Best 105 quotes of James Dobson on MyQuotes

My dad and I hunted and fished together. How could I get angry at this man who took the time to be with me?

My legacy doesn't matter. It isn't important that I be remembered. It's important that when I stand before the Lord, he says, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' I want to finish strong.

My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.

No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.

One of the first things you and your fiance need to develop is a meaningful prayer life even before the wedding. My wife, Shirley, and I did that, and the time we have spent on our knees has been the stabilizing factor throughout nearly forty years of marriage.

One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.

One of the problems with sex education... is that it also strips kids - especially girls - of their modesty to have every detail of anatomy, physiology and condom usage made explicit.

[P]ain is a marvelous purifier. . . It is not necessary to beat the child into submission; a little bit of pain goes a long way for a young child. However, the spanking should be of sufficient magnitude to cause the child to cry genuinely.

Prayer and dependence on God has been our history. How unfortunate it is now that an unaccountable and unelected and misguided judge from Wisconsin, Judge Barbara Crabb, has declared National Days of Prayer - established by the Congress - to be unconstitutional.

Real crying usually lasts two minutes or less, but may continue for five. After that point, the child is merely complaining... I would require him to stop the protest crying, usually by offering him a little more of whatever caused the original tears.

Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.

Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for President in my lifetime. I certainly can't vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama based on their virulently anti-family policy positions.

Show me a husband who keeps his thoughts to himself, and I will show you a frustrated wife.

Some strong-willed children absolutely demand to be spanked, and their wishes should be granted. Two or three stinging strokes on the legs or buttocks with a switch are usually sufficient to emphasize the point, 'You must obey me.'

Tell me why it is that a toddler will gag over a perfectly wonderful breakfast of ham, eggs, biscuits, juice, and jelly. But then he will enthusiastically drink the dog's water and play in the toilet. Truly, he is his mother's greatest challenge...; and her most inexpressible joy.

The final heartbeat for the Christian is not the mysterious conclusion to a meaningless existence. It is, rather, the grand beginning to a life that will never end.

The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up.

The Lord doesn't always remove the sources of stress in our lives...but He's always there and cares for us. We can feel His arms around us on the darkest night.

There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and stress at some point.

There is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children.

The right to criticize must be earned, even if the advice is constructive in nature.

The United States has been from the beginning greatly influenced and primarily influenced by the Judeo-Christian system of values.

The universe and everything in it will someday pass away and be made new by the Creator. Therefore, the events of today that seem so important are not really very significant, except for those matters that will survive the end of the universe.

To those who say Ted Bundy should burn forever in eternity I would only say, so should I, so should all of us.

Touching Hearts, Changing Lives.

Traditional Judeo-Christian values literally hang in the balance in America. They can be 'forgotten' in a single generation if they are not taught to children and teenagers... It could happen here if we don't defend what we believe.

Trust involves letting go and knowing God will catch you.

We Americans are living a lifestyle of exhaustion. We don't have time for ourselves, much less for each other and our children.

We are so busy giving our children what we never had that we forget to give them what we did have.

We human beings can survive the most difficult of circumstances if we are not forced to stand alone.

What is the biggest obstacle facing the family right now? It is over-commitment; time pressure. There is nothing that will destroy family life more insidiously than hectic schedules and busy lives, where spouses are too exhausted to communicate, too worn out to have sex, too fatigued to talk to the kids. That frantic lifestyle is just as destructive as one involving outbroken sin. If Satan can't make you sin, he'll make you busy, and that's just about the same thing.

When these parenting years have passed, something precious will have flickered and gone out of my life. Thus, I am resolved to enjoy every day that remains in this fathering era.

You have to work to keep love alive; you have to protect it and maintain it, just like you would a delicate flower.

And I pray that the pieces of her broken world will come back together.

A proper bond between two people is severely damaged if the process is rushed.

Dr. Morris believes, and I strongly agree, that couples are most likely to bond securely when they have not rushed the dating experience. Time is the critical ingredient.

Dr. Morris soon recognized that the difference between successful and unsuccessful marriages can often be traced to how well couples are able to "bond" during the courtship period. By bonding he referred to the process by which a man and woman become cemented together emotionally. It describes the chemistry that permits two previous strangers to become intensely valuable to one another. It helps them weather the storms of life and remain committed in sickness and health, for richer or poorer, for better or worse, forsaking all others until they are parted in death. It is a phenomenal experience that almost defies description.

Fifth and finally, do nothing impulsively. Give God an opportunity to speak. Until He does, stall for time and concentrate on the first four approaches.

He sees those tears in your eyes. He knows the desire of your heart. And you will hear from Him-just in time to take the next step.

If we can prevent just one marriage from disintegrating--or just one child from suffering the loss of a family--our effort will be justified.

If you understand this basic concept, it becomes clear that every spending decision is a spiritual decision. Waste, for example, is not a squandering of our resources. It is a poor use of His.

It has been my observation that whatever a person hungers for, Satan will appear to offer in exchange for a spiritual compromise.

Just continue to "walk in the light" you have been given, and leave the future in God's hands. If He is calling you to do a job, He will make it possible for you to care for your family and overcome any other barriers to that responsibility.

My point is that Satan uses our keenest appetites to tempt us.

Sin has invaded God's creation, and we live now in a fallen world.

Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, that we neglect to give them what we DID have growing up.

Some tragic mistakes are often made by those who acquire the reins of control before their maturity is adequate to handle it.

The bullies literally cram their will down the throats of those who are weaker.

Therefore, a search for God's will should begin on your knees. He will meet you there. Remember that Jesus promised, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7).

They know what they want, but aren't sure how to find it.