Single Mother Quotes

• 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, Single Mom

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• I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values.

  Al Sharpton

  Mom, Mother, Rags

  "Sharpton answers Bush in speech". www.cnn.com. July 29, 2004.

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• Single motherhood is an amazing thing; it's a blessing.

  Kelly Cutrone

  Mom, Motherhood, Blessing

  "Kelly Cutrone Speaks To Storked!". Interview with Christine Coppa, www.glamour.com. February 23, 2010.

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• I have led an unusual life. I have buried a father killed at age 50 and two brothers killed in the prime of their lives. I raised my children as a single mother when my husband was arrested and held for eight years without a conviction - a hostage to my political career.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Mother, Brother, Children

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• A woman without a man -- a condition of 'manlessness' -- is defined as alone. But a single mother is less alone than the average housewife.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Mother, Men, Average

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• 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

  Love, Family, Mom

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• I married two weeks after my 18th birthday, far too young, and by the time I was 23 I was a single mother of three small children, Sean, Daniel and Victoria, living in a prefab house.

  Sue Townsend

  Birthday, Mother, Children

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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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• 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

  Love, Family, Mom

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

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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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• A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

  Sophia Loren

  Mom, Mother, Children

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

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

  Rajneesh

  Mothers Day, Mom, Children

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• What is free time? I'm a single mother. My free moments are filled with loving my little girl.

  Roma Downey

  Girl, Mother, Littles

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• I was raised by a single mother.

  Josh Peck

  Mother, Raised

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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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• 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

  Single Mom, Struggle, Opportunity

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• Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.

  Lisa Alther

  Funny, Mothers Day, Mom

  Lisa Alther (2010). “Other Women”, p.36, Open Road Media

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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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• 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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  If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Mother, Children, Single Mom

  Interview with NBC News Correspondent Sander Vanocur at Hyannis Port, Mass., October 1, 1960.

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• Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my friends. They're in love with my kids, and my kids are in love with them.

  Edie Falco

  Mother, Kids, Helping

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• I think being raised by a single mother put me on the outside, and I would watch my mothers married friends and think, Why does she put him down in public? or, Why is he so rude to her? It seemed to me that there were very few marriages where the couple were genuinely in a supportive, loving partnership.

  Cherie Lunghi

  Mother, Couple, Thinking

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• I am a single mother - that is the reality.

  Emilia Fox

  Mother, Reality

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• When I started getting so many haters and closed doors, I decided to prove that it could be done. I was a divorced single mother of three at the time and a size 12 - not your typical model artist that labels feel work for the music industry.

  Jenni Rivera

  Mother, Artist, Doors

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• I'm ultimately a widow and a single mother, who's not even getting to be a mother right now. I am so alone, it's freaky.

  Courtney Love

  Mother, Widows, Freak

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