Fatherly Responsibility Quotes

We have a number of difficulties facing our nation, but I believe fatherlessness is right at the top of the list.

I'm just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living.

Many of us were raised without a father, and the subject of deadbeat dads hits home in a lot of areas. Most of all, doing a song about being a father to your daughter flies straight in the face of the argument that says hip-hop is misogynistic.

Becoming a father is the natural progression and the next stage after marriage. So the thought of becoming a father is itself an incredible feeling!

The responsibility of a man is to lead his family.

Almost 24 million children - one in three - are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives.

It is my duty to be a father to my kids.

Our public portrayal of fathers has shifted during my life. TV fathers have 'evolved' from real people like Sheriff Andy Taylor, Beaver's dad Ward Cleaver and Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable, to cartoon dads like Homer Simpson and Seth MacFarlane's caricatures in 'American Dad!' and 'Family Guy.'

Dads have been increasingly hands-on for quite a while. And yet, we still insist on portraying dads as bumbling idiots.

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

Interactions between fathers and children are the starting point of education.

I always appreciated that connection between a parent and a kid because I yearned for it so much. Growing up, I wanted a father, and because I've had this idea of what a father should be, it's exciting to finally have the opportunity to try and be that guy, to see if I can actually do it.

The desire to be a good father is really innate. There aren't a lot of movies that depict that relationship because men, we have to pretend that we're not that emotional about it.

Husbands and fathers, get on your knees before God and accept your place as head of your household. You are the prophet from God to your family. This is not a lightweight thing; it takes a commitment on your part to fulfill your responsibilities. Get yourself straight before God, then see to your children.

It must be emphasized that as a father, you are always teaching. For good or ill your family learns your ways, your beliefs, your heart, your ideas, your concerns. Your children may or may not choose to follow you, but the example you give is the greatest light you hold before your children, and you are accountable for that light.

Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.

If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.

When a son tells a dad to trust him, it goes against every instinct in his body to do so.

All my books explore fatherhood. I look at what it means to have a big father figure at the centre: sometimes they're a good father, sometimes bad.

It makes me bounce out of boxing, I put all my spare time into being a dad.