A single parent is one of the hardest roles to fill. From taking them to school to making sure they eat right to vetting their potential dates, it\u2019s hard to remember that you can still date, too. Which is why there\u2019s this handy list of single-parent quotes to inspire some conversation. From the painfully funny Louis C.K. to the soccer superstar Dave Beckham to quirky television mom Lorelai Gilmore, this list includes something for every parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can’t believe you won’t flirt with me in front of my own daughter. She’s going to think somethings wrong with me. \u2013 Lorelai Gilmore (Gilmore Girls)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, I took a sabbatical. I walked away from shooting movies because I couldn’t handle the travel. I’m a single parent. I had young kids, and I found that keeping in touch with them from hotel rooms and airports wasn’t working for me. So I stopped. \u2013Rick Moranis (actor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the greatest irony of my life that losing my husband helped me find deeper gratitude\u2014gratitude for the kindness of my friends, the love of my family, the laughter of my children. My hope for you is that you can find that gratitude\u2014not just on the good days, like today, but on the hard ones, when you will really need it. \u2013 Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook COO)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I used to like people more, but now I have children and that changes your life in a lot of ways. Like you spend time with people you never would have chosen to spend time with, not in a million years. I spend whole days with people, I\u2019m like, \u201cI never would have hung out with you. I didn\u2019t choose you. Our children chose each other based on no criteria by the way. They\u2019re the same size. They don\u2019t care who they make me hang out with.\u201d \u2013 Louis C.K. (Comedian\/Actor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most difficult part of dating as a single parent is deciding how much risk your own child\u2019s heart is worth. \u2013Dan Pearce (Blogger at Single Dad Laughing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For me it is a mixture of real, heart, and funny. When you are living with three kids by yourself that is basically how you have to approach life. You have to look for the comedy wherever you can. If not then you will be a heavy drinker and I wasn\u2019t ready for that. \u2013Josh Wolf (Actor\/Writer\/Comedian)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it’s what you want before you commit. \u2013Elizabeth Gilbert (Author of Eat Pray Love)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. \u2013Psalm 68:6<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bedtime makes you realize how completely incapable you are of being in charge of another human being. \u2013Jim Gaffagin (Comedian\/Actor\/Writer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my career there\u2019s many things I\u2019ve won, and many things I\u2019ve achieved. But my greatest achievement is my family. \u2013David Beckham (Soccer Superstar)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just because a single-mom usually can’t be bothered to spend much time on her make-up doesn’t mean that she has given up on romance. \u2014Kemmy Nola (Blogger)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Single parenting is sometimes just a case of sitting around by yourself in mild despair, not knowing what to do. \u2013Simon Van Booy (Author)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you’re gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can’t do parenting right. \u2013Alan Arkin (Actor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some have said that Frankenstein is a story of a bad parenting giving rise to a troubled child. \u2013Dave Morris (Storyteller)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves. \u2013Haruki Murakami (Author)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead of asking if I\u2019ll ever find love again, I remember that I already have the purest love when those two sets of blue eyes look up at me. \u2013Lindsey Light (Writer\/English Professor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are times that things just don\u2019t seem fair and you know what, it\u2019s probably because they aren\u2019t. But you rise above, anyways. \u2013Regan Long (Writer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Secretly we’re all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be. \u2013J.K. Rowling (Writer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can\u2019t regret the life you didn\u2019t lead. \u2013Junot Diaz (Author)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your assumptions about the lives of others are in direct relation to your na\u00efve pomposity. Many people you believe to be rich are not rich. Many people you think have it easy worked hard for what they got. Many people who seem to be gliding right along have suffered and are suffering. Many people who appear to you to be old and stupidly saddled down with kids and cars and houses were once every bit as hip and pompous as you. \u2013Cheryl Strayed (Author)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You go through big chunks of time where you’re just thinking, ‘This is impossible\u2014oh, this is impossible.’ And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible. \u2013Tina Fey (Comedian\/Actor\/Writer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sleep at this point is just a concept, something I’m looking forward to investigating in the future. \u2013Amy Poehler (Comedian\/Actor\/Writer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you\u2019re a father in a marriage, you sort of become the mother\u2019s assistant. And you sort of get a list from her every day and you run down the list and it feels very much like a chore. And a lot of fathers live very much in avoidance, and they sit on the toilet. Or they say \u2018Oh honey, it took me 40 minutes to go to the post office.\u2019 And they just sort of sit in the driveway and heave a big sigh \u2014 \u2018Oh, I have to go back in.\u2019 But then once you take it out on your own … you have to take it all on. And you sort of activate male skills that you didn\u2019t know you could apply to fatherhood. \u2013Louis C.K. (Comedian\/Actor\/Writer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult saying “I want to thank the Nobel Committee for this award.” The other is “You want fries with that?” \u2013Robin Williams (Comedian\/Actor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Has anyone ever noticed that parenting is more like an exercise in crisis management? \u2013Jill Shalvis (author)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I knew going in that being a single parent would be one of the toughest jobs I\u2019d ever have. I\u2019d been a talk-show host, actor, comic, and on and on, but this gig was going to be my defining moment. \u2013Arsenio Hall (comedian\/actor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are men who have scaled Everest who wouldn\u2019t dare to travel with two kids under 3. \u2013Dax Shephard (Comedian\/Actor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m comfortable with the unknown. On expeditions, you have to adapt all the time and be prepared for anything, and that\u2019s what it\u2019s like to be a parent with your first child. On an expedition, things can go sideways pretty quickly, and there are always blank spaces on the map. You can know how you\u2019re getting from Point A to Point B, but Point C \u2013 you\u2019re going to have to figure that out. You have think on your toes, which is the beauty of an expedition. And that\u2019s the adventure of having children \u2013 there\u2019s all these unknowns and spontaneously beautiful moments that you wouldn\u2019t ever get to experience if you didn\u2019t go on this expedition. \u2013Jimmy Chin (adventure photographer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kids can be a pain in the neck when they\u2019re not a lump in your throat. \u2013Barbara Johnson (Writer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they\u2019re going. \u2013P.J. O\u2019Rourke (Journalist)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parenthood is a lot easier to get into than out of. \u2013Bruce Lansky (Children\u2019s author)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Show, don\u2019t tell your kids. Let them see that you actually believe in them, and do not give them a bunch of false praise. \u2013Megyn Kelly (Journalist)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Never underestimate kids\u2019 tenacity. Raising a child is like wrestling a small but relentless opponent. \u2013Stephen Colbert (Comedian\/Writer\/Host of The Late Show)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory bank of our children. \u2013 Charles R. Swindoll (Pastor\/Author\/Educator)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself. \u2013James E. Faust (Lawyer\/Politician\/Religious Leader)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. \u2013Franklin P. Jones (Journalist)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering. \u2013Benjamin Spock (Author\/Pediatrician)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur. \u2013Alvin Toffler (Writer\/Futurist)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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