We all have worries, fears, and feelings of despair now and then. You’re not alone! So many moms struggle with their mental health in some way. And our children are typically a big source of these feelings. But we can do things to help ourselves: We can seek help, pray, get fresh air, exercise, and sleep more to fight for better mental health.
On days when negative thoughts and worry cloud your mind, it’s possible to feel better if you can shift your focus. Here are 25 mental health quotes for moms to help you find some light today.
Inspiring Mental Health Quotes for Moms
1. “Faith is the art of holding on to things in spite of your changing moods and circumstances.” –C.S. Lewis
2. “Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.” –Fred Rogers
3. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.” –Winston Churchill
4. “Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.” –Erik Erikson
5. “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” –Charles Spurgeon
6. “Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, YOU ARE NOT THE RAIN.” –Matt Haig
7. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” –Aristotle
8. “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” –Mother Teresa
9. “Stop worrying about what you aren’t and start being happy about who you are.” –John Hagee
10. “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” –Winston Churchill
11. “Everyone experiences a version of anxiety or worry in their lives, and maybe we go through it in a different or more intense way for longer periods of time, but there’s nothing wrong with you.” –Emma Stone
12. “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.” –Amy March, from Little Women
13. “I am not afraid. I was born to do this.” –St. Joan of Arc
14. “I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.” –Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
15. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” –Robert Louis Stevenson
10 More Mental Health Quotes for Moms
16. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” –Fredrick Douglass
17. “Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.” –St. Francis de Sales
18. “Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” –Corrie ten Boom
19. “This should be the motto of every follower of Jesus Christ: Never stop praying no matter how dark and hopeless it may seem.” –Reverend Billy Graham
For more inspiration, check out our 7 Quick Prayers of Encouragement for Moms.
20. “I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silent hurt more.” –C.S. Lewis
21. “If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl, but by all means, keep moving.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.
22. “We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.” –St. John Paul II
23. “It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships.” –Charles Stanley
24. “Don’t let anything in life leave you perpetually breathless and in angst. The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional.” –Max Lucado
25. “Pray for wisdom to deal with whatever is worrying you. Pray that God will act to change the circumstances according to his will. He doesn’t always do what we want him to, but he knows what’s best for us, and he can be trusted.” –Reverend Billy Graham
Mental health quotes for moms can help us shift our focus. Which ones speak to you?
