Quotes About Parenting

The greatest gift I ever had Came from God; I call him Dad!

Only by being permitted to experience the consequences of his actions will the child acquire a sense of responsibility; and within the limits marked by the demands of his safety this must be done.

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.

You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.

The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.

Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.

The most important thing about being a father is being able to forgive yourself. If you don't forgive yourself, you're not going to forgive your kids, either.

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.

My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.

As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.

Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him.

My father was a management genius. But what I really wanted was a dad.

Every father says the same thing: "Where's your mother?"

Well, I don't play heroes obviously. I never played the guy who gets the girl. It might be interesting to do a part where I was a father in a functional family.

To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter; sons have spirits of a higher pitch, but less inclined to endearing fondness.

it is not only unfair but disgustingly cruel that the mother is always held responsible for the illegitimate child, while the father goes scot-free.

Children can find other children to be pals. Children need fathers to be fathers.

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.

In the cafe bathroom drinking free tap water Thinking; "Damn, I should've been a better father to my daughter"

When a father is quick to lose his tempre, his sons are fools.

I'm the father of four daughters.

The fathers greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being.

Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased