James Dobson Quotes

There is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children.

What is the biggest obstacle facing the family right now? It is over-commitment; time pressure. There is nothing that will destroy family life more insidiously than hectic schedules and busy lives, where spouses are too exhausted to communicate, too worn out to have sex, too fatigued to talk to the kids. That frantic lifestyle is just as destructive as one involving outbroken sin. If Satan can't make you sin, he'll make you busy, and that's just about the same thing.

Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.

If homes are going to survive, it will be because husbands and fathers again place their families at the highest level on their system of priorities.

We are so busy giving our children what we never had that we forget to give them what we did have.

Those who control what young people are taught, and what they experience - what they see, hear, think, and believe - will determine the future course for the nation.

Great beginnings are not as important as the way one finishes.

Love is not simply a feeling of romantic excitement; it is more than a desire to marry a potential partner; it goes beyond intense sexual attraction; it exceeds the thrill at having "captured" a highly desirable social prize. Real love is an expression of the deepest appreciation for another human being; it is awareness of his or her needs and longings- past, present and future. It is unselfish, giving and caring.

No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.

The Lord doesn't always remove the sources of stress in our lives...but He's always there and cares for us. We can feel His arms around us on the darkest night.

One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.

A child identifies his parents with God, whether or not the adults want that role. Most children 'see' God the way they perceive their earthly fathers.

Joy comes form knowing God loves me, knows who I am and where I'm going ... that my future is secure as I rest in Him.

Trust involves letting go and knowing God will catch you.

My legacy doesn't matter. It isn't important that I be remembered. It's important that when I stand before the Lord, he says, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' I want to finish strong.

Those who are the happiest are not neccessarily those for whom life has been easiest.

Morality and immorality are not defined by man's changing attitudes and social customs. They are determined by the God of the universe, whose timeless standards cannot be ignored with impunity.

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 later in his life — his teachers, school principal, police, neighbors and employers.

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 a beautiful image of a father.

Tell me why it is that a toddler will gag over a perfectly wonderful breakfast of ham, eggs, biscuits, juice, and jelly. But then he will enthusiastically drink the dog's water and play in the toilet. Truly, he is his mother's greatest challenge...; and her most inexpressible joy.

Show me a husband who keeps his thoughts to himself, and I will show you a frustrated wife.

Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.

Marriage succeeds only as lifetime commitment with no escape clauses.

A good marriage is not one where perfection reigns: it is a relationship where a healthy perspective overlooks a multitude of "unresolvables."