Quotes About Fatherhood

I think all men get a macho rise out of the idea of creating a baby on some level, but that doesn't mean they're happy when the big belly and dirty diapers come around.

The look he was going for was Friendly Suburban Dad, because that's what he was, but he suspected he'd achieved only Cialis Guy.

My father, too, sacrificed more than I will ever know. As a little girl, I simply adored him and now that I'm grown, I still have to have my weekly "daddy fix." If you passed me on the freeway on any given weekend, you'd see me taking advantage of my free weekend minutes to talk to him on my cell phone.

We are His children, each knit together as we should be. We must go by the name our Father has given us. Beloved.

The reservedness and distance that fathers keep, often deprive their sons of that refuge which would be of more advantage to them than an hundred rebukes or chidings.

You guys gotta get a license to drive a Geo, but any doofus with a few good swimmers can be a father.

Some men just aren't cut out for paternity. Better they should realize it before and not after they become responsible for a son.

in the clubs at night. He's in a prison. Trapped. In an increasingly dull marriage. Living in a place called "Rose Cottage." A baby on the way. The shattering responsibility of somehow becoming a father. How is he supposed to do that? His own dad never figured it out.

Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.

maybe part of being a good dad is allowing yourself the full range of human emotions, of really living, even if living fully can sometimes be harder than not.

but maybe part of being a good dad is allowing yourself the full range of human emotions, of really living, even if living fully can sometimes be harder than not.

wasn't looking too cheerful. God, and who could blame her? She was about to have a baby and it had all gone pear-shaped with the father;

If I were a man I'd be in the top 1 percent of all fathers. As a mother, I was a complete and total failure.

The man closed his eyes for a moment. Then he whispered, "My little girl was born early yesterday. She's still in the hospital. They couldn't move her." "Well," I said. "That makes it pretty simple. But that's not the same thing as easy, is it.

Do you want to be my dad?

The child was my daughter. It didn't matter that I hadn't known about her or that I had never seen her with my own eyes. There was a child of my blood who needed my help and protection. I was her father. I would die to protect her if need be. End of story.

Maggie nodded to me several times and then said, very seriously, "You're a little scary sometimes. You should know that. Regular dads don't say things like this.

I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's waist, hug him back. I could never reach the whole way around the equator of his body; he was that much larger than life. Then one day, I could do it. I held him, instead of him holding me, and all I wanted at that moment was to have it back the other way.

A mother has nine months to get used to sharing the space where her heart is; for a father it comes on sudden, like a storm that changes the landscape forever.

It's rare you see a single father,..that's why I show my appreciation to the ones that are! Single father's don't get enough credit.

I admire any single father because there are so many fathers who give up on their children, and those who stay, especially ones who do it alone, deserve a lot of praise.

I rather be a single father, raising on my own. I'd hate to be a 'part-time' dad.

If there's one thing I learned as being a single father is to never bash the mother to your kid. Keep them out of it.

Life as a single father has taught me many things. Particularly that love only makes everything easier.