Mitch Albom Quotes

There is no experience like having children...If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.

My children were the center of my life.

Having and raising children is doing something with your life! ... And I have to say that having your kids is one of the greatest things you can do.

You become responsible for a human being, and a lot of people talk about how they've never felt love like this before. You hear all these things before you have a child, and they're all kind of true. It's just dealing with the overwhelming responsibility of like I'm the protector of this child that affected me the most.

I have three sons, and I think we're both fierce protectors of our children.

I think that when you have kids, it's all about them.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents.

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us.

I'll be a little bummed out if I make it to my 70s and didn't have a kid. I have two dogs and I know how much I love them. I would like to love and raise a kid.

I definitely do want a family. The idea of being a father and providing the type of love, guidance and support that my parents have given me is definitely down the road.

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

Children make your life important.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

I'm the father of four daughters.

When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.

I have learned that raising children is the single most difficult thing in the world to do. It takes hard work, love, luck, and a lot of energy, and it is the most rewarding experience that you can ever have.

It would be incredible to be a dad and raise a family.

To have a child is to be impaled daily on the spike of responsibility.

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

Obviously, for the majority of parents and certainly me you gain a million worlds when you have a child. Certainly, it's the thing that's changed my life and made me unbelievably happy.

My best creation is my children.

I really enjoyed my kids. They were good boys, you know, and interesting. And they didn't wear me out.

Oh, my God. I want to be a mother, and I anticipate loving my children quite fiercely. I think about it all the time, though it's a silly thing to think about because the kind of mother I'll be depends on the kind of children I have. I can't wait to meet them.

I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.