The National Dad's Matter!™ Project
"Dad Quotes™"
These Dad Quotes™ are from fathers and grandfathers
connected to National Dads Matter!™ Project Schools and Programs.
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"If you listen, they look at you in a different way. It’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. If you don’t listen to them, you feel this pain, and you feel this hurt, because you see their face kind of fall, and if you snap, ‘What?!’ or ‘What do you want, I’m trying to work?!’, you see their face fall. I personally can’t deal with that. It hurts me too much." Jesse Lorhan, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
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"I kiss them on the forehead. My kids don’t even bother to get embarrassed. They know to just lean that head forward." Eric Seaman, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
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"I don’t care how you do it, but get involved…. They need your time." Jeff Farmer, Eustis, Florida Get The Down To Earth Dad Monthly Newsletter! |
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"Show them unconditional love. Help them set goals, and just be a positive influence in their life." Robert Bates, Clermont, Florida |
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"It’s just the way my kids look at me. It makes it worth being a father. They really look up to me." Chris McFarland, Leesburg, Florida |
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"I’m a firm believer that parents are the first teachers of their children." Desmond Harris, Leesburg, Florida |
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"Dads have to play a bigger role in their kids’ life because there’s so much going in the world. If you want your kids to have a fair chance in life, you have to make sacrifices. You’re not going to be able to go out all the time. You’re going to have to spend quality time with your kids in order to give them that fair chance in life and lead them in the right direction." Akida Holloway, Leesburg, Florida |
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"You have to make time for your kids. If you don’t have time for your kids, you don’t have time for yourself." Chris Burnett, Eustis, Florida Get The Down To Earth Dad Monthly Newsletter! |
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"A father should be all that he can be and set the example for his children." Reginald Patterson, Clermont, Florida |
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"Keep doing what has to be done. It’s hard to do for a single dad, but keep at it and everything will go alright." Driscoll Davis, Warm Springs, Oregon |
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"Just be there. Be a constant there, no matter what." Kevin Smith, Sr. , Warm Springs, Oregon Get The Down To Earth Dad Monthly Newsletter! |
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"Hey, they’re our kids. Let’s take care of them and give them all the support we can and just let them be kids." Clinton BruisedHead, Warm Springs, Oregon |
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"Show them you love them and pay attention to them. We had a part in bringing them into this world, so t's up to us to take care of them." Anthony Anderson, Warm Springs, Oregon |
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"Your heart has to be involved. Your heart pretty much will lead you where you want to go." Lyle Katchia, Warm Springs, Oregon |
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"There’s nothing more important in life than to spend time and listen to your children." Matthew Robbins, Post Falls, Idaho |
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"I’m not just a father for my own kids; I’m trying to be a father for the community’s kids." Demitrius McLendon, Ozark, Alabama Get The Down To Earth Dad Monthly Newsletter! |
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"If you're working a minimum-wage job, you don't have to buy them everything they want. Just help with their hopes and dreams." Ronald Marshall, Monroe County |
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"Spend time with your children. Listen to them, and be there for them whenever they need you." Vidblain Mora, Troy, Alabama |
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"Even if maybe you’re not with the mother, be a part of their lives. That speaks volumes and it does volumes for them." Tim Fayson , Troy, Alabama Get The Down To Earth Dad Monthly Newsletter! |
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"Make sure they have the best that you can give them. Be a good dad. Take care of them. Take care of your responsibility. " Michael McWilliams, Troy, Alabama |
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