Empowering Quotes for Inspirational Single Moms

Explore a heartfelt collection of quotes that celebrate the strength, resilience, and love of single mothers. These words of wisdom from famous personalities will uplift and inspire you on your journey of motherhood. From the challenges faced to the joys experienced, these quotes remind us that being a single mom is a badge of honor. Join us as we delve into the powerful messages that resonate with every single mother, encouraging you to embrace your unique journey and find strength in your love for your children. Whether you're seeking motivation or simply a reminder of your incredible capabilities, this collection is here to support you. Let these quotes inspire you to keep pushing forward, knowing that you are not alone in this beautiful yet challenging journey of motherhood.

Wisdom from the Masters

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

- Yvonne Kaloki

Success

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

- Emma-Louise Smith

Personal Growth

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

- A.A. Milne

Belief in Self

"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

Connection to Earth

"The strength of my mother is something I didn’t pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who was part of the Great Migration, who was part of a Jim Crow south, who said, ‘I’m getting my kids out of here. I’m creating opportunities for these young people by any means necessary."

- Jacqueline Woodson

Strength

"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

Empowerment

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

- Diane Keaton

Love

"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

Empowerment

"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

Relationships

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

- Barbara Kingsolver

Strength

"I would say to any single parent currently feeling the weight of stereotype or stigmatization that I am prouder of my years as a single mother than of any other part of my life."

- J.K. Rowling

Persistence

"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

Courage

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

- Yvonne Kaloki

Success

"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."

- Emma Johnson

Optimism

"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

Ambition

"Being a working mother and a working single parent instills in you a sense of determination."

- Felicity Jones

Determination

"The strength of my mother is something I didn’t pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who was part of the Great Migration, who was part of a Jim Crow south, who said, ‘I’m getting my kids out of here. I’m creating opportunities for these young people by any means necessary.'"

- Jacqueline Woodson

Courage

"The women whom I love and admire for their strength and grace did not get that way because stuff worked out. They got that way because stuff went wrong, and they handled it."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

Courage

"It's about love, and that's what I constantly remind myself of because I kind of let society get inside my head. 'Oh, it shouldn't be like this. I did this, I did that. I failed.' And it's like, no. They're happy, they're healthy, they're loved more than anything in the world and they're going to be fine."

- Jennifer Lopez

Love

"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

Courage

"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

Love

"Even the President of the United States — four of them, in fact — were raised by single mothers."

- Taraji P. Henson

Inspiration

"The number one thing that I learned was to ask for help. It’s almost impossible to be a mother by yourself. It’s almost impossible to do alone."

- Tichina Arnold

Empowerment

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

- Janene Wolsey Baadsgaard

Empowerment

"The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms."

- Jodi Picoult

Love

"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

Awareness

"Single motherhood is an amazing thing; it’s a blessing."

- Kelly Cutrone

Gratitude

"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."

- Emma Johnson

Ambition

"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

Respect

"You have to carry on as a mother, no matter what, and that’s what I’ve always done."

- Madonna

Courage

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

- Diane Keaton

Love

"I’m a hustler. I’m a single mom, so whatever I’ve gotta do, I gotta do."

- Sherri Shepard

Determination

"There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one."

- Jill Churchill

Belief in Self

"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

Balance

"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

Adversity

"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

Love

"I can’t tell you how much I respect all the single parents out there doing it solo."

- Jennie Finch

Respect

"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

Responsibility

"Remember that a single mom is just like any other mom and that our number one priority is till our kids. Any parent does whatever it takes for their kids and a single mother is no different."

- Paula Miranda

Compassion

"I know how to do anything, I'm a mom."

- Rosanne Barr

Empowerment

"Motherhood is the only thing in my life that I've really known for sure is something I wanted to do."

- Cynthia Nixon

Ambition

"Motherhood is the ultimate call to sacrifice."

- Wangechi Mutu

Courage

"Even though it leaves me sleep-deprived, I love every bit of motherhood."

- Neha Dhupia

Happiness

"Motherhood has relaxed me in many ways. You learn to deal with crisis. I've become a juggler, I suppose. It's all a big circus, and nobody who knows me believes I can manage, but sometimes I do."

- Jane Seymour

Resilience

"Motherhood is the most challenging as well as the utmost satisfying vocation in this world."

- Nita Ambani

Adversity

"One thing I know for sure - this motherhood thing is not for sissies."

- Jennifer Nettles

Courage

"Motherhood is nitty and gritty and brutal and wonderful. Sometimes, you're really in the trenches!"

- Constance Marie

Adversity

"We may not want to say it out loud, but motherhood is hard."

- Stephanie Ruhle

Adversity

"For me, motherhood is learning about the strengths I didn’t know I had, and dealing with the fears I didn’t know existed."

- Halle Berry

Personal Growth

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

- Kelly Cutrone

Empowerment

"Being a single parent is not a life full of struggles, but a journey for the strong."

- Meg Lowrey

Resilience

"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

Self-care

"Not all of us can do great things but we can do small things with great love."

- Mother Teresa

Compassion

"The life of a mother is the life of a child: you are two blossoms on a single branch."

- Karen Maezen Miller

Connection to Earth

"The best place to cry is on a mother's arms."

- Jodi Picoult

Compassion

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Love

"When you look into your mother's eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth."

- Mitch Albom

Love

"A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."

- Victor Hugo

Love

"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."

- Cardinal Mermillod

Love

"A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's."

- Princess Diana

Compassion

"Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing."

- Ricki Lake

Adversity

"Motherhood changes everything."

- Adriana Trigiani

Motivation

"Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding."

- Gloria Estefan

Balance

"Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face."

- George Eliot

Love

"A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories."

- Honore de Balzac

Happiness

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

- Rudyard Kipling

Spirituality

"Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't."

- Rikki Rogers

Strength

"Having kids—the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings—is the biggest job anyone can embark on."

- Maria Shriver

Responsibility

"I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is."

- Oprah

Love

"Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother’s love is not."

- James Joyce

Love

"Motherhood was the first instance in my life where I was asked to sacrifice anything for anyone."

- Kim Brooks

Courage

"There's no doubt that motherhood is the best thing in my life. It's all that really matters."

- Courtney Cox

Happiness

"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

Determination

"That's what motherhood is: you're working; you're doing 25 different jobs, and you're not getting paid."

- Melissa Peterman

Hard Work

"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

Compassion

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before."

- Rajneesh

Transformation

"We are born of love; love is our mother."

- Rumi

Love

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

- Regina King

Resilience

"A child’s first teacher is its mother."

- Peng Liyuan

Education

"You are doing what is best for you and your children. You can’t ever be faulted for that. Hang in there."

- Skoy Chicago

Empowerment

"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

Balance

"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

Adversity

"If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think what you do matters very much."

- Jackie Kennedy

Education

"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

Awareness

"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

Balance

"The emotions, responsibilities - and the pain - of motherhood are unique to each of us with children. Ask any woman, and she will have her own story to tell."

- Fiona Barton

Awareness

"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

Contentment

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

- Kate Winslet

Perseverance

"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

Personal Growth

"Each child is biologically required to have a mother. Fatherhood is a well-regarded theory, but motherhood is a fact."

- PJ O’Rourke

Wisdom

"The women whom I love and admire for their strength and grace did not get that way because shit worked out. They got that way because shit went wrong, and they handled it. They handled it in a thousand different ways on a thousand different days, but they handled it. Those women are my superheroes."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

Resilience

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

- Henry Ward Beecher

Education

"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."

- Christine Michel Carter

Adaptation

"Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials."

- Meryl Streep

Awareness

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

- Epictetus

Mindfulness

"Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their children."

- Maxim Grosky

Love

"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

Balance

"Don’t feel guilty about being a single mother. Patience is super important as a single mother. You do have to be a little more patient because all of the responsibility is on you … ask for help!"

- Nia Long

Empowerment

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

- Roma Downey

Love

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

- Sheryl Crow

Balance

"I don’t think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother."

- Mary Louise Parker

Belief

"Respect to all mums doing double duty because of men failing to do their part as dads."

- John Mark Green

Respect

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

- Sophia Loren

Awareness

"Since the first day I saw the double pale pink line on the pregnancy test, it’s just been the two of us. And I am so grateful for that."

- Anna Davies

Gratitude

"Better a loving single-parent family than a ‘conventional’ family where the parents hate each other and the father is a demagogue."

- Moby

Family

"'Single' is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize."

- Mandy Hale

Empowerment

"Nothing you do for children is ever wasted."

- Garrison Keillor

Wisdom

"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

Connection to Earth

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

- January Jones

Contentment

"My mom has always been a huge inspiration. She was a single mom raising two kids in New York. Now that is full-on all the time."

- Kim Raver

Inspiration

"I am a single mom and I’m the breadwinner and I have to work and I have to do these things and that’s just the way it is. I don’t think my son even knows any different."

- Charisma Carpenter

Strength

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

- Regina King

Resilience

"It is really challenging to be by yourself, to be the bread-winner, to make sure your child is having a complete and lovely childhood — and it’s all on you, sort of, on the day-to-day."

- Minnie Driver

Adversity

"There’s no doubt that motherhood is the best thing in my life. It’s all that really matters."

- Courtney Cox

Contentment

"I think it’s really important for every mother to find their own way."

- Solange Knowles

Personal Growth

"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

Contentment

"I didn’t plan on being a single mom, but you have to deal with the cards you are dealt the best way you can."

- Tichina Arnold

Adaptation

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

- Daniel Pearce

Relationships

"With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood."

- Isadora Duncan

Adversity

"You don't take a class; you're thrown into motherhood and learn from experience."

- Jennie Finch

Learning

"Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life."

- Sophocles

Connection to Earth

"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

Nature

"I think birth and motherhood are not things that you're trained to do. You might have a good example in your own mum, but nobody teaches you how to be a really great mum."

- Julie Andrews

Learning

"Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse."

- Rebecca West

Adaptation

"Motherhood was the great equalizer for me; I started to identify with everybody."

- Annie Lennox

Motivation

"Motherhood is a beautiful, wonderful gift... except when it's not."

- Rachel Hollis

Adversity

"Motherhood informs my work 100 percent."

- Jessica Marais

Balance

"You do the best you can. Some days you feel really good about yourself and some days you don’t."

- Katie Holmes

Self-care

"My family is blended and diverse, nutty, and loving and understanding. That’s a family."

- Sandra Bullock

Family

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

Resilience

"I didn't plan on being a single mom, but you have to deal with the cards you are dealt the best way you can."

- Tichina Arnold

Adaptation

"There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing."

- Billy Sunday

Nature

"It’s not single parenthood in and of itself. It’s more about how people parent."

- Sophie Zadeh

Awareness

"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

Connection to Earth

"I can’t tell you how much I respect all the single parents out there doing it all solo."

- Jennie Finch

Respect

"Being raised by a single mother, I learned to appreciate and value independent women."

- Kenny Conley

Awareness

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

- Padma Lakshmi

Reflection

"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

Personal Growth

"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

Awareness

"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. You cut out the bull that you might fall for if you didn’t have responsibilities."

- Helena Christensen

Awareness

"I know grace and mercy was raised by the same single mother."

- Jasmine Mans

Connection to Earth

Bite-sized Inspirational Quotes

"You are enough."

Self-esteem

"You are stronger than you think."

Strength

"Self-care isn't selfish; it's necessary for your well-being as a mom."

Self-care

"Your value does not decrease based on someone's inability to see your worth."

Self-esteem

"A single mother has a backbone made of steel and a heart made of gold."

Strength

"It takes one rad mama to be a father too."

Strength

"Motherhood matters. More than having the perfect house, the perfect body, the perfect planning schedule, the perfect kids, the perfect anything. You are a game-changer. A life changer. You are their mother."

Empowerment

"I’m a single parent. What’s your superpower?"

Empowerment

"And some days life is just hard. And some days are just rough. And some days you just gotta cry before you move forward. And all of that is okay."

Resilience

"Sometimes you have to be your own hero."

Courage

"The most beautiful thing about life is that even though I fell down countless times as a single mom, I still got up every time because my child needed me more than anything else."

Love

"Never forget how important it is to reach out for support when needed."

Connection to Earth

"Being a single parent is twice the work, twice the stress and twice the tears, but also twice the hugs, twice the love and twice the pride."

Gratitude

"Being a single mum is twice the work, twice the stress and twice the tears but also twice the hugs, twice the love and twice the pride."

Love

"At the end of the day, it’s the bond you share with your child that matters, and you mommy know just how to do that."

Connection to Earth

"If you ever feel like giving up, just remember there is a little girl who wants to be just like you. Don’t disappoint her."

Inspiration

"A single mother has a backbone made of steel and a heart full of gold."

Strength

"You can be a mess and still be a good mom. You are allowed to be both."

Self-care

"Being a single mom is twice the work, twice the stress, and twice the tears but also twice the hugs, twice the love, and twice the pride."

Balance

"Whenever you feel discouraged, just remember, you are the center of the universe to the tiny humans you made from scratch. You’re kind of a big deal."

Empowerment

"Gone are the days when you would sit and wait for your knight in shining armor. Be brave, be independent and believe that you can do it, and you can do a better job."

Empowerment

"Some days she has no idea how she’ll do it. But every single day. It still gets done."

Resilience