. I find time to make both a priority."

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Padma Lakshmi

"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."

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Diane Keaton

"The loves of my life are my children and my mother. I don't feel as if I need a man."

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Kate Hudson

"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."

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Kate Winslet

"You always have to carry on. And you can, because you have to."

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January Jones

"I have time for everything I had time for before. I just have an added amazing thing in my life."

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Barbara Kingsolver

"Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws."

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Padma Lakshmi

"I was told I couldn't have children, so every day I am kissing the sky with happiness about it."

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Regina King

"It's difficult, but far from impossible and we smile more than we cry."

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Padma Lakshmi

"It's the only way of life I've known. I was raised by a single mom."

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Yvonne Kaloki

"Just because I am a single mother doesn’t mean I cannot be a success."

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Janene Wolsey Baadsgaard

"In the end, I am the only one who can give my children a happy mother who loves life."

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Denise Richards

"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."

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Emma-Louise Smith

"As a single mum you’ll discover inner strengths and capabilities you never knew you had."

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Edie Falco

"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."

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Anonymous

"Being a single parent made me stronger than ever before."

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Christina Milian

"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."

Terri Robertson is the Senior Editor, Digital, at Country Living, where she shares her lifelong love of homes, gardens, down-home cooking, and antiques. 

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