James Dobson Quotes, Thoughts and Images

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Trust involves letting go and knowing God will catch you.

Trust involves letting go and knowing God will catch you.

God's Heart is especially tender toward the downtrodden and the defeated. He knows your name and He has seen every tear you have shed.

God's Heart is especially tender toward the downtrodden and the defeated. He knows your name and He has seen every tear you have shed.

The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up.

The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up.

The right to criticize must be earned, even if the advice is constructive in nature.

The right to criticize must be earned, even if the advice is constructive in nature.

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.

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.

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

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

It is impossible to overstate the need for prayer in the fabric of family life.

It is impossible to overstate the need for prayer in the fabric of family life.

I don't blame homosexuals for being angry when people say they've made a choice to be gay because they don't.

I don't blame homosexuals for being angry when people say they've made a choice to be gay because they don't.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and halfway closed there after.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and halfway closed there after.

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 stress at some point.

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 stress at some point.

Children represent God's most generous gift to us.

Children represent God's most generous gift to us.

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

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

God does not need our money. But you and I need the experience of giving it

God does not need our money. But you and I need the experience of giving it

Loving discipline encourages a child to respect other people and live as a responsible, constructive citizen.

Loving discipline encourages a child to respect other people and live as a responsible, constructive citizen.

Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.

Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.

Marriage succeeds only as lifetime commitment with no escape clauses.

Marriage succeeds only as lifetime commitment with no escape clauses.

You have to work to keep love alive; you have to protect it and maintain it, just like you would a delicate flower.

You have to work to keep love alive; you have to protect it and maintain it, just like you would a delicate flower.

Faith in God - life can never take you by surprise again.

Faith in God - life can never take you by surprise again.