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Inspirational Stay At Home Mom Quotes
1. “There is one gift that trumps all other talents—being an excellent parent. If you can successfully raise a child in this day in age to have integrity, then you have left a legacy that future generations will benefit from.” – Shannon L. Alder.
2. “I think women should have choices and should be able to do what they like, and I think it’s a great choice to stay at home and raise kids, just as it’s a great choice to have a career.” – Will Schwalbe, ‘The End of Your Life Book Club’.
3. “Working moms, stay-at-home moms, they’re both extremely hard jobs.” – Hilary Rosen.
4. “A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential- as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth.” – Bill Watterson.
5. “A mother can feel desperate for sleep yet equally desperate to comfort her baby when he needs her at night. I have spoken to many mothers who have sacrificed their own sleep, waking up numerous times every night because their babies cried for them.” – Naomi Stadlen, ‘What Mothers Do’.
6. “Whether you are a stay-at-home mom, or on the red carpet, or in Afghanistan, the better you feel, the better you do your job.” – Bobbi Brown.
7. “It’s about getting the kids up and fed, getting one to school, getting the other down for a nap, going to the grocery store, picking one up from school, getting the other one down for another nap, cooking dinner.” – Jennifer Garner.
8. “This is my life: sitting around dying of boredom, the whining, the tantrums, the baby weight, the endlessness of it all.” – Hayley DeRoche, ‘Hello Lovelies’.
9. “There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation’s most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us always to remember / That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.” – Glen Campbell.
10. “I’m so happy and thankful I made it a point to be a stay-at-home mom.” – Candace Cameron.
11. “Perhaps it takes courage to raise children..” – John Steinbeck, ‘East of Eden’.
12. “Motherhood – no matter if you’re a working mom or stay-at-home mom – is really tough sometimes. It can really leave us each day with a sense of wondering if we’re doing it right.” – Lysa TerKeurst.
13. “I think it’s a tough road if you’re a stay-at-home mom, a working mom, if you have a partner, if you don’t. It’s the best job in the world, and the toughest job in the world all at the same time.” – Angela Kinsey.
14. “The time spent on family is not a sacrifice. You are living a life with choices; when you make the right ones, you have a good life.” – Laura Schlessinger.
15. “If she wasn’t careful, she’d slide without a ripple into the gently flowing stream of her old life, pulled back under the current without a whimper of protest. Another housewife lost in the flow.” – Kristin Hannah, ‘On Mystic Lake’.
16. “All women should be able to make the best choices for themselves and their families, and no one should be belittled, degraded, or disregarded because of what she chooses to do.” – Kirsten Gillibrand, ‘Off the Sidelines’.
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1. “A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.”—Dorothy Canfield Fisher
2. “The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”—Honore de Balzac
3. “Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall. A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes
4. “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in them.”—Victor Hugo
5. “A mother understands what a child does not say.”—A Jewish proverb
6. “There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.”—Billy Sunday
7. “Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.”—Charles R. Swindoll
8. “The best medicine in the world is a mother’s kiss.”—Anonymous
9. “I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”—Mitch Albom
10. “Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.”—Kate Winslet
11. “The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.”—Jodi Picoult
12. “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”—Abraham Lincoln
13. “I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.”—E. M. Forster
14. “A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.”—Cardinal Meymillod
15. “Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their children.”—Maxim Gorky
16. “Mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.”—Emily Dickinson
17. “I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.”—Lance Conrad
Strong Mom Quotes
18. “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
19. “Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.”—Marion C. Garretty
20. “My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis.”—Drew Barrymore
21. “My mother was my role model before I even knew what that word was.”—Lisa Leslie
22. “I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.”—Oprah
23. “If you’re a mom, you’re a superhero. Period.”—Rosie Pope
24. “There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother.”—Sara Josepha Hale
25. “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
26. “My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.”—Michelle Obama
27. “Being a full-time mother is one of the highest-salaried jobs since the payment is pure love.” —Mildred B. Vermont
28. “At the end of the day my most important job is still mom-in-chief.”—Michelle Obama
29. “The world needs our mothers.”—Liya Kebede
30. “The phrase ’working mother’ is redundant.”—Jane Sellman
Mother’s Day Quotes
31. “Mother, the ribbons of your love are woven around my heart.”—Anonymous
32. “We are born of love; love is our mother.”—Rumi
33. “A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.”—Unknown
34. “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.”—Maya Angelou
“My kids are my cardio.”
35. “A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place.” —Amy Tan
36. “If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” —Stevie Wonder
37. “God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.”—Rudyard Kipling
38. “There is no role in life that is more essential than that of motherhood.”—Elder M. Russell Ballard
39. “Mother is a verb. It’s something you do, not just who you are.”—Dorothy Canfield Fisher
40. “Mothers possess a power beyond that of a king on his throne.”—Mabel Hale
41. “Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.”—Susan Gale
42. “A mother’s love is more beautiful than any fresh flower.”—Debasish Mridha
43. “Mother—that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.”—T. Dewitt Talmage
Funny Mom Quotes
44. “I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.”—Phyllis Diller
45. “It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.”—Roald Dahl
46. “May your coffee be stronger than your toddler.”—Unknown
47. “In the end, mothers are always right. No one else tells the truth.”—Randy Susan Meyers
48. “Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.”—Lisa Alther
49. “Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.”—P.J. O’Rourke
50. “It just occurred to me that the majority of my diet is made up of food that my kid didn’t finish…”—Carrie Underwood
51. “Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.”—Unknown
52. “Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.”—Sam Levenson
53. “My sister said once: ‘Anything I don’t want Mother to know, I don’t even think of if she’s in the room.’”—Agatha Christie
54. “If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?”—Milton Berle
55. “A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.”—Tenneva Jordan
56. “When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it’s a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.”—Erma Bombeck
57. “Ah, babies! They’re more than just adorable little creatures on whom you can blame your farts.”—Tina Fey
58. “Silence is golden. Unless you have kids. Then silence is just suspicious.”—Unknown
59. “The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”—Calvin Trillin
60. “Having children is like living in a frat house. Nobody sleeps, everything’s broken, and there’s a lot of throwing up.”—Ray Romano
New Mom Quotes
61. “Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.”—George Eliot
62. “Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.”—Ricki Lake
63. “Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.”—Meryl Streep
64. “Motherhood changes everything.”—Adriana Trigiani
65. “My daughter introduced me to myself.”—Beyoncé Knowles
66. “A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.”—Unknown
67. “Why don’t kids understand that their nap is not for them but for us?”—Alyson Hannigan
68. “You don’t take a class; you’re thrown into motherhood and learn from experience.”—Jennie Finch
69. “Sleep at this point is just a concept, something I’m looking forward to investigating in the future.”—Amy Schumer
70. “You’re always going to wonder if you’re doing things wrong, but that’s what it means to be a mom, to care so much about someone else that you just want to be perfect as possible.”—Naya Rivera
71. “There are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.”—Anne Lamott
Single Mom Quotes
72. “Being a mama can be tough, but always remember in the eyes of your child, no one does it better than you.”—Unknown
73. “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”—Unknown
74. “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
75. “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.”—Jill Churchill
76. “Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had.”—Linda Wooten
77. “I think it’s really important for every mother to find their own way.”—Solange Knowles
78. “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
79. “Being raised by a single mother, I learned to appreciate and value independent women.”—Kenny Conley
Missing Mom Quotes
80. “I love you every day. And now, I will miss you every day.”—Mitch Albom
81. “If I had a single flower for every time I think of you, I could walk forever in my garden.”—Claudia Gandhi
82. “There are no goodbyes, wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.”—Mahatma Gandhi
83. “No daughter and mother should ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them.”—Christie Watson
84. “No matter what age… I’ll always need you mom.”—Unknown
85. “My mother is a never-ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune.”—Graycie Harmon
86. “Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity.”—Terri Guillemets
87. “Mothers hold their children’s hands for a while, but their hearts forever.”—Unknown
88. “A mom’s hug lasts long after she lets go.”—Unknown
STAY-AT-HOME MOM QUOTES THAT ARE JUST TOO RELATABLE.
Being a stay-at-home mom has been the most challenging role of my life, without a doubt! I’ve gathered these stay-at-home mom quotes to provide a mix of inspiration and hilarity to your SAHM days. I hope you can relate to these quotes as much as I do.
SAHM Quotes About The Daily Grind.
“I don’t have a ‘9 to 5’ — I have a ‘when I open my eyes to when I close my eyes.’”
“My alarm clock wears cute jammies and smiles at me when I wake up.” – @little_loulli on Instagram
“On being a stay-at-home mom: Half of the time, I feel like I’m running an insane asylum… the other half, I feel I belong in one.”
“We can’t afford a full-time chef, accountant, nanny, housekeeper, pet sitter, etc. so I’m a stay-at-home mom.”
(But for real — can I get a chef and a housekeeper? That would go a LONG way toward making our house less zoo-like…)
“Being a stay-at-home parent may be a luxury… but it sure isn’t luxurious!”
“If you’re completely exhausted and don’t know how you’re going to keep giving this much of yourself day after day, you’re probably a good parent.” -Bunmi Laditan from The Honest Toddler.
Then there’s the stay-at-home mom “uniform”
“You know you’re officially living Mom Life when changing out of sweatpants and into yoga pants is how you get ready for the day.”
“If it requires real pants and clean hair, I’m out.”
“Life as a stay-at-home mom: A long day is when you go to get into your pyjamas and realize you never changed out of them.”
There are also some stay-at-home mom quotes about your impact (which is, of course, HUGE).
“The best career I’ll ever have, the profession where I’ll never stop learning, and the job that is worth all sacrifices, is being a mother to my children.”
“My favourite people call me mom.”
“The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” J. Picoult
“I might not see it now, but the time I’m investing in my kids does matter.”
“Your influence as a mother is powerful. Don’t waste it. Little eyes are watching you.”
“Kids don’t stay with you if you do it right. It’s the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run.” – B. Kingsglover
And of course, some quotes that acknowledge the struggle is real:
“It’s all messy… my hair, my house, the kids… life.”
“I run a tight shipwreck.”
“The quickest way for a mother to get her children’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.”
“This is my circus, and these are my monkeys.”
“I love you kids so much, but the second your father comes home, I’m going to bust out of here like I’m escaping Alcatraz.”
“Thankful, blessed, and kind of a mess.”
“Parenting is hard, especially trying to be patient with little versions of impatient you.”
“I was going to throw in the towel, but then I remembered how much laundry I already have.”
“Working moms, stay-at-home moms, they’re both extremely hard jobs.” – Hilary Rosen
“I think it’s a tough road if you’re a stay-at-home mom, a working mom, if you have a partner, if you don’t. It’s the best job in the world, and the toughest job in the world all at the same time.” -Angela Kinsey.
“Having kids — the responsibility of rearing good, kind, responsible human beings — is the biggest job anyone can embark on.” – Maria Shriver
“As a mom, you will be criticized whether you work or stay home. Do what is best for your family.”
And where would we be without the quotes that make every stay-at-home mom cringe and possibly want to hurt someone?
“Treasure every moment; it goes by so fast.”
“Why isn’t the house clean and tidy when you’re home all day with the kids? …Because you’re home all day with the kids.”
“All these moms are on Pinterest making their own soap and homemade treats and I’m all like ‘I took a shower and kept the kids alive.’”
“‘My workday is done. I’m finally off work! I’m done for the day!’ – said no stay-at-home mom ever.”
Finally, some stay-at-home mom quotes to remind you that, whatever chaos the day brought, it was all worth it.
“You will never look back on life & think ‘I spent too much time with my kids.’”
“I may not have it together every day, but we are together every day and that’s all that matters.”
“There is no way to be a perfect mother, but a million ways to be a good one.”
“I may not have it together every day, but we are together every day and that’s all that matters.”
“Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.” – C.S. Lewis
“Some days she has no idea how she’ll do it, but every single day, it still gets done.”
“I am leaving a legacy of love.”
“The most important work you will ever do will be within the walls of your own home.” -Harold B. Lee
What’s your favourite quote about stay-at-home motherhood? Let me know in the comments!
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Being a mother is one of the most important and most challenging jobs in the world.
It is also one of the most under-appreciated jobs in the world. This is exactly why we’ve compiled this list of the best stay-at-home mom quotes as a little token of appreciation.
Although it is a very difficult job, being a stay-at-home mom also has some benefits, like you can always be there when your kid needs you and you can spend more time with them. If you’d like to read more quotes, then check out these funny mom quotes and [new mom quotes].
Funny Stay-At-Home Mom Quotes
Here are some funny stay-at-home mom quotes and sayings that’ll help you blow off some steam. These being stay-at-home mom quotes will bring a smile to your face on tough days.
17. “If evolution really works, how come mothers have only two hands?”
– Milton Berle.
18. “I always say if you aren’t yelling at your kids, you’re not spending enough time with them.”
– Reese Witherspoon.
19. “There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it” – Chinese Proverb.
20. “When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.” – Erma Bombeck.
21. “I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.” – Phyllis Diller.
More Funny Stay-At-Home Mom Quotes
“I’ve got it together but forgot where I put it.”
“May your coffee be stronger than your toddler.”
“I’m not a control freak, but you’re doing it wrong.”
“Sorry, I’m not Alexa, don’t tell me what to do.”
“Tired as a mother.”
“Mother of boys… less drama than girls, but harder to keep alive.”
“I was normal 3 kids ago.”
“Chaos coordinator.”
“This is my circus, and these are my monkeys.”
“I run a tight shipwreck.”
“I speak, toddler.”
“Snack dealer, boo boo healer, kiss stealer.”
“But did you die?” #momlife
“I live in a madhouse ran by a tiny army I made myself.”
“Having a weird mom builds character.”
“Messy bun and getting things done.”
“It’s all messy… my hair, my house, the kids… life.”
“Tiny human tamer.”
Quotes About Motherhood
These motherhood quotes best describe a mother’s role in a person’s life.
22. “But kids don’t stay with you if you do it right. It’s the one job where the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run.” – Barbara Kingsolver, ‘Pigs in Heaven.
23. “Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.” – Gail Tsukiyama.
24. “I see myself as a mom first. I’m so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me, or fall apart around me and at least I wake up with my kids and I’m happy.” – Angelina Jolie.
25. “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” – Maya Angelou.
26. “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill.
27. “I don’t know if I feel like a bad mom, but at the end of the day, I’m always plagued with, did I do enough? Should I go in a different direction? But I also know that my entire life revolves around my son.” – Sandra Bullock.
28. “My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me” – R.J. Palacio, ‘Wonder’.
29. “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” – William Makepeace Thackeray.
30. “No man is poor who has a godly mother.” – Abraham Lincoln.
31. “Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” – Susan Gale.
32. “My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.” – Michael Jordan.
33. “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.
34. “I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” – Mitch Albom, ‘For One More Day’.
35. “The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” – Jodi Picoult, ‘House Rules’.
Stay-At-Home Mom Quotes
“The days are long, but the years are short.”
“My favourite people call me mom.”
“Let your father and mother be glad, let her who bore you rejoice.” – Prov. 23:25
“I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” – M. Albom
“I choose you. And I’ll choose you over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heartbeat. I’ll keep choosing you.”
“Grow through what you go through.”
“My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.” – R.J. Palacio
“Motherhood: losing my sanity and my sleep, all in the name of love.”
“My favourite people call me mom.”
“No man is poor who has a godly mother.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.” – Proverbs 31:25-28
“Thankful, blessed, and kind of a mess.”
“The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.” – J. Picoult
“Perhaps it takes courage to raise children..” – John Steinbeck
“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.’” – Proverbs 31:28-31
“But kids don’t stay with you if you do it right. It’s the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run.” – B. Kingsglover
sources: The Wild West3, A Mother Far From Home, Kidadl
