Best 314 quotes in «fatherhood quotes» category

Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside 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.

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

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

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.

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

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 If things didn't go my way before, I became withdrawn and didn't want to see or listen to anyone.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 is a very natural thing; it's not something that shakes up my life but rather it enriches it.

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

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.

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

Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Most single guys I know think fatherhood is terrifying.

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

My childhood home backed onto wheat and cotton fields.

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

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.'

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.