Quotes about Fatherhood

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

The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created a child and then, by his absence, left the child fatherless and then Godless.

If God, like a father, denies us what we want now it is in order to give us some far better thing later on. The will of God, we can rest assured, is invariably a better thing.

Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.

What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!

When fathers are tongue tied religiously with their offspring, need they wonder if their children's hearts remain sin tied?

Fathers need to be tough and tender...you be tough for your family, be tender with your family. You protect them, and you be a safe place.

It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.

A child's cry touches a father's heart.

You see, it's one thing to accept Him as Lord, another to recognize Him as Savior - but it's another matter entirely to accept Him as Father.

The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live in a palace without bodyguards, extravagant attire, chandeliers, statues, and other luxuries. He taught me that it is possible to live instead pretty much in the manner of a private citizen without losing any of the dignity and authority a ruler must possess to discharge his imperial duties effectively.

Sally said with wide-eyed innocence, "I think you're pretty too, Pa." Clay seemed taken aback for a moment, then he smiled down at Sally and chucked her under the chin with his gloved fist. "Well, thank you darlin'. I reckon that's about the sweetest thing anyone's ever said to me.