Once, God gave me the greatest gift ever. I call that
gift: Dad || Kurt Avish
A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised,
unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society || Billy
Graham
One night a father overheard his son pray: “Dear God,
Make me the kind of man my Daddy is!” Later that night, the Father prayed, “Dear
God, Make me the kind of man my son wants me to be” || Unknown
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was
right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong || Charles Wadsworth
The father who loves his children will not substitute
toys for time, replace commendation
with condemnation but will be their teacher not taskmaster
|| R. Robert Flatt
An effective father devotes himself to become an
instrument and model of human experience to his children...accepts and affirms
his children for who they are, appreciates them for what they are
accomplishing, and covers them with affection because they are his || Gordon
MacDonald
To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you have to
be in their lives today || Barbara Johnson
A father is a
fellow who has replaced the currency in his wallet with the snapshots of his
kids || Unknown
When God measures a man, He puts the tape around the
heart instead of the head || Unknown
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another
person: He believed in me || Jim Valvano
The test of man's faith is not in what he believes but
what manner of man, what manner of husband and what manner of father he becomes as a result || R.
Robert Flatt
It is a wise father that knows his own child || William
Shakespeare
The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the
ones his parents thought they had covered up || Unknown
A father is a banker provided by nature || Proverb
My father used to play with my brother and me in the
yard.
Mother would come out and say, 'You’re tearing up the
grass.'
'We’re not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We’re
raising boys.'
|| Harmon Killebrew
A man knows he is growing old because he begins to look
like his father || Gabriel Garcia Marquez
My father always wanted to be the corpse at every
funeral, the bride at every wedding, and the baby at every christening || Alice
Roosevelt Longworth
My Dad is a mender of toys, a leader of boys; changer of
fuses,
a healer of bruises; a mover of couches, a healer of
ouches;
a hanger of screens, a counselor of teens; a pounder of
nails,
a teller of tales; a dryer of dishes, a fulfiller of
wishes.
|| JoAnn Heid
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not
a hundred sons one father || George Herbert
A father is always making his baby into a little woman.
And when she is a woman he turns her back again || Enid Bagnold
It is a wise child that knows his own father || Homer
There is no principle of parental government more
important than that a father should command his own temper when he inflicts
punishment. He should punish a child not because he is angry, but because it is
right; not because it has become a matter of personal contest, but because God
requires that he should do it, and the welfare of the child demands it || Albert
Barnes
A father's words are like a thermostat that sets the
temperature in the house || Paul Lewis
Honour thy father and thy mother' stands written among
the three laws of most revered righteousness || Aeschylus
Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag
a better husband than she managed to do...but she's certain that her boy will
never get as great a wife as his father did || Anonymous
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