James Dobson Quotes

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• Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.
• Those who control what young people are taught, and what they experience - what they see, hear, think, and believe - will determine the future…
• If a woman plans to terminate her pregnancy, she commonly refers to the life within her as the 'fetus'. But if she intends to deliver…
• Authority is God ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous.
• If you're going through difficult times today, hold steady. It will change soon. If you are experiencing smooth sailing and easy times now, brace yourself.…
• My dad and I hunted and fished together. How could I get angry at this man who took the time to be with me?
• When these parenting years have passed, something precious will have flickered and gone out of my life. Thus, I am resolved to enjoy every day…
• Can't you see the Creator of the universe, who understands every secret, every mystery, sitting patiently and listening to a four-year-old talk to Him? That's…
• It is impossible to overstate the need for prayer in the fabric of family life.
• It will always hurt to be laughed at, snubbed, ignored or attacked by others. But I would remind you that the human personality grows through…
• It is my view that our society can be no more stable than the foundation of individual family units upon which it rests. Our government,…
• We are so busy giving our children what we never had that we forget to give them what we did have.
• Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.
• My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.
• There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and…
• Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and halfway closed there after.
• By learning to yield to the loving authority... of his parents, a child learns to submit to other forms of authority which will confront him…
• Some strong-willed children absolutely demand to be spanked, and their wishes should be granted. . . [T]wo or three stinging strokes on the legs or…
• The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up.
• Communities do not let prostitutes, pedophiles, voyeurs, adulterers, and those who sexually prefer animals to publicly celebrate their lifestyles, so why should homosexuals get such…

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