Parenting any child comes with its own set of ups and downs. As we navigate our individual journeys, we often need a little encouragement to help us through the day. Here are 53 motivational quotes to inspire you and remind you of life’s possibilities.
Every day offers a chance for a new beginning. As the days ahead unfold, use these uplifting quotes to find inspiration. We are all “traveling our paths,” and we can all benefit from a bit of encouragement. Remember, every day is an opportunity to seek out life’s possibilities. Use these quotes for inspiration as you move forward.
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1. Once you accept that your child will be different, not better or worse…just different, that’s the first step ~ unknown
2. It’s not a Race, It’s a Journey! ~ Cynthia Carr Falardeau
3. Until you have a kid with special needs, you have no idea of the depth of your strength, tenacity, and resourcefulness. ~ unknown
4. Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness ~ George Santayana
5. Special needs parents are the equivalent of Batman, Captain America, and the Incredible Hulk combined with a side of Mary Poppins. ~ unknown
6. Sometimes, the things we can’t change end up changing us. ~ Unknown
7. While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. ~ Angela Schwindt
8 You have a choice each and every single day. I choose to feel blessed. I choose to feel grateful. I choose to be thankful. I choose to be happy. ~ Unknown
9. If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But, whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
10. Parenthood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you’d have. It’s about understanding your child is exactly the person they are supposed to be. And, if you’re lucky, they might be the teacher who turns you into the person you’re supposed to be. ~The Water Giver
11. Sometimes, God doesn’t change your situation because he’s trying to change your heart. ~ Unknown
12. Change happens in increments ~ Mel Robbins
13. Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is, and that there’s going to be a way through it. ~ Michael J. Fox
14. Every survival kit should include a sense of humor. ~ Anonymous
15. Children with special needs aren’t sent to special parents. They make parents special. ~ Unknown
16. Most people see what is and never see what can be. ~ Albert Einstein
17. Our minds are as different as our faces; we are all traveling to one destination—happiness—but few are going on the same road. ~ unknown
18. Pencil it in on the calendar, never pen. Be flexible. ~ Kodi Wilson
19. It’s about progress, not perfection. ~Melissa Cote
20. My kid takes longer to ‘grow up.’ Secretly, that is sort of awesome. ~Rebecca Smith Masterson
21. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller
22. Storms make oaks take root. ~ proverb
23. The disability is not the problem. The accessibility is the problem. ~ Mohamed Jemni
24. Sometimes, the difficult things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us. ~ unknown
25. Your limitation is only your imagination. ~ unknown
26. Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction. ~ unknown
27. Do something today that your future self will thank you for. ~ unknown
28. Sometimes, we’re tested not to show our weaknesses but to discover our strengths. ~ unknown
29. The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles. ~ unknown
30. What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. ~ Oscar Wilde
31. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. ~ Henry David Thoreau
32. Promise me you’ll always remember that You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and loved more than you know. ~ Christopher Robin
33. Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it. ~ Ziad K. Abdelnour
34. Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don’t fit into boxes. ~ Tori Amos
35. Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. ~Confucius
36. Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. ~James Thurber
37. Each child is a different kind of flower, which makes this world a beautiful garden. ~ Unknown
38. It’s not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters. ~ Epictetus
39. Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
40. I wouldn’t change you for the world, but I’ll change the world for you. ~Unknown
41. When you focus on someone’s disability, you’ll overlook their abilities, beauty, and uniqueness. ~ Unknown
42. Embrace the unique way your child is blooming—even if it’s not in the garden you imagined. ~ Jenn Soehnlin
43. Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t. ~ Rikki Rogers
44. Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day. ~ Alice Morse Earle
45. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~ Lao Tzu
46. Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting. ~ Joyce Meyer
47. Love is never about how much you say ‘I love you’ but how much you prove it by what you do. ~ Unknown
48. Sometimes, it’s the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine. ~ Alan Turing
49. The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about. ~ Unknown
50. To the world, you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world. ~ Dr. Seuss
51. Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~ Mark Twain
52. Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. ~ James Baldwin
53. Parenting a child with special needs is not about what you can’t do but what you discover you can. ~Unknown
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