389 Quotes About Fatherhood

Akhmed’s eight-day-old eyes had held the reflection of ten thousand possible lives. Khassan wasn’t an emotive or superstitious man, and nothing like it had ever happened again, but he had found, layered in the infant’s half-lidded eyes, innumerable, wanting faces, none of which he had recognized.

The greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one is looking.

If there's a perk to having such a fucked up father, it's that he's in no position to judge.

As fathers, we should have a desire to be active participants in our children’s lives.

كان هذا أسلوبه [أبي] في التعامل : التلميح الذي لا يجرح والإيماء الذي لا يحرج. لم يقل لي أبداً "صلّ !" , ولكنه ظل, في كل رسالة تقريباً , يذكّرني بالأحاديث النبوية عن الصلاة. لم يقل لي أبداً "ذاكر !" ، ولكن فرحه بكل نجاح أحقّقه كان أوضح من أن يخفيه. لم يقل أبداً "حسّن خطّك !" ولكني سمعته مرة يقول عن أحد أقربائي بمسمع مني: " ليته يحسّن خطّه !.

I felt something I had never felt before, a mixture of fear and pride. I liked it. This was fatherhood. The biggest mistake anyone could make, and yet universally accepted. I had arrived.

The greatest thing a father can do for his daughter is to love her mother.

He was a father. That’s what a father does.Eases the burdens of those he loves.Saves the ones he loves from painful last images that might endure for a lifetime.

It just isn't possible for you to ask me all the questions, or for me to give you all the answers.