Sam Trammell Quotes

Children make you a better everything. Daughters open up a whole different sensibility to you. When you have children, it focuses you on them as opposed to on yourself.

It's amazing, all of the ways that having kids has changed me. I'm a much less selfish person because of them, and compared to who I was before, my patience level seems infinite.

Fatherhood has changed me - it has to change you. It makes you much more aware of the minutiae of life, it's not about your needs any more, its about everyone else's.

Like anyone, you could love someone, and it doesn't mean that you're equipped or you were taught or have the patience or the love or the wherewithal to be a good parent. One has nothing to do with the other.

Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.

You just become more mature as a human being, having a child. The stakes are a lot higher, things are different. It teaches you to be patient and it's changed me a lot.

Fatherhood has changed me, I've become more patient.

Having a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it's motivated me more to give that extra something.

I'm nice. I love people. I love kids; I want kids of my own.

When you become a mother, you think less about yourself and care more about the world.

Just from being with my grandmother, my maturity escalated. And now I'm in tune to the needs of people. It was a large responsibility, taking care of a human being.

Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.

I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids.

My children keep me real and keep me honest.

When you have a kid, it changes your life. It reminds you, this is my life now: I'm responsible for this tiny person. It's so surreal.

Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.

I love being a dad, and I'm good at it. Kids teach you about life, like how not to focus on yourself so much.

Kids teach you a lot of patience.

My first priority is my children. If at any moment I put aside something that I want to do to be a better parent than that is more than okay for me.

Having kids makes you think about the world differently.

Having children is not for everyone, but I think it's a beautiful lesson in it not being all about me anymore. It's a relief, in a way. It's like, this is her story now, and I'm her mom. It's a nice shift.

When you have kids and get older, it goes beyond flowers and chocolate. It's about waking up with a baby, letting her sleep in, and making a coffee for her when she wakes up. To me, being romantic is putting someone else first and thinking about what makes them happy.

I really enjoy taking care of people, and I was really ready to have a kid, so I didn't have to sacrifice anything that I didn't want to give up.

When you have kids, all your plans, everything that you do is for them to have fun.

When you become a father, everything changes.