Being a mom is definitely not easy. There are so many ups and downs, and it seems like there’s never a dull moment. But being a mom is also one of the most rewarding experiences, and it’s amazing to watch your children grow up into their own unique individuals. To help you get through those tough times, here are 75 quotes about being a mom that remind us why being a mom is not easy and why it’s all worth it in the end.
Being a Mom Isn’t Easy Quotes
- “Motherhood isn’t for sissies” – Gail Devers
- “The hardest part of being a mom? Letting go.” – Mandy Hale
- “I feel like a milkmaid, but it is worth it.” – Miranda Kerr
- “Without enough sleep, we all become tall 2-year-olds.” – JoJo Jensen
- “What being a parent doesn’t require is being perfect.” – Anna Quindlen
- “Parenthood means being imperfectly perfect all the time.” -Lana Del Rey
- “We all have nipples. I don’t care who I offend; my baby wants to eat.” – Selma Blair
- “Being a mom isn’t an easy job, but it’s definitely my favorite job.” – Lauren Tingley
- “It’s not being easy a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.” -The Golden Girls,
- “I am not a super mom… I’m just being me and doing the best that I can.” – Serena Williams
- “I’m a walking zombie and I think I’m going to be like that for a while.” – Tiffani Thiessen
- “You can be a mess and still be a good mom. We are allowed to be both.” – Katie Bingham Smith
- “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill
- “Being a mother is an honor for all of us–even when it is hard and exhausting!” – Elizabeth Gilbert
- “I know being a mom isn’t always easy… but I’m sure glad we’re in this together!” – Kendra Wilkinson
- “I’m just a girl, stuck under a sleeping child, with a full bladder, and a dying phone.” – Wendy Wisner
- “You are exactly the mother your child needs. Knowing that will change your entire perspective.” Lauren Tingley
- “The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.” – Lane Olinghouse
- “I’m not perfect and that’s perfectly fine because being a mom means never having to be perfect!” –unknown author
- “It would help me a lot if any moms would like to share stories of their kids being mean to them.” – Chrissy Teigen
- “Sleep at this point is just a concept, something I’m looking forward to investigating in the future.” – Amy Poehler
- “As mothers, we don’t always get to decide how we feed our babies, it’s simply our job to feed them.” – Colleen Olson
- “My attitude is, if someone sees a little somethin’ somethin’, don’t look if you don’t like it.” – Kourtney Kardashian
- “Waking your kids up for school the first day after a break is almost as much fun as birthing them was.” – Jenny McCarthy
- “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
- “It just occurred to me that the majority of my diet is made up of the foods that my kid didn’t finish.” – Carrie Underwood
- “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
- “Having kids is like having homework every day for the rest of your life! It never ends however well you do today!!” – Lisa Smith
- “I am not perfect. I have flaws just like everyone else! And that’s okay because being a mother isn’t easy!” – Kim Kardashian West
- “Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had & dealing with fears you never knew existed.” – Michelle Duggar
- “Parenting shifts as your kids shift. The best thing for me has been throwing any kind of parenting manual out of the window.” – Kate Hudson
- “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
- “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
- “We have rules around the house. I always say if you aren’t yelling at your kids you’re not spending enough time with them.” – Reese Witherspoon
- “Grown don’t mean nothin’ to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown. In my heart it don’t mean a thing.” – Toni Morrison
- “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 West
- “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
- “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
- “If I’m talking to the 2-and-a-half-year-old and I’m done, I’ll just be like, ‘We’ve got to switch. I don’t want to talk to this kid anymore.’” – Kristen Bell
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “Them: What’s parenthood like? Me: I spent my Saturday evening picking every bit of parsley off dinner so tiny people stop crying is what it’s like.” – Karen Johnson
- “I had Luca by myself for a few weeks, no help, when Mike [Comrie, her ex-husband] was on the road, and when he got home I was like, “He’s yours! Bye!’” – Hilary Duff
- “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
- “It is truly a blessing. But I’m going to be tired for the rest of my life. When you’re up at 3 o’clock in the morning, and they pee on you, you just have to smile.” – Wanda Sykes
- “Embrace it. Especially because of the lives we live, a lot of times other people have to care for [our kids] and you have to have that mommy time. Get your sleep!” – Jennifer Hudson
- “I bottle fed, I breast fed, and before I knew it, they were all eating stale french fries off the floor of the minivan, and I was like, whatever, thanks for cleaning.” – Joslyn Gray
- “A child of one can be taught not to do certain things such as touch a hot stove, turn on the gas, pull lamps off their tables by their cords, or wake Mommy before noon.” – Joan Rivers
- “Over the years I have learned that motherhood is much like an austere religious order, the joining of which obligates one to relinquish all claims to personal possessions.” – Nancy Stahl
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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!” – Beyonce
- “It isn’t always easy being your mommy; I might get something wrong sometimes but that doesn’t mean I love you any less; that just means that even though I’m trying hard, sometimes mama still needs help!” – Anonymous
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “The hardest part of being a mom? Letting go…of your babies so someone else can raise them right before they get hurt by life, but also letting go of yourself and giving up things like sleep to make sure they have everything in this world that makes them happy too!” – Kelly Clarkson
- “Motherhood requires confidence…a sense of knowing what you are doing doesn’t have an instruction manual but if we love our kids unconditionally then being present for them will make all the difference…and maybe one day they’ll know how hard you tried even when sometimes things didn’t go as planned.” -Mindy Kaling
- “When it comes down to it, parenting isn’t easy at all! You’re constantly making decisions that affect your children long term…and nobody what they’re doing is actually right. But being a parent is one of the most rewarding experiences you’ll ever have, and it’s definitely worth all of those sleepless nights.” – Anonymous
- “The first few months with a baby are so disorienting. I felt like my brain was scrambled eggs, and I think it is, understandably, hard to get dressed or even get out of the house ― you have to go easy on yourself. Having prepared foods in the fridge and freezer was essential because thinking about cooking made me want to cry.” – Reese Witherspoon
- “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
- “There are plenty of healthy foods my kids don’t like! I have typical picky eaters, for sure. I would say we’re in the camp of not mixing flavors and textures more than we are picky about specific foods. I was the pickiest kid ever when I was little, so I try to stay calm when they turn down something I know they would love – but I’m not always successful.” – Jennifer Garner
- “I gave birth to you, but you came with no instructions. All I knew was that I loved you long before I saw you. I know I made some mistakes and for that, I am sorry. I was doing my best I could what I knew. Everything I did for you, I did from LOVE. You are my child, my life and my dreams for tomorrow. I will always love you and there is nothing that could ever destroy my love for you.”
- –“I know it’s hard Mama. I know it can be hard to get up every day and have these little people rely on you. I know it’s hard to feel like sometimes your world is so small. I want to remind you that you are the world. You are the world that those little ones revolve around. You are their nurture, their home and their comfort. You are everything to them, and I hope even on your hard days you know how special you are. Especially to your little people.”-Anonymous
- “Giving birth ain’t nothing compared to breastfeeding! Breastfeeding is brutal. It is chronic physical torture. I thought it was supposed to be this beautiful bonding ceremony, where I would feel like I was sitting on a lily pad in a meadow and bunnies would gather at my feet while the fat-Hawaiian-man version of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ would play. No! It’s not like that at all! Breastfeeding is this savage ritual that just reminds you that your body is a cafeteria now! It don’t belong to you no more.” – Ali Wong
- “As a mother, I know how hard it can be to balance being a good parent and having the time for yourself. It is essential to take care of yourself so that you have something left to give your children each day. Taking time for yourself is not selfish; it is self-care that will benefit everyone around you in the long run.” – Sandra Bullock
- “It is not easy being a mother, but it is always worthwhile. No matter how hard the days get or how overwhelmed you can feel, know that your love for your children will be all worth it in the end. These days will pass and when they do, you’ll have cherished memories that will last a lifetime.” – Unknown
Wrapping Up
We hope you enjoyed these 75 being a mom isn’t easy quotes that make it all worthwhile. Being a mother is one of the most challenging jobs in the world, but it can also be one of the most rewarding experiences. So take a moment and remember why you started this journey in the first place – your love for your children. And don’t forget to take care of yourself too! You are the cornerstone of your family. Without you, everything would crumble. So be sure to give yourself the love and compassion you deserve. Thank you for being a great mom! We appreciate all that you do.
