“The greatest gift I have ever had came from God, and I call him Dad!” – anonymous
“Our land is degenerate in these last days; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; and the end of the world is clearly near.” – Assyrian clay tablet 2800 BC
“The joys of parents are secret, as are their pains and fears.” – Francis Bacon, Sr.
“A father is always turning his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman, he turns his back on her again.” – Enid Bagnold
“We never know our parents’ love for us until we become parents.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“I have always considered life as a journey, especially wonderful, sometimes terrifying. In my family and friends I have discovered treasures more valuable than gold.” – Jimmy Buffet
“The father who does not teach his son his duties is just as guilty as the son who neglects them.” – Confucius
“Fatherhood is pretending that the present you love the most is the soap on the string.” – Bill Cosby
“You know, parents just have a way of putting it all together.” – Erika Cosby
“Be nice to your father, because when you were young, who loved you as dearly as he did? He caught the first accents that came off your tongue and joined in your innocent glee.” – Margaret Courtney
“The role model is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents are handing over the scripts of life to their children, scripts that in all likelihood will be played out for the rest of the children’s lives.” – Stephen R. Covey
“What a terrible thing it must be to have a boring father.” – Dodge of Mary Mapes
“For her, the father’s name was another name for love.” – Fanny Fern
“Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach.” – Arnold Glasow
“When Charles first saw our daughter Mary, he said all the appropriate things for a new father. He looked at the poor little red thing and blurted out, ‘It’s more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge.’ – Helen Hayes
“To be a successful parent … there is one absolute rule: When you have a child, don’t look at him for the first two years.” – Ernest Hemingway
“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family, all wrapped up in each other.” – Burton Hillis
“I am not caused by my history, my parents, my childhood and my development. These are mirrors in which I can glimpse my image.” – James Hillman
“There are parents who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.” – Victor Hugo
“You have to do your own cultivation, no matter how tall your grandfather is.” – Irish proverb
“Any lumberjack can tell you that in a broken and shattered nest, you can hardly find more than precious whole eggs. The same goes for family.” – Thomas Jefferson
“My dear father; my dear friend; the best and wisest man I have ever known, who taught me many lessons and showed me many things as we walked together on the country roads.” – Sarah Orne Jewett
“When a father gives his son, both laugh; when a son gives his father, both cry.” – Jewish proverb
“The longer we live, the more we think and the more we value friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.” – Samuel Johnson
“He was all questions. But young children expect their parents to be walking lexicons, doing two jobs at once, giving answers as they work, whether it’s laying stones or building models … digging up a bush or planting flower beds. … Children have the right to ask questions of their parents … Parents are the powers that be, and with their power and strength they must shelter, protect, embrace, teach and love … All men with children must learn to do these things … Too soon, too soon, a young son grows up and leaves his father’s side to test his wings of manhood. ” –Roy Z. Kemp
“My father used to play with my brother and me in the garden. My mother would come out and say, ‘You’re pulling the grass.” We are not raising grass, “my father replied,” we are raising children. “- Harmon Killebrew
“To some extent, a man’s life is determined by his environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world around him. Then there comes a time when it is within his power to shape the clay of his life into the kind of things you want. Only the weak blame parents, race, age, lack of good fortune, or quirks of fate. Everyone has in their power to say, “This is me today; that I will be tomorrow “. – Louis L’Amour
“A man knows that he is getting old because he begins to look like his father.” — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“The love of a father is one of nature’s greatest masterpieces.”
“The joyful family gatherings. The old, the very young. The strangely charming way the Christmas carols harmonize. Because Christmas is a time of tradition. Traditions that recall the precious memories throughout the years, the equality of all.” . – Helen Lowrie Marshall
“The thing to remember about fathers is that they are men. A girl has to bear that in mind: they are dragon seekers, hell-bent on unlikely rescues. If you scratch any parent, you find someone full of scruples and romantic terrors, believing that change is a threat, like your first shoes with heels, like your first bicycle, it took me so many months to achieve “. – Phyllis Mcginley
“Everybody seems to be in a terrible hurry today; eager for further developments and greater desires, etc., so that children have very little time for their parents; parents have very little time for each other; and home the interruption of the peace of the world begins “. – Mother Teresa
“It is much easier to become a father than to be one.” – Kent Nerburn (Letters to my son: Reflections on how to become a man)
“As is the family, so is the nation and so is the entire world in which we live.” – Pope Juan Pablo II
“He who learns to live with little owes more to his father’s wisdom than he who has left a lot in the care of his father.” – William Penn
“The fundamental defect of parents is that they want their children to be a merit for them.” – Bertrand Russell
“Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly and to exercise what they have been taught.” – Jonas Salk
“Feelings of worth can only flourish in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible – the kind of atmosphere found in a loving family.” – Virginia Satir
“I’ve been so blessed. My parents always told me I could be anything I wanted. When you grow up in a home like that, you learn to believe in yourself.” – Rick Schroeder
“It doesn’t matter who my father was, it matters who I remember him to be.” – Anne Sexton
“He is a wise father who knows his own son.” – William Shakespeare
“My father must have had some primary education because he knew how to read and write and keep accounts incorrectly.” – George Bernard Shaw
“It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a special place in heaven for the father who takes his daughter shopping.” – John Sinor
“The family – that beloved octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape nor, in the depths of our hearts, do we ever wish to.” – Dodie Smith
“All the feeling that my father could not express in words was in his hand: any dog, child or horse would recognize his goodness.” – Freya Stark
“It is clear that most American children suffer too much for their mother and too little for their father.” – Gloria Steinem
“Children learn to smile from their parents.” – Shinichi Suzuki
“Cultivate your own abilities, your own style. Appreciate your family members for who they are, even though their perspective or style may be very different from yours. Rabbits don’t fly. Eagles don’t swim. Ducks look funny trying to climb. Squirrels don’t have feathers. Stop comparing. There’s a lot of room in the forest. ” – Chuck Swindoll
“When I was a 14-year-old boy, my father was so ignorant that he could hardly bear to have the old man around. But when I turned 21, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” – Mark Twain
