Being a mom isn’t easy ― a statement only a fool would ever try to contest. I have seen so many good mothers in my life and one thing that I’ve seen in all of them: their complete devotion to their children’s welfare.
The kind of devotion that no one except a mother can understand. For others, it may even be incomprehensible. But there is no other way to love that a mother knows, and so she gives and gives and gives.
This love is beautiful, powerful, and so damn hard. Every day a mother has to try her best, live up to her own expectations, control her emotions, and always be there. So today I want to honour you and all the mothers in the world with comfort.
It’s okay to feel how you feel. There is no shame in getting tired and wanting a break, there is no shame in pain and in fear. You are doing A LOT and you deserve to validate it. Here are being a mom isn’t easy quotes to relate with your situation and know you’re not alone. Hang in there, mum!
Being a Mom Isn’t Easy Quotes
“You are exactly the mother your child needs. Knowing that will change your entire perspective.”
― Lauren Tingley
“You can be a mess and still be a good mom. We are allowed to be both.”
― Katie Bingham Smith
“Motherhood has taught me that being a woman isn’t all about being perfect, having it all together and being able to do everything. Being a mom reminds me that I am human.”
― Toni Hammer
“I am not a super mom… I’m just being me and doing the best that I can.”
― Serena Williams
“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.”
― Barbara Kingsolver
“People don’t really talk honestly about how difficult being a mom actually is and what things we sacrifice every day in order to be good moms.”
― Jenni Ogden
“The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.”
― James E. Faust
“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.”
― Jill Churchill
“Being a good mother does not mean being perfect every single moment. We screw up. A good mother learns from her mistakes and does what she can to not let them happen over and over.”
― Amy Hatvany
“The hardest part of being a mom? Letting go.”
― Mandy Hale
If you’re doing your best as a mother then that’s all you can do. Your kids will learn from what you say and how they see you act more than any advice or instruction given by anyone else in their life.”
― Julie Bowen
“A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.”
― Cardinal Meymillod
“Being a mom is being the bravest person you know. It’s being unapologetically who you are even when it scares everyone else around you.”
― Emily Henderson
“Motherhood is not always sunshine and rainbows. It’s about learning to let go…letting them make their mistakes so they can learn, being there to encourage and support them, but also knowing when it’s time for you to step back.”
― Sarah Jakes Roberts
“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had & dealing with fears you never knew existed.”
― Michelle Duggar
“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
“There are hard days in motherhood, but looking at your baby sleeping reminds you why it’s all worth it.”
― Kara Ferwerda
“Sometimes being a parent is like being shot at. You don’t know if you can make it to the end of the day without getting hit…but somehow we do–and when we arrive in this world where everyone needs us so much what happens? We feel alive!”
― Jodi Picoult
What being a parent doesn’t require is being perfect.”
― Anna Quindlen
“When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.”
― Nora Ephron
“Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.”
― Barbara Walters
“Having kids is like having homework every day for the rest of your life! It never ends however well you do today!!”
― Lisa Smith
“Being a mom isn’t an easy job, but it’s definitely my favorite job.”
― Lauren Tingley
“I have found being a mother has made me emotionally raw in many situations. Your heart is beating outside your body when you have a baby.”
― Kate Beckinsale
“The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.”
― Lane Olinghouse
“Life as a mother took me down some roads I had never been before…and made me into the woman who would do anything for her children.”
― Danielle Steel
“When you become a mother, it suddenly feels like your heart has grown too big for your body…It becomes this weird sort of feeling where being overwhelmed by love seems perfectly normal.”
― Anne Hathaway
“Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.”
― Ricki Lake
“Did you know when kids go to bed, you can hear yourself think again? I sound fabulous.”
― Paige Kellerman
“I think being a mom is the hardest job in the world. It doesn’t have to be easy but when you love someone that much and they depend on you for absolutely everything then nothing else matters!”
― Jennifer Nettles
“Breathe. The moments matter. Not the perfect ones, but the every single day, nitty-gritty, showing-up moments of motherhood. Your kids don’t need perfection, just you. Showing up, loving, giving and trying and simply being their mom.”
― Rachel Marie Martin
“Life as a parent truly doesn’t come with an instruction manual…you’re just kind of thrown into these uncharted waters where there are no rules or guidelines. So really, the only thing left to do is embrace every moment good or bad, learn from your mistakes, and know that being a mom is the most rewarding, challenging & exhausting job in the world.”
― Sara Rue
Being a Mom Is Hard Quotes
“Being a mother isn’t easy. And being able to admit your weakness as a parent is one of the most important things you’ll ever do for your child.”
― Katrina Alcorn
“Successful mothers are not the ones that never struggled. They are the ones that never give up, despite the struggles.”
― Sharon Jaynes
“You know when you have kids what will change? Everything. You. Your body, your sleep patterns, how you spend your time, where you go & what you do…but being a mom isn’t easy.”
― Jennifer Nettles
“You will never be fully prepared for being a mom. It is just something that you have to do and figure out as you go along.”
― Kim Kardashian
“The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.”
― Jessica Lange
“Being a mom is the most rewarding job in the world because every day I get to influence my children’s lives. What an honor! It doesn’t mean that being their mother will be easy all of the time though!”
― Beyoncé
“I think being a mom is the hardest job in the world. I don’t know how women do it without going crazy.”
― Britney Spears
“I know being a mom isn’t always easy… but I’m sure glad we’re in this together!”
― Kendra Wilkinson
“I think every working mom probably feels the same thing: You go through big chunks of time where you’re just thinking, This is impossible — oh, this is impossible. And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible.”
― Tina Fey
“Parenthood means being imperfectly perfect all the time.”
― Lana Del Rey
“When being a parent becomes challenging, don’t give up because there are so many rewards that come with it. Love your children and do everything you can to guide them in the right direction.”
― Mindy Kaling
“Being a mother is an honor for all of us–even when it is hard and exhausting!”
― Elizabeth Gilbert
“Being a mother is your greatest achievement in life… You can be anything else you want on the side but at the end of the day, being someone’s mother is the best part of being a woman.”
― Reese Witherspoon
“It’s not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.”
― The Golden Girls
“If something goes wrong while being a mom don’t beat yourself up over it. It’s not your fault and being a mom isn’t easy.”
― Jennifer Garner
“Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.”
― Kate Winslet
“Being a mom isn’t easy…But being able to look at your kids and say, ‘I did that! I made them!’ is pretty freaking amazing.”
― Alyssa Milano
“Motherhood isn’t for sissies”
― Gail Devers
“I think the hardest part about being a mother is just knowing that you’re never enough. No matter how many books you read, no matter how many toys your kids have or schedules they follow…you will never be able to do it all perfectly.” – Jessica Alba
“Don’t beat yourself up when being a mom doesn’t come easily. It happens, but we must keep pushing forward. Never let our past determine our future!”
― Serena Williams
“I am not perfect. I have flaws, just like everyone else! And that’s okay because being a mother isn’t easy!”
― Kim Kardashian
“Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.”
― Tina Fey
“Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else’s happiness and well—being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is…and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong.”
― Donna Ball