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Wise man. Kids from the moment they’re born, they fill your heart with love…and terror. Especially little girls. You want to protect them from everything. And they you can’t, you feel like you’ve failed as a father. You’ve saved yourself a lot of pain by not having children.

Without the Fatherhood of God driving our manhood, we become "mad scientists" as we destructively experiment with those in our charge. But because of Jesus there is hope...Through a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, God becomes our Father.

You are born into a family and those are your people, and they know you and they love you, and if you are lucky they even on occasion manage to understand you. And that ought to be enough. But it is never enough. Abe had not been dressing up, styling himself, for all these years because he was trying to prove how different he was from everyone else. He did it in the hope of attracting the attention of somebody else—somewhere, someday—who was the same. He was not flying his freak flag; he was sending up a flare, hoping for rescue, for company in the solitude of his passion. “You were with your people. You found them,” I said. He nodded. “That’s good,” I said. “You’re early.

You cannot begin to understand the failure of marriage—or the living of these ideas commitment or covenant—without considering and factoring in the devaluing of fatherhood. The two are inextricably linked and dependent.

You can’t say you love man as an individual if you have not dealt with the person’s complex personality, his or her unfamiliar habits, disturbing impulses and biological makeup.

Your kids need you to be present - but that doesn’t mean in the building, playing X-Box and yelling at them. Change diapers. Show them how to treat their mother by treating her good yourself. Tell them that you love them. Laugh with them.

You know, Son, sometimes a fellow has to take a licking for doing the right thing. A licking only lasts a short while, even if it's a hard one, but failing to do the right thing will often make a mark on a man that will last forever.

You have ONE job as a parent. Raising a responsible human being. If you don't set high expectations for that human being - the world will have yet another crappy human being. Give them chores. Force them to do them

You know, a man's life is a lot like a boat. If he keeps his sail set right it doesn't make too much difference which way the wind blows or which way the current flows. If he knows where he wants to go and keeps his sail trimmed carefully he'll come into the right port. But if he forgets to watch his sail till the current catches him broadside he's pretty apt to smash up on the rocks.

You’re saying, “What the hell am I gonna do with her?” You’re saying, “Shit, did she take her pills?” You’re saying, “Once upon a time, I used to have a little girl.

Being a dad is more important than football.

You strive all through your life, to get somewhere, to be something, Some One, to matter, to have this, to have that, fill up your life with possessions, bonds, connections and in the end, the greed is still there, one does not want to let go, not unless the great gods come down and say enough is enough, no more......till then all you want is one more day." - Frank Adams

You've given me a bad name I'll only make worse.

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.

Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it.

Christ has given us the most glorious interpretation of life's meaning that man has ever had. The fatherhood of God, the fellowship of the Spirit, the sovereignty of righteousness, the law of love, the glory of service, the coming of the Kingdom, the eternal hope- there was never an interpretation of life to compare with that.

Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.

Dads don't need to be tall and broad-shouldered and clever. Love makes them so.

Every dad, if he takes time out of his busy life to reflect upon his fatherhood, can learn ways to become an even better dad.

Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough.

Fatherhood changes you completely. If things didn't go my way before, I became withdrawn and didn't want to see or listen to anyone. Now, when I arrive home, I see my son and everything is OK. He's the most important thing to me now.

Fatherhood: How God blesses you out of your selfishness and floods your soul with love, all while reminding you how little you know.

Fatherhood is helping your children learn English as a foreign language.

Fatherhood isn't always a planned thing, but when it happens you just do it. It's very natural and in that sense it's not really difficult.

Fatherhood is the most amazing thing that could ever have happened in my life.

Fatherhood, to me, isn't something you do for awards or acclaim. It's a privilege and a huge responsibility

Every single person in jail for a violent crime had a nightmare childhood.

Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things.

Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.

Fatherhood is the best thing that could happen to me, and I'm just glad I can share my voice.

Fatherhood is the unending imperfect task of turning yourself into your dad while secretly maintaining the unbridled elation of your boyhood

Fatherhood is a very natural thing; it's not something that shakes up my life but rather it enriches it.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Most single guys I know think fatherhood is terrifying.

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.