Quotes About Fatherhood

But he'd done far braver things in his life—all his life—not the least of which was warming another man's child against his skin while outside the snow poured down, and loving that child so fiercely she became his own. Your daddy.

he had a family in Lincoln, all the way clean over in Nebraska. He'd even showed her the pictures in his wallet of his kids, two little boys in baseball uniforms

akuntala must go to-day; I miss her now at heart; I dare not speak a loving word Or choking tears will start. My eyes are dim with anxious thought; Love strikes me to the life: And yet I strove for pious peace— I have no child, no wife. What must a father feel, when come The pangs of parting from his child at home?

They show their little buds of teeth In peals of causeless laughter; They hide their trustful heads beneath Your heart. And stumbling after Come sweet, unmeaning sounds that sing To you. The father warms And loves the very dirt they bring Upon their little forms.

I'm sure that when my daughter will bring home her first boyfriend, I'll be so intimidating that he'll run away, but embarrassing as well, just to have a bit of fun.

I feel we just assume all fathers who no longer have involvement in their children's lives is through choice. I know, first hand, this is absolutely not the case.

I can't deny the impact of, obviously, becoming a father and having my son come into this world, and even becoming a husband. The irony is that, when people think that in certain ways it softens you, in many ways, I'm more defensive and more on guard and more frightened and more angry at everything in this world now that I have them to worry about.

Making your dad happy is - especially for an Italian Catholic girl, I'll tell you - it feels really good.

I have played father to Jackie Shroff and Rishi Kapoor.

Boys need fathers, and you can't do that in jail.

James is made to be a father. He'll be a brilliant dad.

I grew up not really having a father figure, and it didn't bother me, because he wasn't there in the first place. But then he started other families, and I was jealous. It was like he was happy without our family.

Jeff Garlin is essentially my dad.

You'll hear guys talk all the time about coaches being a father figure. Well I'm 45 years old and I've never met my father. I consider Jerry Tarkanian my father.

My dad, Jim, was 55 when I was born.

Joe Mantegna is like my Los Angeles dad.

I started jogging with my dad when I was five years old.

I want to see the birth of my baby. Hopefully it's a boy. He can play for St. John's.

I was the first BSB dad. I was the first one to join the club.

I want to stay healthy, keep fit, eat well, keep a low profile and be a good dad.

and do I really want a son to carry on my idiocy past the Horned Gates

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

When you get pure joy out of 'being' rather than 'doing' or 'seeing ' that's when you realize how big and unexplainable some things are and being a dad is one of those very few things.

Jesus is saying that we may address the infinite, transcendent, almighty God with the intimacy, familiarity, and unshaken trust that a sixteen-month-old baby has sitting on his father's lap—da, da, daddy.