100 Inspiring Quotes for Dating a Single Mom

Dating as a single mom can be a mix of ups and downs. From managing your kids to finding someone special, it’s a journey with lots of feelings and experiences. Sometimes, hearing quotes from others who’ve been there can give you comfort and inspiration.

In this collection of quotes for dating a single mom, we explore words of wisdom and encouragement from people who understand what it’s like to balance love, family, and personal growth. Whether you’re a single mom needing a boost or a partner looking to offer support, these quotes share insights and reflections on the journey of love and parenting.

When You Dating With A Single Mom, Here Are Some Quotes To Make Her Feel Inspired 

“Remember that a single mom is just like any other mom and that our number one priority is still our kids. Any parent does whatever it takes for their kids, and a single mother is no different.” by Paula Miranda

“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.” by Christina Milian

“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.” by Helena Christensen

“Motherhood informs my work 100 percent.”- Jessica Marais

“Motherhood is the ultimate call to sacrifice.”- Wangechi Mutu

“Even though it leaves me sleep-deprived, I love every bit of motherhood.”- Neha Dhupia

“Motherhood has relaxed me in many ways. You learn to deal with crises. 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

“Motherhood is the most challenging as well as the utmost satisfying vocation in this world.”- Nita Ambani

“I pride myself on finding balance. I love making music and I love raising my boys. I find time to make both a priority.” by Sheryl Crow

“Motherhood was the first instance in my life where I was asked to sacrifice anything for anyone.”- Kim Brooks

“Motherhood is… difficult and… rewarding.”- Gloria Estefan

“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

“Single motherhood is an amazing thing; it’s a blessing.”- Kelly Cutrone

“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

“That’s what motherhood is: you’re working; you’re doing 25 different jobs, and you’re not getting paid.”- Melissa Peterman

“Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.”- Geroge Eliot

“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

“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.”- Rudyard Kipling

“The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.”- Henry Ward Beecher

“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.” by Kate Hudson

“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.” by Emma Johnson

“I’m a hustler. I’m a single mom, so whatever I’ve gotta do, I gotta do.”- Sherri Shepard

“The life of a mother is the life of a child: you are two blossoms on a single branch.” – Karen Maezen Miller

“Not all of us can do great things but we can do small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa

“You can be a mess and still be a good mom. You are allowed to be both.”- Unknown

“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

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

“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.”- Unknown

“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.” by Christine Michel Carter

“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.” by Maggie Gallagher

“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.” by Edie Falco

“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.”- Princess Diana

“A child’s first teacher is its mother.”- Peng Liyuan

“Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.”- Ricki Lake

“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.”- Barbara Kingsolver

“Motherhood changes everything.”- Adriana Trigiani

“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.” by Padma Lakshmi

“I know it’s hard being a single parent, but I’d rather do it by myself than with someone who doesn’t want to.”

“One thing I know for sure – this motherhood thing is not for sissies.”- Jennifer Nettles

“Motherhood is nitty and gritty and brutal and wonderful. Sometimes, you’re really in the trenches!”- Constance Marie

“We may not want to say it out loud, but motherhood is hard.”- Stephanie Ruhle

“A single mother has a backbone made of steel and a heart full of gold.”- Unknown

“You do the best you can. Some days you feel really good about yourself and some days you don’t.”- Katie Holmes

“My family is blended and diverse, nutty, and loving and understanding. That’s a family.”- Sandra Bullock

“The loves of my life are my children and my mother. I don’t feel as if I need a man.”- Diane Keaton

“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

“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

“I know how to do anything, I’m a mom.”- Rosanne Barr

“It takes one rad mama to be a father too.”- Unknown

“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.”- Unknown

“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

“When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.”- Mitch Albom

“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them”- Victor Hugo

“A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.”- Cardinal Meymillod

“There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.”- Billy Sunday

“You don’t take a class; you’re thrown into motherhood and learn from experience.”- Jennie Finch

“Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.”- Meryl Streep

“Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.”- Sophocles

“Having kids—the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings—is the biggest job anyone can embark on.” – Maria Shriver

“I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.” – Oprah

“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill

“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

“Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother’s love is not.” – James Joyce

“Each child is biologically required to have a mother. Fatherhood is a well-regarded theory, but motherhood is a fact.” – PJ O’Rourke

“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

“Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one’s own Trojan horse.”- Rebecca West

“With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood.”- Isadora Duncan

“Motherhood was the great equalizer for me; I started to identify with everybody.”- Annie Lennox

“Motherhood has helped me to stop over analyzing things. It’s been liberating because I used to be somewhat neurotic. I attribute that to having something bigger than myself.”- Idina Menzel

“There’s no doubt that motherhood is the best thing in my life. It’s all that really matters.”- Courtney Cox

“Motherhood is the only thing in my life that I’ve really known for sure is something I wanted to do.”- Cynthia Nixon

“Motherhood is a beautiful, wonderful gift… except when it’s not.”- Rachel Hollis

“Just because I am a single mother doesn’t mean I cannot be a success.” – Yvonne Kaloki

“If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think what you do matters very much.” – Jackie Kennedy

“Being a working mother and a working single parent instills in you a sense of determination.” – Felicity Jones

“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. They handled it in a thousand different ways on a thousand different days, but they handled it. Those women are my superheroes.”- Elizabeth Gilbert

“As a single mum you’ll discover inner strengths and capabilities you never knew you had.” – Emma-Louise Smith

“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

“I don’t think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother.” – Mary Louise Parker

“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

“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

“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

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

“Being raised by a single mother, I learned to appreciate and value independent women.” – Kenny Conley

”Respect to all mums doing double duty because of men failing to do their part as dads.” – John Mark Green

”Being a single parent is not a life full of struggles, but a journey for the strong.” – Meg Lowrey

“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

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

“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

“I think it’s really important for every mother to find their own way.” — Solange Knowles

“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.”- Unknown

“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

“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

“I can’t tell you how much I respect all the single parents out there doing it solo” – Jennie Finch

“Only mothers can think of the future because they give birth to it in their children.”- Maxim Gorky

“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

“It’s not single parenthood in and of itself. It’s more about how people parent.” – Sophie Zadeh

“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 family’s well-being.” – Evan Bayh

“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

“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

“Nothing you do for children is ever wasted.” – Garrison Keillor

“The most difficult part of dating as a single parent is deciding how much risk your own child’s heart is worth.” – Daniel Pearce

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

“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

“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

“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.” – Anonymous

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before.” – Rajneesh

“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.” – Unknown

“We are born of love; love is our mother.”- Rumi

“The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms.”- Jodi Picoult

“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”- William Makepeace Thackeray

Dating As A Single Mom Quotes

“Seeing everything you do for your work, family, and friends as we’ve been dating makes me want to be a better person myself.”

“The greatest love is that of a mother, and I hope to someday be worthy of receiving the fierce love you give to everyone in your life.”

“Since we started dating, you’ve challenged me to rise to the occasion. I hope to exceed your expectations.”

“The most beautiful woman in the world is one who loves her children more than herself. To me, you are gorgeous.”

“You are generous, graceful, and good-hearted — everything a mom should be and all that I want in a partner.”

“I treasure every date we have, because I know everything you put on hold to put me first tonight. Thank you for our time together.”

“Helping you and your children is something I love to do. Please let me know when I’m needed.”

“You are the queen of my heart and I can’t wait to make your children part of the royal family.”

“I’m falling for every part of you and all of your children.”

“As we grow closer, not only do my feelings intensify, but so does my respect for all that you do.”

“The energy you have for everyone in your life leaves me in awe. You manage to give everyone your best, from your kids to your coworkers to me. Thank you.”

“It’s time you put yourself first. Let me plan everything for our next date and get ready to be pampered!”

“Your strength is incredible, but I want you to know you can lean on me whenever you need it.”

“Don’t let worries plague your heart. I’m hear to help you with all your worries from parenting to work. I want to share your burdens.”

“The best place to be is surrounded by everyone who loves you. I’ll be at your side whenever you call.”

“Our relationship is special, but I never want to get in the way of your relationship with your kids. I understand they come first.”

“Let me walk beside you and share your life, your children, your joy, your sadness, and your happiness.”

“The greatest gift I can give you is a promise to love you and your children until the end of time.”

“I never felt whole until I met you and your children. Your family completes me in ways I didn’t know were possible.”

“Nothing prepared me for falling in love with you and your kids, and nothing better has ever happened to me.”

“Rays of sunlight dim in the face of everything you are — mother, friend, partner, lover.”

Quotes Dating a Single Mom to Support Her

“Kids bring out the best in me and in them, I see the best of you.”

“Now that I’ve met the objects of your affection, they have quickly become mine as well.”

“Playing a special role in your children’s lives is something I cherish. Thank you for letting me know about them.”

“Your children are a reflection of your dedicated spirit and fierce affection, and I love you all for it.”

“I’m so happy you are a part of my life and that I can be part of your entire family.”

“The best thing in life is to be loved. I’m so grateful to have three of the best humans to love me.”

“A great love calls for a great sacrifice. I love you, your children, and all you’ve done to make our love work.”

“They say children are the future, and I know my future looks fantastic after meeting your kids. They are perfect, just like you!”

“It’s never too late to create a new life, and my love for our lives together is something I want to share with you and your kids forever.”

“Each day, I look forward to learning more about your kids than I knew the day before.”

“The joy in your children’s faces is all I need to see to know that you’re the one for me.”

Hard Quotes on Dating A Single Mom

“Dating as a single mom is like juggling chainsaws. It’s hard, messy, and you pray you don’t end up losing a limb.”

“Dating as a single mom is like walking a tightrope without a safety net. One wrong step, and you could come crashing down.”

“Trying to date as a single mom is like running a marathon on a treadmill. You’re putting in all the effort, but you’re not getting anywhere.”

“Dating as a single mom is like running a marathon with a backpack full of bricks. It’s exhausting, but you keep pushing forward because you know there’s a finish line.”

“Trying to date as a single mom feels like trying to find a needle in a haystack, except the haystack is on fire, and you’re running out of water.”

“Dating as a single mom is like being on a rollercoaster ride that never seems to end. There are ups, downs, and plenty of unexpected twists and turns.”

“Finding love as a single mom is like searching for a diamond in a sea of pebbles. It’s rare, but when you find it, it’s worth all the effort.”

“Dating as a single mom is like trying to find a parking spot in a crowded lot. You circle around, hoping for the best, but most of the time, you end up frustrated.”

“Sometimes, dating as a single mom feels like trying to solve a Rubik’s cube blindfolded.”

“Navigating the dating world as a single mom is like playing a high-stakes game of chess. Every move counts, and there’s no room for error.”

Final Words From Loveable 

Dating as a single mom comes with its ups and downs. The quotes we’ve looked at give some great advice for single moms and those interested in dating them. They remind us to be kind, patient, and understanding in relationships. Whether you’re a single mom or someone thinking about dating one, remember that good communication and respect are really important. Keep an open mind and heart, and you might just find love when you least expect it!