Gregory Peck Quotes

You know, I have seven children, so I guess I know some things about life.

As a father of seven kids, and been a kid myself at one point, I realize you don't always make the best decisions every time out. And life is a learning experience.

Things don't have to come to you in your youth. It's fine for them to come to you when you get older. That's a motto in my household.

I will encourage my kids in everything that life has to offer.

As a dad I'm emotionally dedicated but I'm not 'figuring out their life plans'. But of course as I'm telling them about the rights of wrongs I'm thinking back to what I was like at their age.

Being a late bloomer, I really didn't have any interest in children until my late 30s, but I'm so happy I didn't go through life without that experience.

When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years.

I think having children in general is always very helpful for acting.

When I had a kid and I went through my drama and situation, I respected my father more because it kinda made me understand what he went through with me.

Every day is a new journey for me, and I feel like, in my lifetime, I've been blessed to experience such a lot.

I'm currently raising a 15 year old son and an 18 year old daughter, which a guess is my punishment for a wild youth!

Having kids makes you think about the world differently.

I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.

I'm the father of four daughters.

if we are honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that what too many fathers also are is missing – missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it.

That's why I think life is so incredible, right? Anything is possible. You can be one way one day, and then you can have one experience that could be tiny-itty-bitty or big, and it can shift your whole focus and your whole life.

I think having four children made me a good mentor. As a parent, you get to know young people as they mature and grow up and to also learn about some of the difficulties they face.

Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.

I've changed a lot because I am a father.

But the people who give me the best reality check are my children.

I'm a father of three teenage daughters.

I've got a lovely family now, I've got two boys.

You tend to take your journey for granted after a while, but when I pause and look back, I feel blessed that I had so many opportunities.

I think I would have appreciated being at home with my kids a little bit more. Raising a child, surely that in itself is the biggest thing we're ever going to do?

My favorite job is being a father. I have four girls now. They're a captive audience.