Best 314 quotes in «fatherhood quotes» category

From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament... the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy.

I am very much enjoying the fatherhood phase of my life.

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great going into the life that I was going to have, where you have to start young as a dancer.

I don't think fatherhood's changed me so much as it's conjured protective instincts I've had all along.

I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.

I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks

I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same.

Leading a family is the hardest job a man can ever have.

It is impossible to overstate the need for prayer in the fabric of family life.

It is much easier to become a father than to be one.

It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like.

I won't lie to you, fatherhood isn't easy like motherhood.

I still love making hamburgers on the grill. I guess whenever I eat them childhood memories come up for me.

Most single guys I know think fatherhood is terrifying.

Limiting birth by artificial means is an absurdly wrong step. The consequences of this act are irresponsible fatherhood or frustrated motherhood.

Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently its the most difficult thing in the world.

Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.

My dad has always taught me these words: care and share.

My childhood home backed onto wheat and cotton fields.

My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

Some of the words and symbols and images from childhood will continually be part and parcel of my personality.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Of course there were areas of safety; nothing could get at me if I curled up on my father's lap, holding his ear with one thumb tucked into it... All about him was safe.

On a deeper level, if our sons are learning they are obscene, disgusting, and untrustworthy, is this the best preparation for fatherhood? And is it the best preparation for becoming a mother - to feel this way about her son?

Of course my father was a great influence on me. He taught me how to read.

That really is the best part of being a dad. You remember what's important in life.

There's nothing more life-changing than fatherhood.

The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you're unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.

The power of this experience [fatherhood] can never be explained. It is one of those joyful codings that rumbles in the species far below understanding. When it is experienced it makes you one with all men in a way that fills you with warmth and harmony.

The idea of God holding a grudge against us and needing to be asked to forgive us is an outrage on the Fatherhood of God.

The most urgent domestic challenge facing the United States at the close of the 20th century is the re-creation of fatherhood as a social role for men.

The transparency men have enjoyed for generations, about their ability to frankly work while also reveling in fatherhood, is still complicated for women. Which is not to say that anyone can have everything.

When rappers call each other son it leads me to believe they don't take fatherhood very seriously.

We do not diminish the value of what women or men achieve in any worthy endeavor or career -- we all benefit from their achievements -- but still recognize that there is not a higher good than motherhood and fatherhood in marriage. There is no superior career, and no amount of money, authority or public acclaim can exceed the ultimate rewards of family.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

The visible universe was an illusion or, more precisely, a sophism. Mirrors and fatherhood are abominable because they multiply it and extend it.

Train your child in the way in which you know you should have gone yourself.

When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood.

You can't answer a kid's question. A kid never accepts any answer. A kid never says, 'Oh, thanks. I get it.'... They just keep coming with more questions - why, why, why? - until you don't even know who the fk you are anymore at the end of the conversation. It's an insane deconstruction.

With marriage and fatherhood, I've finally found two fixed points in my life. They've taught me patience. They've also taught me that I don't need to feel guilty about being happy. My emotional seasons are less extreme.

You must sacrifice every thought, every ideology for the good of the nation and for the serenity of our fatherhood.

A father is an animal the moment he loves his public reputation more than his children but the father becomes a father of his children, the moment he loves his children more than his public reputation. Fathers are plenty whereas what we lack today is a selfless father.

80There is no greater influence in the lives of your children than the words you speak over them. The blessing of the father is incredibly potent and powerful. Your words give your children potential. As their father, you are prophesying their future!

According to most studies on the subject, boys who grow up without fathers grow up at a disadvantage.

A child playing with its father screams louder, laughs harder, jumps more eagerly, puts more faith in everything.

A faraway-father is distant from his children; not necessarily in geography, but socially—either by choice or by force. Our country has many fathers who are figuratively-forced far and away from their families. Legal force brings to bear disparate dads through such innovations as no-fault divorce, legal precedence, and post-divorce incrimination. I am one of these parents—portrayed or profiled as 'perpetrator'.

A father knows his child's heart, as only a child can know his fathers.

A father should do more - a father should give more to his children than he takes.