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> [“You need to be a "good-enough mom"--attentive, loving, and responsive. No one is the perfect mom. As long as you try to be perfect, you will continue to be insignificant in your own eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-c-schlessinger/you-need-to-be-a-good-enough-mom-attentive-loving-and-responsive-no/)

[Laura C. Schlessinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-c-schlessinger/)

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## More by Laura C. Schlessinger

> [“You need to be a "good-enough mom"--attentive, loving, and responsive. No one is the perfect mom. As long as you try to be perfect,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-c-schlessinger/you-need-to-be-a-good-enough-mom-attentive-loving-and-responsive-no/)

[Laura C. Schlessinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-c-schlessinger/)

> [“And you know, when it comes to a long-term, committed relationship: Love is not enough. There are issues of honor, respect, mutuality, sacrifice, acceptance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-c-schlessinger/and-you-know-when-it-comes-to-a-long-term-committed-relationship-love/)

[Laura C. Schlessinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-c-schlessinger/)

> [“A lousy relationship is never better than no relationship at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-c-schlessinger/a-lousy-relationship-is-never-better-than-no-relationship-at-all/)

[Laura C. Schlessinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-c-schlessinger/)

> [“Procreation has little to do with your needs; it has everything to do with the child's needs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-c-schlessinger/procreation-has-little-to-do-with-your-needs-it-has-everything-to-do/)

[Laura C. Schlessinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-c-schlessinger/)

> [“Perhaps the purpose of life is forged moment by moment. If you're going to wait till you find something "bigger than that" before you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-c-schlessinger/perhaps-the-purpose-of-life-is-forged-moment-by-moment-if-you-re/)

[Laura C. Schlessinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-c-schlessinger/)

> [“Courage is not the lack of fear, it is fear plus action.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-c-schlessinger/courage-is-not-the-lack-of-fear-it-is-fear-plus-action/)

[Laura C. Schlessinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-c-schlessinger/)

> [“Baking bread is as glorious as planting flowers, as doing a cardiac bypass, as teaching a child to read.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-c-schlessinger/baking-bread-is-as-glorious-as-planting-flowers-as-doing-a-cardiac/)

[Laura C. Schlessinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-c-schlessinger/)

> [“You've got to commit to something. I'm not telling you it has to be your life's dream or that it'll get you a Nobel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-c-schlessinger/you-ve-got-to-commit-to-something-i-m-not-telling-you-it-has-to-be/)

[Laura C. Schlessinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-c-schlessinger/)

> [“Self-esteem is earned! When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream, dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts, and friction from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-c-schlessinger/self-esteem-is-earned-when-you-dare-to-dream-dare-to-follow-that/)

[Laura C. Schlessinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-c-schlessinger/)

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