Thomas Carper Quotes

Until you have a child, it's very tempting to look at the state of the world and say, "To hell with it, in 50 years I won't be around anyway." But if you have a child you don't say that, because even if you're not around in 50 years, your children presumably will be, and maybe even their children. You think of yourself as responsible to future generations in a whole different way.

I have two daughters that are the loves of my life and I want to leave them a better world, a better country, a better state and a better city.

I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and enjoy life. That's what I want for my son.

I think that if you walk through this life and I end up being a bad father, then it won't matter anything else I achieved in my life. It will all be irrelevant.

My children are the most important thing in my life.

We cannot change the politics issue until we change the culture around it; until we talk about what parents do for their kids as an act of love. That's a cultural conversation.

I have a son and two daughters, and I care equally about all three of them, and I want the world to be a better place for all of them.

In the fullness of time, when it is our turn to give, we must in turn plant gardens that we may never eat the fruit of, which will benefit the generations to come.

I think it's crucially important to be present in the lives of your children. They are my most important cause that I fight for. But I also feel an added responsibility that I want to leave them a better world than this one that we have now.

My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.

I love my son more than anything. I will do whatever it takes to make sure he is raised the right way.

My son is my routine and priority, period!

Let every mother realize that she has no greater blessing than the children who have come to her as a gift from the Almighty; that she has no greater mission than to rear them in light and truth, in understanding and love.

I have a dream of re-creating the fantastic family I grew up in with my brother and my parents. I am lucky that I have such a good image of family life - my father and mother are still in love, still happy.

Ask any parent what we want for our children, and invariably we say 'a better life.' To that end, we give our time, our sleep, our money, and our dreams, much as our parents did before us. We all want a better life for our children. But what we want for them ceases to matter if we leave them an unlivable world.

When a child does bad things, the parents are always going to love their child even if they do something bad.

I'd like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders of landscapes we helped protect but never had the chance to enjoy ourselves.

If we intend to provide a better life, and a better world, for future generations, we can't ignore the quality of the environment we leave them.

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

I see my boys about 10 days every month. And, yes, they are the most important people in my life.

I don't care if I die - look, I'm old - but you want your kids to have good times and a good life.

I definitely do want a family. The idea of being a father and providing the type of love, guidance and support that my parents have given me is definitely down the road.

When I make a film I'm away from home for two to three months. So I want my kids to look at my films one day and say, I love his movies, I love his choices-because he loved them.

The most important seed I can sow in this life is my children, and the love and knowledge that I can bestow upon them and the help I can give them.