Fathers
Quotes - Being a great father is like shaving
“Many
fathers believe the lie that they play a second-class role to the mother. If
you are a father, I want to remind you that your children want and need you.
You are critical to their well-being and success.”
―
Mandi Hart, Parenting with Courage: Shaping Lives, Leaving a Legacy
“The
importance of fatherhood in our society is gravely underrated; the damage of
fatherless generations is upon us.”
―
ALLENE VANOIRSCHOT, Daddy's Little Girl
“Happy
Fathers Day
To
all the loving , caring,
supportive,
protective, responsible
fathers
out there.
May
God give more
years
to see your children
flourish.
May
he give you enough
strength,
wisdom and more money
to
raise your family.”
― De
philosopher DJ Kyos
“So,
you’re handed a baby and a new name (Daddy) and you now have to choose to
accept the challenge. Here’s the thing. I don’t believe that rejecting it’s an
option. I mean, people DO reject it. But you shouldn’t. You choose then and
there to be a father. And you make that choice, day in and day out to make sure
their needs are met, that the example is set for them, that they are loved,
cherished, corrected, and challenged. You have to choose it.”
―
Josh Hatcher
“Being
a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have
to do it again tomorrow.”
―
Reed B Markham
“I
let his voice be my comfort. It bore no trace of pain or self-pity, carrying
only good humor and softness and just the tiniest hint of jazz. I lived on it
as if it were oxygen. It was sustaining, and it was always enough.”
―
Michelle Obama, Becoming
“Dad
always managed to make everyone laugh. And sometimes that's all you need to
feel better”
―
R.J. Palacio
“If
parenting were an adventure sport, it would be the most courageous sport in the
world. It involves venturing into the unknown, full of unexpected twists and
turns, and is completely unpredictable. It is also
thrilling
and rewarding. Parenting is by far my boldest adventure. I’m not an expert, but
I am a mother who loves her children and I believe in family.
Parenting
is not something you do so much as who you are. You don’t “do” mothering. You
don’t “do” fathering. You are a mother. You are a father. You are in the
process of shaping a life and leaving a legacy.”
―
Mandi Hart, Parenting with Courage: Shaping Lives, Leaving a Legacy
“Remember
the end goal You are trying to make a full grown human capable of surviving in
the wild on their own. You aren't going to keep them forever. You can't make
them live your life for you. You can't coddle them and do everything for them.
You are preparing them to leave you. Don't lose sight of that!”
―
Josh Hatcher
“You
have ONE job as a parent.
Raising
a responsible human being.
If
you don't set high expectations for that human being - the world will have yet
another crappy human being.
Give
them chores. Force them to do them”
―
Josh Hatcher
“I
don’t believe that the rough and tumble nature of children, especially boys is
inherently wrong. We see in nature, bear cubs, deer, goats, puppies, especially
males, play rough with each other. We’re not animals, so we do try to civilize
things a bit, but that rough and tumble play creates an environment where
children are strengthened, and they learn that their bodies endure pain a
certain way. They also learn empathy, when they see that a twisted arm hurts,
they are less likely to twist someone’s arm. This unstructured type of play
isn’t suited for classrooms, where six years olds are expected to sit at a desk
and work for more than eight hours a day, and so it is discouraged. Children do
not have the opportunity to properly express those natural tendencies to
compete, to wrestle, or to express the emotions behind those desires.”
―
Josh Hatcher
“A
dad is a powerful force that guides the path of the universe as he imparts the
strength of his love to his children and family.”
―
Eveth Colley
“And
I think now, as my fiftieth birthday draws near, about the American novelist
Thomas Wolfe, who was only thirty-eight years old when he died. He got a lot of
help in organizing his novels from Maxwell Perkins, his editor at Charles
Scribner’s Sons. I have heard that Perkins told him to keep in mind as he
wrote, as a unifying idea, a hero’s search for a father.
It
seems to me that really truthful American novels would have the heroes and
heroines alike looking for mothers instead. This needn’t be embarrassing. It’s
simply true.
A
mother is much more useful.
I
wouldn’t feel particularly good if I found another father.”
―
Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions
“A
gift was what another person thought of you, and over the years he'd come to
understand, by consensus, that his children saw him as someone who wore a tie
to work, used power tools, played golf and drank scotch, which, while all true,
seemed a superficial view of him. And yet when asked directly, he couldn't say
what he wanted. Nothing.”
―
Stewart O'Nan, Henry, Himself
“With
men, I knew only the reward in patience and how to sustain myself on what could
be. As I had done with my father, I suspended the thoughts in my mind about who
I was and what I liked or didn’t like, to keep these men in my life.”
―
Minda Honey
“That
night, in my sister's bed, I stared at the ceiling and felt the true loss of
our father. Not his money or his house, but the man I sat next to in the car.
He had protected me from the world so completely that I had no idea what the
world was capable of. I'd never thought about him as a child, I had never asked
him about the war; I'd only seen him as my father, and as my father I had
judged him. There was nothing to do about that now but add it to the catalogue
of my mistakes.”
―
Ann Patchett
“if
parenting were an adventure sport; it would be the most courageous sport in the
world. It involves venturing into the unknown, full of unexpected twists and
turns, and is completely unpredictable. It is also
thrilling
and rewarding. Parenting is by far my boldest adventure. I’m not an expert, but
I am a mother who loves her children and I believe in family.
Parenting
is not something you do so much as who you are. You don’t “do” mothering. You
don’t “do” fathering. You are a mother. You are a father. You are in the
process of shaping a life and leaving a legacy.”
―
Mandi Hart, Parenting with Courage: Shaping Lives, Leaving a Legacy
“Start
training and teaching your children young. The later you start, the harder it
is. What you teach them now, for better or worse will be the foundation of the
rest of their lives.”
―
Josh Hatcher
“Fathers!
You have no idea the impact that your example has on the person your child will
become. Everything you say to them will be like a stud or brick in their
construction.
Would
you build a house with crappy supplies? Do you think that you can skimp on
costs and still expect a quality house? Do you think you can just toss it all
together and hope it stands up?
No!
You have to have a plan, the right materials, and careful construction
procedures to build a proper house.
You
can't ignore your kids, or parent without any thought. You can't consistently
lose your temper and insult them and expect them.to grow up healthy and whole.
I'm
not a perfect parent, and you won't be either. But we HAVE to think about what
effect our actions has on them.”
―
Josh Hatcher
