40 Inspirational Quotes for Special Needs Parents
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Parenting is wonderful, but exhausting. And because of that, sometimes we as parents need a little encouragement to help get us through our day. Being a special needs parent is no exception!
I polled special needs parents and asked them for inspirational quotes that they enjoyed and that helped them get through their day as a special needs mom or dad. Below is a list of favorites including a few I love too!
I hope that whether your day going good or bad, these inspirational quotes encourage you to keep going, and that above all you are loved.
40 Inspirational Quotes:
1. “There is always room for hope no matter how hard or impossible it feels.” Katie
2. “Be where you are.” – Tove
3. “I wouldn’t change you for the world, but I would change the world for you!” – Joanie
4. ” I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” – Philippians 4:13
5. “If my child can do it so can I.” – Julie
6. “Miracles happen everyday.” – Jen
7. “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”– Luke 22:42
8. “You can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between.” – David Foster Wallace
9. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” – Douglas Adams
10. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart!” – April
11. “I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble, but take heart I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33
12. “Don’t worry about a thing. ‘Cause everything is gonna be alright.” – Bob Marley
13.“Take one day at a Time. Sometimes it’s one hour at a time.” – Diana
14.“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” – Revelation 21:4
15. “Your child will teach you more than you will ever teach them.” – Melissa
16.“A diagnosis can’t predict the extraordinary love you will have for your child.” – Tara
17. “If God brings you to it, He can bring you through it.” – Aprille
18. “Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quite voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'” – Mary Anne Radmacher
19. “The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about.” – Unknown
20. “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
21. “What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” – Oscar Wilde
22. “God’s plans will always be greater and more beautiful than all your disappointments.” – Unknown
23. “While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” – Angela Schwindt
24. “God has placed you where you’re at in this very moment for a reason. Remember that and trust He is working everything out.” – Uknown
25. “Once you learn to appreciate the small victories there is no need for a finish line.” – Jessica
26. “Sometimes the things we can’t change end up changing us.” – Unknown
27. “If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.” – Corrie Ten Boom
28. “Strength: a river cuts through a rock not because of its power but its persistence.” – Unknown
29. “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. via Miriam
30. “Special needs parents are the equivalent of batman, captain america, and incredible hulk combined with a side of Mary Poppins.” – Uknown
31. “Parenthood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you’d have. It’s about understanding you child is exactly the person they are supposed to be. And, it you’re lucky, they might be the teacher who turns you into the person you’re supposed to be.” – The Water Giver
32. “On particular rough days when I’m sure I can’t possibly endure, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100%. And that’s pretty good.” – Unknown
33. “A diagnosis defines a lot of things, but it doesn’t define love.” – Lexi Behrndt
34. “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” – Reinhold Niebuhr
35. “God didn’t add another day in your life because you needed it, He added it because someone out there needs you.” – Unknown
36. “I saw that you were perfect and so, I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect, and I loved you even more.” – Unknown
37. “Promise me you’ll always remember… you’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and loved move than you know.” – Christopher Robin
38. “There’s something in you that the world needs.” – Unknown
39. “Have patience God isn’t finished yet!” – Unknown
40. “Sometimes God doesn’t change your situation because he’s trying to change your heart.” – Unknown
Is there an inspirational quote that helps you get through your day? What is it?
