35 Quotes About Horrible Mothers

Being a mother is a difficult task in life for some. Inadvertently our mistakes can lead to the emotional damage of children. These quotes about horrible mothers capture the challenges and difficulty it takes to forgive one’s parent and meet peace in their life.

“A mother who is obsessing about being thin and dieting and exercising is not going to be a very good mother.”

“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.”

“A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.”

“As you are not yet married, and as marriage is the fundamental state of life as well as the unity of the commonwealth, make up your mind whether you are called to this state. If you make up your mind to marry, do not marry merely a good wife: marry a good mother to your children.”

“Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs… since the payment is pure love.”

“Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.”

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

“I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.”

“I don’t remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping.”

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

“I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I’m a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I am involved in life itself – all of it. And I have a lot of energy and a lot of nerve.”

“I know I’m a really good mother. I know it. I’m a really good mother.”

“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”

“I want to be a good wife, a good mother, a good person.”

“I was raised by a very strict, good mother, so I won’t be getting out of line anytime soon. ”

“I would not be a good mother. I mean, I love being an aunt to my niece and nephew. And I used to want to, like, adopt 10 kids – because I had friends who were adopted, and I thought that was the coolest thing, to be chosen. But again, my job is too selfish.”

“If a good mother is one who loves her child more than anyone else in the world, I am not a good mother. I am in fact a bad mother. I love my husband more than I love my children.”

“If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?”

“If I spread myself too thin, I’m not a good actor, I’m not a good mother, and I’m just really high-strung – and everybody hates me.”

“I’m a good mother. I’m a good person.”

“I’m not a good mother at all.”

“I’m terrible at relationships. I consider myself to be smart and a good mother but it’s taken me this long to realise you don’t have to marry a guy after three days or dump him.”

“I’ve always been a good mother, but I’ve always been in show business, and I’ve been on stage, and I don’t bake cookies and I don’t stay home.”

“Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.”

“Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.”

“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.”

“My current role model is Beyonce. She is such a strong woman. She can do everything. She has kept herself together and has balanced her life perfectly. She is a great singer, great dancer and a great looker and is now a good mother and wife.”

“My mother is a walking miracle.”

“Once upon a time, if you wanted to talk about the notion of child abandonment, of a mother not being a good mother, that’s built into the mother who sends the babes into the woods, and they use the bits of bread or stones to come home again. ”

“Proving I’m a good mother is the one achievement I’m most proud of. It’s brought out the best in me.”

“The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.”

“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”

“We should be the natural home for young mothers. But we’re not. Because too often we sound like people who think the only good mother is a married mother.”

“When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It’s not enough, but it helps.”

“You’ve got a movie where the pro-choice family gives their daughter no choice. The pro-life family murders. What seems to be the good mother, the kind of hippie painter, sweet and cute mother has no love for her daughter really.”

Breaking a bad habit requires a high level of dedication and focus. Having a vision of where you want to be will help you achieve your goal.