Best 314 quotes in «fatherhood quotes» category

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

Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.

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

Being a dad is more important than football.

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

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.

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

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 If things didn't go my way before, I became withdrawn and didn't want to see or listen to anyone.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: 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 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 great because you can ruin someone from scratch.

I am very much enjoying the fatherhood phase of my 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 had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.'

My childhood home backed onto wheat and cotton fields.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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?