Working Moms Quotes

“I found that when women were able to act in line with their natural inclinations and ambitions -- whether to work or stay at home -- they were generally happy, and generally felt that their children were happy too. Whereas those whose natural inclinations and ambitions had been thwarted -- whether they were working or stay-at-home moms -- were sure that they and their kids would be better off if they changed course, and either went to work or went home. The morality of the situation-- whether they felt it was good or bad for their chidlren-- derived, not from some external sense of the morality of their "choices," but from the amount of happiness generated by any given arrangement.”
― Judith Warner, Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety

“Balance is Impossible; Memories are Better.”
― Marci Fair, TILT - 7 Solutions To Be A Guilt-free Working Mom

“It would have been helpful if there was a Mayo Clinic chapter about the topic of "leaving." Man, I would have read that chapter over and over -- leaving your wailing baby in the morning without wanting to slit your wrists; leaving your desk even though you are only a half hour away from completing something that would feel so good to wrap up; leaving the building so no one notices that you are actually leaving. I was much more interested in honing that skill than learning how to puree apples and carrots to freeze in ice-cube trays (not that I ever did that either). As long as I was a full-time working mother with a clock to punch or a train to catch -- as I would be for eight more years -- I never figured out how to leave with grace or with so-called conviction.”
― Jenny Rosenstrach

“My mother and I get up in the dark. We dress in the dark. We walk down the stairs from the bedroom we share out of the house in the dark. Outside, the street is quiet. Too early for cars or buses, children playing, or others walking. It's too early even for talk that is soft.”
― Georgia Scott, American Girl: Memories That Made Me

“Balance in impossible; memories are better. (TILT-7 Solutions To Be A Guilt-free Working Mom)”
― Marci Fair, TILT - 7 Solutions To Be A Guilt-free Working Mom

“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. But I don't entirely approve of people who get advanced degrees and then decide to stay at home. I think if society gives you the gift of one of those educations and you take a spot in a very competitive institution, then you should do something with that education to help others... But I also don't approve of working parents who look down on stay-at-home mothers and think they smother their children. Working parents are every bit as capable of spoiling children as ones who don't work - maybe even more so when they indulge their kids out of guilt. The best think anyone can teach their children is the obligation we all have toward each other - and no one has a monopoly on teaching that.”
― Will Schwalbe, The End of Your Life Book Club

“Yeah. What do you need, Corrine, to be happy with me and Alice?

She doesn't hesitate. I need to go back to my work, Potter.

Honey, you work, taking care of Alice and me.

Yes, I do. I'd prefer to teach English to a classroom full of hormonal rednecks.”
― Elizabeth Wetmore, Valentine

“The only thing I hate more that being home with Alice all day long is feeling guilty about not wanting to do it. Corrine's voice breaks and she pushes her fist against her mouth. She is trying not to cry, and this makes her even angrier.”
― Elizabeth Wetmore, Valentine

“My dreams weren't just a part of me; they were the core of who I was. They were a gift from God, and if my creator endowed me with something, how could it be wrong? I dug deeper and realized that my desire for growth and work only really felt wrong when I started to worry what other people might think of it. Staying at home can be a beautiful personal choice and life calling- but it wasn't mine. It was what other people wanted for my life. It was culturally what we knew, but that didn't make it right for me.”
― Rachel Hollis, Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

“Sonnet of Single Mother

There is no greater superpower,
In the world than a single mother.
Far superior to the world leaders,
Is the resolve of a single mother.
Wanna learn to build a society?
Wanna become a nation builder?
Spend a couple of months as pupil,
At the feet of a single mother.
Want there to be peace and progress?
Hand social reins to single mothers.
Stand by them as aide with commitment,
Lo and behold, the healing appears.
A mom empowered is a world empowered.
A single mom empowered is creation empowered.”
― Abhijit Naskar, High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

“I find it amazing that suburban women work at all, but work they must. For a new factor has been added to the old suburban formula; the need for ever-increasing amounts of cash.”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, The New Suburban Woman

“Unless a suburban woman is in the relatively rare position of commanding a high salary, and is able to find and afford top-quality child care, she may find herself in a no-win situation”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, The New Suburban Woman

“Even late marriage and childbirth didn't seem to deter this new young population of women from continuing to hold down paid jobs.”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart , Mother Mirror: How a Generation of Women Is Changing Motherhood in America

“Spend less time speaking the words you want your kids to hear and more time demonstrating the life you want your kids to live.”
― Erin Hatzikostas, You Do You(ish): Unleash Your Authentic Superpowers to Get the Career You Deserve

“Pursue your passions, be fit and the rest will follow...”
― Reena Vokoun, The Wellness-Empowered Woman: Living A Passion Fit Life to Elevate Your Health, Happiness, Family, and Career