Ed Dobson Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

Marriage succeeds only as lifetime commitment with no escape clauses.

Children represent God's most generous gift to us.

Time goes, you say? Ah, no! alas, time stays, we go.

Trust involves letting go and knowing God will catch you.

I think I've had a very privileged life.

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.

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.

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

The final heartbeat for the Christian is not the mysterious conclusion to a meaningless existence. It is, rather, the grand beginning to a life that will never end.

A boy or girl who knows that love abounds at home will not resent well-deserved punishment. One who is unloved or ignored will hate any form of discipline.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

We human beings can survive the most difficult of circumstances if we are not forced to stand alone.

Love comes unseen; we only see it go.

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

Extreme independence is as destructive to a relationship as total dependence.

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

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

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

God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and work for their election.

It is our uniqueness that gives freshness and vitality to a relationship.

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

My dad and I hunted and fished together. How could I get angry at this man who took the time to be with me?

Touching Hearts, Changing Lives.

We Americans are living a lifestyle of exhaustion. We don't have time for ourselves, much less for each other and our children.

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

If two men or two women can marry, then there is no way a court could deny three men and two women or any combination thereof.

All the seasons run their race In this quiet resting-place; Peach, and apricot, and fig Here will ripen, and grow big; Here is store and overplus - More had not Alcinous!

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 adversity, provided it is not crushed in the process.

'Dare to Discipline' was published in 1970 in the midst of the Vietnam War and a culture of rebellion. The book was written in that context, but the principles of child rearing have not changed.

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 privileges?

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 that remains in this fathering era.

When you let people put you up on a pedestal, you step one step in any direction, and you're going to go down.

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