Single Mom Quotes

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  Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

  Robert Fulghum

  Marriage, Mother, Children

  "Reflections for Tending the Sacred Garden". Book by Bonita Jean Zimmer (p. 182), April 2003.

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• Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.

  Bill Richardson

  Struggle, Opportunity, Single Mother

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• Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Life, Education, Children

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• Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

  Garrison Keillor

  Family, Children, Teaching

  Garrison Keillor (1990). “Leaving Home”, p.23, Penguin

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• 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

  Mom, Mother, Children

  FaceBook post by Alice Hoffman from May 13, 2015

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• When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

  Sophia Loren

  Motivational, Family, Mothers Day

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• Never marry a man who hates his mother because he'll end up hating you.

  Jill Bennett

  Marriage, Mom, Mother

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• The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.

  Rajneesh

  Mothers Day, Mom, Children

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• The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

  Honore de Balzac

  Family, Mothers Day, Mom

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Rajneesh

  Mom, Mother, Baby

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• It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.

  Jane Fonda

  Inspirational, Happy Birthday, Being Happy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Inspirational, Fear

  Marianne Williamson (1992). “A return to love: reflections on the principles of "A course in miracles"”

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• Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.

  Aristotle

  Family, Mothers Day, Mom

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• 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

  Mothers Day, Mom, Fathers Day

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• Most mothers kiss and scold together.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Mothers Day, Mom, Motherhood

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Wisdom

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.336, Penguin UK

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• The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Family, Mothers Day, Mom

  Henry Ward Beecher (1887). “Beecher : Christian Philosopher, Pulpit Orator, Patriot and Philantropist: A Volume of Representative Selections from the Sermons, Lectures, Prayers, and Letters of Henry Ward Beecher”

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• Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being.

  Evan Bayh

  Mother, Children, Responsibility

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• No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a family of small children; for upon her time and strength demands are made not only every hour of the day but often every hour of the night.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Mom, Children, Night

  Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “Works”

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• I've been a single parent for a long time. It reminds me of being a waitress. As you walk back to the kitchen, requests come at you from all sides. You're doing the job of two - you have to be highly organised.

  Cherie Lunghi

  Jobs, Two, Long

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• For me, just being how old I am, I know I don't want to be a single mom. I really would rather make it a two-person job. But I've also come to terms with not being a mother at all. I'm actually really good with either direction that my life can take as being a valid experience.

  Lisa Edelstein

  Mom, Mother, Jobs

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• The most difficult part of dating as a single parent is deciding how much risk your own child's heart is worth.

  Daniel Pearce

  Mom, Children, Heart

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• Treasure every single moment you spend with someone you care about.

  Kevin Jonas

  Treasure, Care, Moments

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• My mother was a single mom, and most of the women I know are strong.

  Regina King

  Mom, Mother, Strong

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Mothers Day, God, Christian

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