Fatherhood Quotes

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."

Mark Twain

"A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society."

Billy Graham

"Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers and fathering is a very important stage in their development."

Frank Pittman

"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong."

Charles Wadsworth

"I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us."

Umberto Eco

"My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass.' 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'"

Harmon Killebrew

"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters."

George Herbert

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."

Theodore Hesburgh

“I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it's definitely a journey I'm glad to be taking. It's a great learning experience.”

Christopher Meloni

“Fatherhood is the best thing that could happen to me, and I'm just glad I can share my voice.”

Dwyane Wade

“I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, a good leader to those who look up to me.”

Mark Wahlberg

“Being a father helps me be more responsible. You see more things than you've ever seen.”

Kid Rock

“I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.”

Rod Stewart

“I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids.”

Steve Zahn

“Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love.”

Naveen Jain

“My greatest achievement period is, and I'm still trying to achieve it, to be a wonderful father to my kids.”

Bo Jackson

“I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.”

Gordon Brown

“Whenever I fail as a father or husband, a toy and a diamond always works.”

Shah Rukh Khan

“Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.”

Margaret Mead

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

Frank Pittman

“A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.”

Mario Puzo

“We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception.”

“Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle.”