Random Fatherhood Quotes

“A girl gets the picture of what to be from the way she sees her father react to women in general and to her in particular.”  David Jeremiah

Psalm 127      Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
2      It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.
3      Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
4      Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth.
5      Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

“Train your child in the way in which you know you should have gone yourself.”  Charles H. Spurgeon

“Children are a great comfort in your old age.  And they help you reach it sooner, too.”  M. Lionel Kauffman

“It is impossible to overstate the need for prayer in the fabric of family life.”  James Dobson

“Praise your children openly, reprehend them secretly.”  William Cecil

“If we never have headaches through rebuking our children, we shall have plenty of heartaches when they grow up.”  Charles H. Spurgeon

Eph 6:4    Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.