--- title: "9 Children Fathers Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Children Fathers quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Children Fathers sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/melissa-bank-7849_children_we-are-all-children-until-our-fathers-di_498702.png" --- > [We are all children until our fathers die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-bank/we-are-all-children-until-our-fathers-die/) [Melissa Bank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-bank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/melissa-bank-7849_children_we-are-all-children-until-our-fathers-di_498702.png) > [“Many men have children, but not many children have 'Fathers'. Age releases to you reproductive skills. Fatherhood requires LEADERSHIP skills”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-durotoye/many-men-have-children-but-not-many-children-have-fathers-age/) [Fela Durotoye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-durotoye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87c/fela-durotoye-12921_children_many-men-have-children-but-not-many-chil_1696175.jpg) > [“A man is only as rich as the number of children he fathers. After all, what else do we leave behind in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-verghese/a-man-is-only-as-rich-as-the-number-of-children-he-fathers-after-all/) [Abraham Verghese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-verghese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/abraham-verghese-1533_children_a-man-is-only-as-rich-as-the-number-of-c_523312.png) > [“Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/grandchildren-are-the-crown-of-the-aged-and-the-glory-of-children-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74c/anonymous-1_children_grandchildren-are-the-crown-of-the-aged_878552.jpg) > [It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-tilly/it-helps-when-1-can-send-the-children-off-to-their-fathers-so-i-can/) [Meg Tilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-tilly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/928/meg-tilly-26611_book_it-helps-when-1-can-send-the-children-of_289076.jpg) > [Blacks as a group will never be equal while they have this situation going on, where the vast majority of children do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-wax/blacks-as-a-group-will-never-be-equal-while-they-have-this-situation/) [Amy Wax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-wax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/amy-wax-23728_children_blacks-as-a-group-will-never-be-equal-wh_2064016.jpg) > [The happiest and holiest children in the world are the children whose fathers succeed in winning both their tender affection and their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/the-happiest-and-holiest-children-in-the-world-are-the-children-whose/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/john-piper-255_affection_the-happiest-and-holiest-children-in-the_1658732.png) > [For African American children, in particular, the odds are extremely high that they will have a parent or loved one, a relative,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-alexander/for-african-american-children-in-particular-the-odds-are-extremely/) [Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0df/michelle-alexander-750_african-american_for-african-american-children-in-particu_306246.jpg) > [“That women bring home the bacon, fry it up, serve it for breakfast, and use its greasy remains to make candles for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-senior/that-women-bring-home-the-bacon-fry-it-up-serve-it-for-breakfast-and-2/) [Jennifer Senior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-senior/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d1/jennifer-senior-12574_family_that-women-bring-home-the-bacon-fry-it-u_2327336.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children-fathers/#itemlist", "name": "Children Fathers Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are all children until our fathers die.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melissa Bank" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-bank/we-are-all-children-until-our-fathers-die/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/melissa-bank-7849_children_we-are-all-children-until-our-fathers-di_498702.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/melissa-bank-7849_children_we-are-all-children-until-our-fathers-di_498702.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/melissa-bank-7849_children_we-are-all-children-until-our-fathers-di_498702.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are all children until our fathers die.” — Melissa Bank", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Many men have children, but not many children have 'Fathers'. 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Yet how parenting responsibilities get sorted out under these conditions remains unresolved. Neither government nor private business has adapted to this reality, throwing the burden back onto individual families to cope. And while today’s fathers are more engaged with their children than fathers in any previous generation, they’re charting a blind course, navigating by trial and, just as critically, error. 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