What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him Quotes

“The great evangelist George Whitefield once received a letter in which he was brutally criticized by a peer. He was called everything but a preacher. Whitefield, with impeccable clarity, penned the best response to criticism I’ve ever encountered. He wrote his assassin a brief reply: “Thank you sir for your criticism. If you knew about me what I know about me, you would have written a longer letter.”
― Byron Forrest Yawn, What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him

“Sin is intentional and irrational at the same time.”
― Byron Forrest Yawn, What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him

“True joy and fulfillment is found in service to others, not using others.”
― Byron Forrest Yawn, What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him

“Most men are controlled by what others think of them.”
― Byron Forrest Yawn, What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him

“Someone once wrote that our best friends are those who make us most afraid to sin.”
― Byron Forrest Yawn, What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him

“We have to help them understand who they are before they can understand what they should do.”
― Byron Forrest Yawn, What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him

“Parenting is about addressing heart issues. Only the power of God through the gospel has the power to change your children’s hearts.”
― Byron Forrest Yawn, What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him

“When we fail to live up to our own expectations, we’ll despair. When we fail to live up to the expectations of others, we’ll become resentful.”
― Byron Forrest Yawn, What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him

“Sons have an instinct to cover their fathers’ failures. Sons love their dads even when their dads did not love them. It’s part of being a son. It’s also a sign of how sons are doomed to mimic their fathers’ primary failure—denial.”
― Byron Forrest Yawn, What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him

“Humble godly men are the devil’s worst enemy.”
― Byron Forrest Yawn, What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him