First Time Fatherhood Quotes

#1. When faced with first time fatherhood at the age of 49, I didn't know whether to celebrate with champagne ... or hemlock.

Len Filppu

#2. I already have a son
One is enough?
There was a time when I dreamt of having three or four but I rather failed one the fatherhood front didn't I? Some errors don't bear repeating.

Michelle Richmond

#3. I got a very late start at fatherhood. I'm a late bloomer in general. It took me seven years to get through four years of college. I was five years away from 40 before I had a family, and I had never been around kids much at all. All of a sudden, I was around three boys all the time.

Rick Yancey

#4. Dave had been fun when they'd first dated. Then impending fatherhood had sobered him at the same time Mickle and Company had crooked its finger, turning him from Mr. Right to Mr. Wrong.

Cheryl Sterling

#5. You're saying, "What the hell am I gonna do with her?" You're saying, "Shit, did she take her pills?" You're saying, "Once upon a time, I used to have a little girl.

Shannon Celebi

#6. What would it be like to feel so attached, so intrinsically bonded, so protective of one's own best connection with time and the ages, of generations past and future, of another human life, of their time?

J.R. Tompkins

#7. It is our job as parents, to instill principles and values in our children. So that when they depart from you, those principles and values won't depart from them. Mallory Bullard, a street soldier from the old school.

Drexel Deal

#8. The greatest investment you can do in your life is in gaining time.

Pratik Patil

#9. My son, there may be a time when I explain these things to you, because there may be a time when I understand them.

Hanif Kureishi

#10. Stripes on their backs. The twentieth century

Rick Bragg

#11. And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently.

Paul Reiser

#12. Be a dad. Don't be "Mom's Assistant" ... Be a man ... Fathers have skills that they never use at home. You run a landscaping business and you can't dress and feed a four-year-old? Take it on. Spend time with your kids ... It won't take away your manhood, it will give it to you.

Louis C.K.

#13. I think I'm actually built for fatherhood. I love to have a good time and play, but at the same time I've got a really serious side to me, and I think that's the balance you have to have. Get on your kids' level, but at any point in time, let them know who the parent is.

Nick Cannon

#14. A righteous father protects his children with his time and presence.

Howard W. Hunter

#15. I want to be remembered as a great actor - and a shining example of humanity.

Jesse L. Martin

#16. Often, when I'm searching for something, the only way I can find anything is to acknowledge out loud what it is, because I can't see it unless I fully register and envision in my mind what it is I'm looking for.

Cecelia Ahern

#17. The greatest lessons I learned from my father didn't come from lectures or discipline or even time spent together. What has stuck with me is his example. From watching, I chose whether to be or not to be like him.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#18. In the race of life, some win and some loose those who win think they are busy and those who loose remain free.

Santosh Kalwar

#19. Never go for someone that represents something that is more of a fantasy than reality in this crazy world of lonely people, unless it is for the shortest time possible, and unless you have clearly figured out an exit strategy.

Janvier Chouteu-Chando

#20. Fatherhood is not an easy assignment, but it ranks among the most imperative ever given, in time or eternity.

Jeffrey R. Holland

#21. Older fatherhood isn't all bad: testosterone rates drop about 1% per year as men age, making them less reactive and more patient, and a professionally established middle-aged man is likely to have more time and money to devote to his kids than a twenty-something who's just getting started.

Jeffrey Kluger

#22. The task of being right is a task the father perfects over time.

Ben Marcus

#23. It's the responsibility of men of religion to ... present religion as a way of tolerance, not as a cover for bloodshed.

Salam Fayyad

#24. Every dad, if he takes time out of his busy life to reflect upon his fatherhood, can learn ways to become an even better dad.

Jack Baker