I wouldn't change my marriage because I have eight awesome kids that I would not change.
— Kate Gosselin
I am a strong personality.
Everyone makes mistakes, and they never go unnoticed when you're in the public eye.
I'm not a mom that's going to tell my kids everybody wins.
I'm in the public eye.
With every positive, there is a negative across the board in life. It's about choosing to see the positive and working with the negative.
With a reality show, the bottom line is, there's no plot; there's no finale.
I've learned to deal with stress. In fact, things that would make the next person go over a cliff don't even make my radar anymore.
Walk a day in my shoes and you'd be irritable too.
It's really hard like when people ask me questions like 'So what is your life like?' I mean, I almost feel like saying, 'Do you have 10 years for me to explain it?'
I do a lot on TV.
I feel like I have my life together pretty much, but let be honest; it's going to take a strong person to wrangle this mess.
No matter how much money you have, it's just smart to use coupons. It's like free money in your pocket.
The odds are so against me, one mom and eight kids.
I've been running wherever I can. There's no set plan. At my best, I'm doing 10 miles every other day.
Being bullied was the most difficult part of my early teen years.
God loves each of us equally.
I know that I'm glad to be divorced and on my own.
I have a business-running personality.
You have to be comfortable enough to take what people say about you and laugh.
Winning is fun.
Each day the thought crosses my mind that when they get older, my kids are going to look back and think about how they were raised. I know they will have a lot of questions about things that may not make sense because they were raised so unconventionally.
Many, many people - many parents feel that their decisions are, maybe not, great decisions. Every parent has that, you know, parent guilt of my goal is to produce wonderful, productive individuals and put them out into society.
My faith and my kids are the two things that matter.
A loaf of bread is $3-plus, and you can make an organic loaf of bread - that tastes a hundred times better, by the way - for probably a nickel or a dime.
At the dinner table every night we pray together.
I don't want to be single for the rest of my life. And I felt that way for a long time.
The important thing is that I control my reaction, my behavior, my attitude and my words. What I receive back is not in my control.
I have a crazy work schedule.
Who ever would have thought that I'd be running a marathon? Certainly not me, but it's amazing where life leads you if you're willing to live passionately!
I think I got to the point where a lot of runners end up: You plan another race so you have something to focus on and that's what I do - I focus.
I'm a runner by hobby and by nature of stress relief and staying fit.
Bullying made me feel insecure, alone, ugly, powerless, and hopeless at times.
In this family, we don't see color or preference, we see qualities and hearts.
Drama gets in the way of getting work done.
I'm willing and excited to learn whatever I can.
You have to work really hard to be first place in life.
Manly men have a caring heart for all living things.
My main concern is my kids. And I don't want them to see or hear anything on TV that I didn't discuss with them.
I am seeking to be positive, have integrity, and speak with grace.
I realize that life isn't perfect - it can't be perfect. I can drive myself nuts trying to make it perfect, or I can just have a lot of fun with the kids.
I'm not going to be somebody I'm not.
I feel like I know what my role is as a mom, and I know that there is eight people on the planet that matter to me and their opinions matter. If those eight people say that I've done a good job, honestly the rest doesn't even matter.
There are so many single moms and dads out there, and we are all just trying to pick up the pieces together. It's hard.
I like to have fun, but I don't have a lot of time for myself. I do have eight kids!
One week, I remember saving more than half my grocery bill that week with coupons. I was beyond thrilled.
I am lonely. I clean up the house, put kids to bed and there I sit.
The more you run, the faster you get, and that's more efficient because you're running more in less time.
I use my haters as my motivators.
I've been bullied. A lot.
