Quotes About Fatherhood

After all, didn't all fathers in their secret hearts harbor a desire to kill their sons?

they rarely look at Baba - the teenagers - and then only with cold indifference, or even subtle disdain, as if my father should have known better than to allow old age and decay to happen to him.

Lagi pula, bukankah semua ayah, di lubuk hati mereka yang terdalam, memiliki keinginan untuk membunuh putra mereka?

My eyes returned to our suitcases. They made me sad for Baba. After everything he'd built, planned, fought for, fretted over, dreamed of, this was the summation of his life: one disappointing son and two suitcases.

Ben presto si sarebbe ritrovato adulto. E allora non ci sarebbe stato modo di tornare indietro, perché l'essere adulto era qualcosa di simile a ciò che suo padre una volta aveva detto a proposito dell'essere un eroe di guerra. Quando si diventa eroe, si muore eroe.

Dia berhenti bicara kepada warga desa, karena dia yakin bahwa mereka menggunjingkannya di belakang punggungnya. Kata mereka, dia pengecut karena dengan suka rela menyerahkan anaknya. Dia tidak pantas menjadi ayah. Ayah sejati akan melawan sang div. Dia akan mati membela keluarganya.

Sang div menggeram dan mengetuk-ngetuk dagu. Aku pernah mengambil banyak anak dari banyak ayh, katanya.

B? không th? tin r?ng mình Ä'ang r?i b? Kabul. B? h?c ? Ä'ây, ki?m ???c công vi?c ??u tiên ? Ä'ây, tr? thành má»™t ng??i b? ? thành ph? này. Th?t l? lùng khi nghÄ© ??n chuy?n ch?ng bao lâu b? s? ng? dÆ°á»›i má»™t b?u tr?i thành ph? khác.

Quá»· d? cÅ©ng chi?u nh?ng m?nh gÆ°Æ¡ng, chi?u ?? làm r?i trí các tín ?? h?i giáo trong lúc c?u nguy?n. Ông luôn qu?c m?t nhìn con trai mình, nói thêm và quá»· d? cÅ©ng c??i hô h? trong khi làm nhÆ° v?y.

Anak-anak harus mengetahui kehebatan ayah mereka.

He had handed his daughter to Caroline Gill and that act had led him here, years later, to this girl in motion of her own, this girl who had decided yes, a brief moment of release in the back of a car, in the room of a silent house, this girl who had stood up later, adjusting her clothes, with now knowledge of how that moment was already shaping her life.

He opened his mouth, then closed it, clearly struggling to find a way to touch his son without hurting him. "Jax…" he whispered, his eyes both young and old—pained and filled with joy.

It is not biology that determines fatherhood. It is love.

When my son came into my life, my priorities changed, because I wanted to have the relationship with him, that I didn't have with my father.

I feel so lucky to have both a son and a daughter, because there's a different relationship with each of them.

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

I love being a dad. Basically it's the most gratifying, rewarding relationship in life. But, at the same time, it certainly is the most challenging.

Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child.

You should express regularly to your wife and children your reverence and respect for her. Indeed, one of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

There is a raging tiger inside every man whom God put on this earth. Every man worthy of the respect of his children spends his life building inside himself a cage to pen that tiger in.

Authentic men aren't afraid to show affection, release their feelings, hug their children, cry when they're sad, admit it when they're wrong, and ask for help when they need it.

Interactions between fathers and children are the starting point of education.

I don't want my kids growing up with the image of God that I had -- Plato's white grandfatherly god -- because that god is not a very good father. When it comes down to it, you can't trust him with your kids.

When a hideous man becomes a father And a son is born to him In the middle of the night He trembles and lights a lamp And runs to look in anguish On that child's face To see who he resembles.