Fatherhood Quotes - page 2

Coincident with the right of individual liberty under the provisions of our Government is the right of individual property. The position which the individual holds in the conception of American institutions is higher than that ever before attained anywhere else on earth. It is acknowledged and proclaimed that he has sovereign powers. It is declared that he is endowed with inalienable rights which no majority, however great, and no power of the Government, however broad, can ever be justified in violating. 'The principle of equality is recognized. It follows inevitably from belief in the brotherhood of man through the fatherhood of God. When once the right of the individual to liberty and equality is admitted, there is no escape from the conclusion that he alone is entitled to the rewards of his own industry. Any other conclusion would necessarily imply either privilege or servitude. Here again the right of individual property is for the protection of society. (Calvin Coolidge)
On a deeper level, if our sons are learning they are obscene, disgusting, and untrustworthy, is this the best preparation for fatherhood? And is it the best preparation for becoming a mother -- to feel this way about her son? View quote
Warren Farrell
Men like these-men by the millions-have deepened and defined our very understanding of what is true and just in the wide world from which they came. We know-as our forefathers knew-the firm ground on which our beliefs must stand. Freedom is rooted in the certainty that the brotherhood of all men springs from the Fatherhood of God. And thus, even as each man is his brother's keeper, no man is another's master. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly. View quote
Rod Stewart
Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. View quote
Bill Cosby
Fatherhood is asking your son to make up a name rather than tell anybody who he is. View quote
Bill Cosby
Fatherhood is telling your daughter that Michael Jackson loves all his fans, but has special feelings for the ones who eat broccoli. View quote
Bill Cosby
Fatherhood is helping your children learn English as a foreign language. View quote
Bill Cosby
Fatherhood is a very natural thing; it's not something that shakes up my life but rather it enriches it. View quote
Andrea Bocelli
Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it. View quote
Mike Myers
Older fatherhood isn't all bad: testosterone rates drop about 1% per year as men age, making them less reactive and more patient, and a professionally established middle-aged man is likely to have more time and money to devote to his kids than a twenty-something who's just getting started. (Jeffrey Kluger)
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. View quote
John Benjamin Hickey
Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently its the most difficult thing in the world. View quote
Kelly Slater
Fatherhood isn't always a planned thing, but when it happens you just do it. It's very natural and in that sense it's not really difficult. View quote
Kelly Slater
The transparency men have enjoyed for generations, about their ability to frankly work while also reveling in fatherhood, is still complicated for women. Which is not to say that anyone can have everything. View quote
Mona Simpson
Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person. View quote
Naveen Jain
Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is. View quote
Patti Davis
I walked into the wrong examination room. I'm bad enough at facial recognition... I saw more that day than I cared to. Fortunately, I didn't recognize her from that angle, whoever it was, and I didn't ask. I'm off to a rocky start on the road to fatherhood, but I got a free view. View quote
Simon Helberg
Fatherhood didnt change me in the beginning very much. View quote
Tom Sizemore
[At news that Nelson got himself a counsellor] Harry feels a jealous, resentful pang. His boy is being taken over. His fatherhood hasn't been good enough. They're calling in the professionals. View quote
John Updike
Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth. It is a matter of desire, diligence and determination to see one's family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters. (Ezra Taft Benson)
Fatherhood is wonderful. View quote
Terry Jones
That wild Irish novel (Blackcock's Feather, Maurice Walsh), a wonderful Elizabethan cloak and dagger story, has started me spinning again, those same old threads; the link between begetting and killing, i. e. that sex and death must both be phenomena of fallen Creation...Another odd parallel; the very men who haven't the courage to beget children, to accept fatherhood, are likely to be pacifists on principle, and opponents of the death penalty. What was it that old Afghan, Mahbud Ali, said to Kim: "When I was fifteen I had shot my man and begot my man!".. as representative of God and Christ glorified, consecrated to him, he [the priest] is absolved from these characteristics of fallen humanity, dispensed, raised above them - neither for ascetic reasons, nor on human grounds, but simply because these are the symbols of the Adamite order. View quote
Ida Friederike Görres
All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help. View quote
Nas
Most single guys I know think fatherhood is terrifying. View quote
Jim Gaffigan