Being A Father Quotes

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  Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

  Bill Cosby

  Family, Fathers Day, Children

  Bill Cosby (1989). “Selected from Fatherhood and Time Flies”, Signal Hill Publications

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

  Kid Rock

  Fathers Day, Dad, Helping

  FaceBook post by Kid Rock from Jun 16, 2013

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• Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

  William Hurt

  Boyfriend, Hurt, Dad

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

  Frank Pittman

  Men, Perfect Parents, Being A Parent

  "Man Enough: Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity". Book by Frank Pittman, www.today.com. 1993.

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• My biggest achievement - besides being drafted into the NBA - was becoming a father. Being a father has made me experience things that have contributed to my maturity and personal growth.

  Dwyane Wade

  Father, Maturity, Nba

  Source: mochamanstyle.com

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• The most important thing about being a father is being able to forgive yourself. If you don't forgive yourself, you're not going to forgive your kids, either.

  Evander Holyfield

  Father, Kids, Forgiving

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• A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.

  Bill Cosby

  Funny, Fathers Day, Children

  Bill Cosby (1987). “Fatherhood”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. ~Tom Wolfe

  Tom Wolfe

  Dad, Children, Father

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• Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us toward it.

  Barack Obama

  Teacher, Father, Men

  Barack Obama's Father’s Day speech, www.nytimes.com. June 15, 2008.

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• Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business.

  Tom Bosley

  Boyfriend, Husband, Dad

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I didn't want to teach my kid how to read, so I used to read to him at night and close the book at the most interesting part.  He said, “What happened then, daddy?”  I said, “If you learn to read, you can find out.  I'm too tired to read.  I'll read to you tomorrow.”  So, he had a need to want to learn how to read.  Don't teach children how to read.  Don't teach them mathematics.  Give them a reason to want it.  In school, they're working ass-backwards.

  Jacque Fresco

  Motivational, Children, Reading

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• People ask me, what special is in my mentorship which has made Malala so bold and so courageous and so vocal and poised? I tell them, don't ask me what I did. Ask me what I did not do. I did not clip her wings, and that's all.

  Ziauddin Yousafzai

  Education, Courage, Wings

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• Who delivered up Jesus to die? Not Judas, for money; not Pilate, for fear; not the Jews, for envy; - but the father, for love!

  Octavius Winslow

  Love, God, Christian

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• Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom.

  Tim Allen

  Friendship, Teamwork, Mom

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

  Jim Valvano

  Inspirational, Basketball, Daughter

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• It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

  Vin Diesel

  Beautiful, Children, Father

  "Vin Diesel: I Want To Be A Good Dad". Parade Magazine Interview, parade.com. August 25, 2008.

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• Being a father is the greatest achievement and the most important thing about me. I have two great kids, no question.

  Ryan Phillippe

  Father, Kids, Two

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• I want to be able to experience everything. I want to experience being a husband, experience being a father, experience, maybe, hopefully, someday being a grandfather, and all those things. I want that experience. When I die, I want to be exhausted.

  Bryan Cranston

  Husband, Father, Want

  "Emmys 2012: 'Breaking Bad' Star Bryan Cranston on Season 5, a 'Bad' Movie, and the Kardashians". Interview with Scott Feinberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 23, 2012.

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• Being a father is an everyday challenge. It goes on and on.

  Dwyane Wade

  Father, Challenges, Everyday

  "Q&A WITH DWYANE WADE: Champion happy to be father figure". Interview with Jill Painter, www.dailynews.com. October 2, 2012.

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• You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.

  Wally Schirra

  Fathers Day, Dad, Hero

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• There should be a children's song: 'If you're happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep'.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Fathers Day, Song, Children

  FaceBook post by Jim Gaffigan from May 09, 2012

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• ...Being a father is the most exciting, amazing thing that ever happened to me.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Dad, Father, Exciting

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• It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.

  Homer

  Children, Dad, Father

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• My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

  Clarence Budington Kelland

  Life, Fathers Day, Children

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• I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

  Umberto Eco

  Fathers Day, Dad, Believe

  Umberto Eco (2007). “Foucault's Pendulum”, p.60, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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