Bullying made me feel insecure, alone, ugly, powerless, and hopeless at times.
Kate Gosselin
Manly men have a caring heart for all living things.
I use my haters as my motivators.
I'm in the public eye.
I struggle because I really don't want to be married again - can you blame me? - but I don't want to be alone.
Being bullied was the most difficult part of my early teen years.
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.
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.
When you look around, and very close trusted people who would never cash you in, for lack of better words, and those people do that and people leave your house and tell completely different stories, you tend not to trust people.
With a reality show, the bottom line is, there's no plot; there's no finale.
The odds are so against me, one mom and eight kids.
I just know that on TV or off TV, I've been very much targeted and torn apart.
I married an Asian. I have eight biracial children, therefore I'm quite certain that I'm the last person that could be called a racist.
I'm willing and excited to learn whatever I can.
I'm not a mom that's going to tell my kids everybody wins.
I would love to be the voice of a cartoon character in a movie for my kids. I think that would be fun.
At the dinner table every night we pray together.
I would love to do co-hosting somewhere to some degree.
I've never quit anything in my life.
I've had a tummy tuck - we all know that.
There are very few people who I can trust. I look at those people and say, Why do you keep coming back?
Walk a day in my shoes and you'd be irritable too.
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.
I do know that no matter what, I know within myself that if I have to work at McDonald's, I will do what it takes to provide for my kids, period.
God loves each of us equally.
I have a lot of responsibility.
Stepping out of the spotlight when it's prudent to do so is a good thing.
I never understood the importance of fans until we struggled and went through tough times.
Everything has good and bad.
Obviously, as parents, we want to do what's best for the kids.
If you take care of yourself and try to look nice, it's reflective of how you feel about yourself.
I'd love to be in a movie at some point.
I've done enough years on TV that I feel like it's a normal, comfortable, natural place to be.
In my real life, hard work, doing my job, working well with others and finding solutions without drama has never gotten me fired before.
In every project I do, I'm unwilling to compromise my values and morals and ethics. That's very important to me.
It doesn't make me feel good to be conniving and manipulative. I can't do that.
It's my attitude! Everybody wants it.
My hair stylist gets calls from all across the country.
My focus is supporting my family and children and whatever way that comes, in a healthy way, I'm gonna do it.
I've lost a lot of control in my life.
Moms don't just sit there cooking everyday and aren't always there to greet their kids at the school bus.
Moms are as versatile as dads.
We can only go forward; we can't go back.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I'm going to be pretty strong until I die.
I struggle with perfection.
Let's face it - being a nurse, a single mom of eight kids, I would not be able to provide for them in any way shape or form.
I am a mother first. I will always be a mother, and I would die for my kids if need be.
Somebody emailed that to me a bit ago saying there was going to be a Kate Gosselin wig. I thought, 'Wow, is that really what my hair looks like?'
I'm raising kids who are going to scrutinize people inside and out.
Once you're a saver, you're always a saver. At the end of the day, it's more money in your pocket.
