Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued.

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"Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all the way inside."

- Frank Pittman

Love

"Common courtesy plays a big role in happy marriages. People who are permanently married are polite to one another. They don’t want to hurt one another’s feelings, and they don’t try to make the other one feel humiliated. People who are married for life are extremely kind to one another."

- Frank Pittman

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"It is necessary but insufficient to stay married for the children’s sake. It is also necessary to stay happily married for the children’s sake. I’m so glad someone noticed that marriage doesn’t have to make you miserable. It is just so easy to be happy I don’t understand why it isn’t more popular."

- Frank Pittman

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"Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man."

- Frank Pittman

Personal Growth

"The guys who fear becoming fathers don’t understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man."

- Frank Pittman

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"Love sees not with the eyes, but with the heart."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"The spell will be broken, the Beast will cease to exist, and I will become a prince once more, if she can learn to love and be loved in return."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Love is not about finding someone perfect, but about accepting their imperfections."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Love can break even the most powerful of curses."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Love is not a choice, but a force that binds souls together."

- Beauty and the Beast

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