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> [Character, not passion keeps marriages together long enough to do their work of raising children into mature, responsible, productive citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/character-not-passion-keeps-marriages-together-long-enough-to-do/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

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## More by Frank Pittman

> [In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers has hadless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/in-colonial-america-the-father-was-the-primary-parent-over-the-past/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [We long for our father. We wear his clothes, and actually try to fill his shoes. . . . We hang on to him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/we-long-for-our-father-we-wear-his-clothes-and-actually-try-to-fill/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [Our ability to fall in love requires enough comfort with our masculinity to join it with someone's femininity and feel enhanced. .. . If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/our-ability-to-fall-in-love-requires-enough-comfort-with-our/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [The mother must teach her son how to respect and follow the rules. She must teach him how to compete successfully with the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/the-mother-must-teach-her-son-how-to-respect-and-follow-the-rules-she/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [Parents can fail to cheer your successes as wildly as you expected, pointing out that you are sharing your Nobel Prize with a couple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/parents-can-fail-to-cheer-your-successes-as-wildly-as-you-expected/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [Every boy was supposed to come into the world equipped with a father whose prime function was to be our father and show us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/every-boy-was-supposed-to-come-into-the-world-equipped-with-a-father/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [At the heart of male bonding is this experience of boys in early puberty: they know they must break free from their mothers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/at-the-heart-of-male-bonding-is-this-experience-of-boys-in-early/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [We know how powerful our mother was when we were little, but is our wife that powerful to us now? Must we relive our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/we-know-how-powerful-our-mother-was-when-we-were-little-but-is-our/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [Mothers who are strong people, who can pursue a life of their own when it is time to let their children go, empower their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/mothers-who-are-strong-people-who-can-pursue-a-life-of-their-own-when/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [Fidelity is the single most important element in solidly enduring marriages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/fidelity-is-the-single-most-important-element-in-solidly-enduring/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [Some parents were awful back then and are awful still. The process of raising you didn't turn them into grown-ups. Parents who were clearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/some-parents-were-awful-back-then-and-are-awful-still-the-process-of/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [To insult a friend implies that you respect his masculinity enough to know he can take it without acting like a crybaby. The swapping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/to-insult-a-friend-implies-that-you-respect-his-masculinity-enough-to/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/fathering-is-not-something-perfect-men-do-but-something-that-perfects/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [Happy people learn that happiness, like sweat, is a by-product of activity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/happy-people-learn-that-happiness-like-sweat-is-a-by-product-of/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

> [In time, after a dozen years of centering their lives around the games boys play with one another, the boys' bodies change and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/in-time-after-a-dozen-years-of-centering-their-lives-around-the-games/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

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