Being A Good Father Quotes

I just want to do the best possible job with everything that I do. But I’m far more concerned with being a good father as opposed to being a good actor because that’s what’s really going to matter.

I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day.

There’s that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?

I’m a good son, a good father, a good husband – I’ve been married to the same woman for 30 years. I’m a good friend. I finished college, I have my education, I donate money anonymously. So when people criticize the kind of characters that I play on screen, I go, ‘You know, that’s part of history.’

Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend?

I believe that acting is a talent while being a great person encompasses so much more: being a good father, a good husband and the ability to show compassion for others.

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.

To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character.

Thirteen, 13 children, and I love – I love them all. And I think I’ve been a good father to all of them.

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.

One thing that prevents a man from being a good father is he hasn’t completed being a boy.

And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience – I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist.