H. Jackson Brown Jr. Quotes

Having a child keeps you very grounded. So when I decided to have a child, I made it clear to the people I work with that my job was no longer my priority.

Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It's the most wonderful thing.

Before children, it's kind of easy to be solipsistic - you and your wife are in this hermetic little thing, and your own desires, wants, needs, tastes dictate your choices. Then, suddenly, all of that's gone.

When you become a father, everything changes.

When you become a pa, you have different priorities now, and you're not living for yourself; you're living for someone else now.

Fatherhood, to me, isn't something you do for awards or acclaim. It's a privilege and a huge responsibility

I think that when you have kids, it's all about them.

Having a child is a lifetime commitment, the biggest one you can possibly make.

The moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus.

You bring children into the world. You love them with heart and soul.

First of all, as a man the most important thing you have in your life now is your child that you're carrying. That's it. Everything else comes second; personally, for me, other than your relationship with God and your wife.

Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one's children.

When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore.

Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.

Kanye is going to have to decide early whether or not he's a Baby Bjorn guy, because the minute you put on that Baby Bjorn, there's no turning back. It's like buying a minivan. You lose a little piece of yourself when you get that Baby Bjorn.

I was in no way ready when my daughter was born. But I want to be a good father to her.

I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.

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

There's nothing more important in my life than my son.

My life has taken on a different course. I've got a responsibility now not just as a husband but as a father.

Some people think that your life changes for the worse when you become a father, but on the contrary, when my daughter was born, she brought light and joy into my life.

Now, to be a father, that changes everything.

I wouldn't take back having a kid for the world.

Fatherhood has changed my whole life.

Having a kid is getting a certain kind of freedom in a way because you can't be self-obsessed anymore.