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  • I confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting — its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies, with the anguish and lamentations of distant families, appealing to me for sons, husbands, and fathers ... it is only those who have never heard a shot, never heard the shriek and groans of the wounded and lacerated ... that cry aloud for more blood, more vengeance, more desolation.

    Husband   Father   Tired  
    Letter to James E. Yeatman on May 21, 1865. "Sherman: Merchant of Terror, Advocate of Peace". Book by Charles Edmund Vetter, p. 289, 1992.
  • I try to be the best husband and father I possibly can. And it doesn't mean I get to spend as much time with my family as I'd like, but I do the best I can. Even if you do get to be an astronaut and get to go and do a lot of interesting things, at some point that will come to an end. If in the process you short change your family or compromise your values along the way, when you get through on the other side, it won't really be worth it. At least not to me.

    Husband   Father   Mean  
  • If homes are going to survive, it will be because husbands and fathers again place their families at the highest level on their system of priorities.

    Husband   Father   Home  
    James C. Dobson (2014). “Straight Talk to Men: Timeless Principles for Leading Your Family”, p.58, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
  • There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it. They are just 'that way' and can only yield to those desires. That is a malicious and destructive lie. While it is a convincing idea to some, it is of the devil. No one is locked into that kind of life. From our premoral life we were directed into a physical body. There is no mismatching of bodies and spirits. Boys are to become men-masculine, manly men-ultimately to become husbands and fathers. No one is predestined to a perverted use of these powers.

    Husband   Lying   Father  
    "To Young Men Only". Boyd K. Packer's Address at the Priesthood Session of General Conference, October 2, 1976.
  • Speaking to the Heart is a great encouragement to men who want to be better husbands and fathers. It is both a practical job description of fatherhood-showing how fathers build strength in their children-and an inspiring call to family leadership. Any father who takes this book to heart and puts its wisdom into action will be known to his children as a great man.

  • I love you Rush Finlay. You are going to be the best husband and father the world has ever known. One day our son’s wife will be thankful that her husband will have had you for a role model. She’ll be lucky because of you. Because you will have raised our son to be the man that you are. He’ll love her completely because he’ll know how.

    Abbi Glines (2014). “The Fallen Too Far Trilogy: Includes Fallen Too Far, Never Too Far and Forever Too Far”, p.450, Simon and Schuster
  • To deny an entire group of people the ability to be legal couples is anti-American and anti-freedom. As a devoted husband and father of two, I can't imagine the state of Minnesota not recognizing my love for my wife Isabelle. We would welcome and respect the equal rights for gays to experience the same joy and privileges of marriage that we do.

    Couple   Husband   Father  
  • I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and father.

    "My family values". Interview With Hilary Whitney, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2009.
  • I think, on the whole that scientists make slightly better husbands and fathers than most of us, and I admire them for it.

    C.P. Snow (2010). “The Physicists”, p.91, House of Stratus
  • I'm a better husband and father than I was a killer.

    "The REAL American Sniper: 'There are no kills that I regret. None at all'" by Laura Connor, www.mirror.co.uk. January 29, 2015.
  • a woman may be called a wife and mother for most of her life, while a man is called a husband and father only at his funeral.

    Mother   Husband   Father  
    Barbara Holland (1996). “One's Company: Reflections on Living Alone”
  • The traditional American husband and father had the responsibilities-and the privileges-of playing the role of primary provider. Sharing that role is not easy. To yield exclusive access to the role is to surrender some of the potential for fulfilling the hero fantasy-a fantasy that appeals to us all. The loss is far from trivial.

    Husband   Father   Hero  
  • Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home.

    Husband   Father   Home  
  • David Shire and I have been happily married for 21 years! We have a 12-year-old son. David is a genius. He writes the most magnificent music and he is a devoted and loving husband and father. I am so blessed!

  • Scouting contributes to a boy's preparation to hold the priesthood of God. Scout leaders have a sacred responsibility. They help boys learn Scouting principles that also help them live the gospel. We thank each leader as they foster faith in Christ and prepare boys to make temple covenants and become a missionary, husband, and father.

  • If more husbands and fathers would put as much energy into their marriages and families as they do their jobs, the world would change.

    Jobs   Husband   Father  
  • Terry Kitchen asked me one time why, since I had so few gifts as a husband and father, I had gotten married. And I heard myself say: "That's the way the post-war movie goes.

    Husband   Father   War  
    Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Bluebeard: A Novel”, p.223, Dial Press
  • Welfare has destroyed the African-American family by telling young black women that husbands and fathers are unnecessary and obsolete. … We have incentivized fornication rather than marriage, and it's no wonder we are now awash in the disastrous social consequences of people who rut like rabbits.

    Husband   Father   People  
    "New reality: You are what you tweet" by Jennifer Martinez, www.politico.com. May 05, 2011.
  • When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result.

  • A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.

  • An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

    Love   Funny   Birthday  
    Attributed in Bennett Cerf, The Life of the Party (1956)
  • Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers.

    Husband   Father   Women  
    Mary Wollstonecraft (1796). “A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects”, p.412
  • And as husbands and fathers and brothers, we have to step up - because every girl’s life matters. Every daughter deserves the same chance as our sons. Every woman should be able to go about her day - to walk the streets or ride the bus - and be safe, and be treated with respect and dignity. She deserves that.

    Girl   Daughter   Brother  
    Barack Obama's Address to the People of India at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi, India, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. January 27, 2015.
  • I know how lucky I am. I never take it for granted. In this country [USA], anything can happen - anybody can be what they want to be. All I ever wanted was to be a good husband and father, a good chef, and to have my own restaurant. And the celebrity was never expected. Wouldn't have even dared dream of it. And here I am. So anyone's dreams can come true. And I'm very, very grateful for everything that's come my way. I thank everyone who enjoys what I do.

    Dream   Country   Husband  
  • Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal.

  • Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist.

    Husband   Father   Hands  
  • I think we all live dichotomies. I'm a father of three boys and a loyal homebody sort of husband and father. And yet I act in movies and write and direct movies.

    Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 31, 2010.
  • I urge the husbands and fathers of this church to be the kind of a man your wife would not want to be without.

    Husband   Father   Men  
  • I really felt that I had accomplished my goals in life. My first passion has always been to be a restaurateur, a good husband and father, and to provide for my family.

    "Interview With Food Network’s Guy Fieri". Interview with Karen Berliner, askmissa.com.
  • Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a watertight excuse for making money hand over fist. Greed may be a sin, exploitation of other people might, on the face of it, look rather nasty, but who can blame a man for 'doing the best' for his children?

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