"What I’ve realized is that life doesn’t..." - Quote by Barack Obama
What I’ve realized is that life doesn’t count for much unless you’re willing to do your small part to leave our children — all of our children — a better world. Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.
More by Barack Obama
“We created a whole lot of millionaires to boot. Businesses did just fine. And you know there are plenty of patriotic, successful Americans all across the country -- I meet them every day -- who'd be willing to make this contribution again because they understand there is such a thing as the common good. They understand that we're in this thing together.”
“There's no reason why Americans should die when Afghans are perfectly capable of defending their own country.”
“In my heart I know you didn't come here just for me, you came here because you believe in what this country can be. In the face of war, you believe there can be peace. In the face of despair, you believe there can be hope. In the face of a politics that's shut you out, that's told you to settle, that's divided us for too long, you believe we can be one people, reaching for what's possible, building that more perfect union.”
More on Parenting
“Treat your children like the blessings they are or don't have them at all.”
“Everyone is guilty at one time or another of throwing out questions that beg to be ignored, but mothers seem to have a market on the supply. "Do you want a spanking or do you want to go to bed?" Don't you want to save some of the pizza for your brother?" Wasn't there any change?”
“Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.”
More on Fatherhood
“Being a father is sometimes my hardest but always my most rewarding job. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.”
“Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.”
“That is the injustice of a woman's lot. A woman has to bring up her children; and that means to restrain them, to deny them things they want, to set them tasks, to punish them when they do wrong, to do all the unpleasant things. And then the father, who has nothing to do but pet them and spoil them, comes in when all her work is done and steals their affection from her.”