Just some quotes, some humorous, serious, and helpful.
Do not do this one! – After a young couple brought their new baby home, the wife suggested that her husband should try his hand at changing diapers. “I’m busy,” he said. “I’ll do the next one.” The next time came around and she asked again. The husband looked puzzled, “Oh! I didn’t mean the next diaper, I meant the next baby!” Author Unknown
Deuteronomy 6:6-9 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
“Parents have the opportunity to invest not only in their children’s lives but, through them, to invest in the lives of their grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and untold future generations.” Don & Katie Fortune
“It is not how many things you provide for your children. It is what you give them of yourself and the principles of Scripture that can never be taken away.” Charles Stanley
1 Pet 5:6-7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
“A father can shape his children’s understanding of their mother by loving her deeply.” James Dobson
“Words have an awesome impact. The impressions made by a father’s voice can set in motion an entire trend of life.” Gordon Macdonald
“Worry is like a rocking chair – – it gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you anywhere.” Spurgeon
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver 5 minutes longer.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“He who kneels the most stands best.” D.L. Moody
