Boyd K. Packer Quotes

It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.

You know, no matter what I am or what I do for a living, I'm still, you know, the husband and the dad and the protector of the house, and I have to be conscientious about that.

I am glad I have given my family the life I wanted for them. That is my responsibility.

Obviously, having a wife and a daughter is a huge responsibility.

I look after two people - my wife and my son.

Fathers, yours is an eternal calling from which you are never released. Callings in the Church, as important as they are, by their very nature are only for a period of time, and then an appropriate release takes place. But a father's calling is eternal, and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.

I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.

Yeah, I could go rock on the back porch and do crossword puzzles - but I've got six kids, ages 9 to 16, and someone in the family should work. That's me.

I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it's definitely a journey I'm glad to be taking. Number one, it's a great learning experience. When my mother told me it's a 24/7 job, she wasn't kidding.

Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.

When you have children, that's your main focus.

Being a father is a huge responsibility but a satisfying one.

I have to be a father first and a husband first.

My days of being an absentee dad are well and truly over.

As a father and a provider, no stone goes unturned.

Being a husband and a dad are the two most important things in my life.

I don't turn off being a dad. It supersedes being a baseball player.

I'm trying to be the best dad ever. And being a husband is a whole other business itself.

Being a good husband and father... that's the most important thing I'm going to do on this earth.

First and foremost, I am a husband and a father, which is a full-time job.

Guys who feel like it makes you a man to make babies, they're completely misguided. It makes you a man to be a father. And I'm not moralising about marriage or anything. I understand that people split up, and marriages don't work out, and people do the best they can. But if you're going to not be there from the very beginning, then don't do it.

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

I told myself at some point that I've got to hold it down for my family. I can't let work and the check and the money dictate decisions that I truly want to make.

My biggest challenge for myself is to be the best father I can be and be the best husband I can be.

I've got to do what I've got to do, for me, my family and my kids.