Lydia M. Child Quotes

I'm always going to love my father.

I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.

I don't care how old your children get, you're always a dad.

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

I look at my children and one thing I'm most proud of, in my heart, are my children.

Until you have a son of your own... you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.

Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them.

I have two delightful sons, who I love dearly.

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

It means everything to be a father. I had a father growing up, so I wanted my kids to have a father as well.

Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

My parents loved me. My father used to carry me around on my shoulders. I know my father loved me. All families love their children, and we were good boys.

Dads don't need to be tall and broad-shouldered and clever. Love makes them so.

My kids are just waiting for me at home. I'm their father. They're wondering, 'When's Daddy coming home?'

I would have to say the person with whom I am most in love is definitely my son, Everly Bear. Although I'm his dad, I'm also his friend.

Becoming a father increases your capacity for love and your level of patience. It opens up another door in a person - a door which you may not even have known was there. That's what I feel with my son. There's suddenly another level of love that expands. My son is my greatest joy, out of everything in my life.

Having been a father for 19 years I realise fatherhood has changed me.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

My three children have brought me great joy.

I can't even give my father a proper gift. Every single Father's Day means so much to me. I'm so close to him. He's my big brother, but also my father.

Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.

I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.