Train your child in the way in which you know you should have gone yourself.
I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.
Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.
Jesse Jackson also said he thought Barack Obama was talking down to black people by lecturing them on things like fatherhood and being a responsible husband. Jesse thought it was insulting, not only to him, but to his former mistress and their love child.
I love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids forever.
An almost perfect relationship with his father was the earthly root of all his wisdom. From his own father, he said, he first learned that Fatherhood must be at the core of the universe. [speaking of George MacDonald]
The idea of God holding a grudge against us and needing to be asked to forgive us is an outrage on the Fatherhood of God.
Most single guys I know think fatherhood is terrifying.
The visible universe was an illusion or, more precisely, a sophism. Mirrors and fatherhood are abominable because they multiply it and extend it.
Grandfathers do have a special place in the lives of their children's children. They can delight and play with them and even indulge them in ways that they did not indulge their own children. Grandfather knows that after the fun and games are over with his adorable grandchildren he can return to the quiet of his own home and peacefully reflect on this phenomenon of fatherhood.
Universal brotherhood under the fatherhood of God.
I'm about to turn 48, and I think that the closer I get to 50, the more I might be interested in fatherhood. But honestly, I'm not grown up yet myself.
Fatherhood is not an easy assignment, but it ranks among the most imperative ever given, in time or eternity.
I've certainly had less practice at fatherhood than I have at acting, but in fatherhood, at least my failures are private!
With marriage and fatherhood, I've finally found two fixed points in my life. They've taught me patience. They've also taught me that I don't need to feel guilty about being happy. My emotional seasons are less extreme.
You must sacrifice every thought, every ideology for the good of the nation and for the serenity of our fatherhood.
Some of the words and symbols and images from childhood will continually be part and parcel of my personality.
Fatherhood is a very natural thing; it's not something that shakes up my life but rather it enriches it.
I won't lie to you, fatherhood isn't easy like motherhood.
To recover the fatherhood idea, we must fashion a new cultural story of fatherhood. The moral of today's story is that fatherhoodis superfluous. The moral of the new story must be that fatherhood is essential.