Top 50 Father Quotations

"The greatest gift I ever had Came from God, and Imovements and changes in the world about him. Then
call him Dad! "-- Anonymous"Our earth is degenerate inthere comes a time when it lies within his grasp to
these latter days; bribery and corruption are common;shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he
children no longer obey their parents; and the end ofwishes to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race,
the world is evidently approaching."-- Assyrian claytheir times, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate.
tablet 2800 B.C."The joys of parents are secret, andEveryone has it within his power to say, "This I am
so are their griefs and fears."-- Francis Bacon, Sr."Atoday; that I will be tomorrow."-- Louis L'Amour"A man
father is always making his baby into a little woman.knows he is growing old because he begins to look like
And when she is a woman he turns her back again. "--his father."-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez"The love of a
Enid Bagnold"We never know the love of our parentsfather is one of nature's greatest masterpieces.""The
for us till we have become parents."-- Henry Wardmerry family gatherings-- The old, the very young The
Beecher"I have always looked at life as a voyage,strangely lovely way they Harmonize in carols sung.
mostly wonderful, sometimes frightening. In my familyFor Christmas is tradition time-- Traditions that recall
and friends I have discovered treasure more valuableThe precious memories down the years, The
than gold."-- Jimmy Buffet"The father who does notsameness of them all."-- Helen Lowrie Marshall"The
teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the sonthing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl
who neglects them. "-- Confucius"Fatherhood ishas to keep it in mind: They are dragon--seekers, bent
pretending the present you love the most ison improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find
soap-on-a-rope."-- Bill Cosby"You know, fathers justsomeone chock--full of qualms and romantic terrors,
have a way of putting everything together. "-- Erikabelieving change is a threat - like your first shoes with
Cosby"Be kind to thy father, for when thou wereheels on, like your first bicycle I it took such months to
young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caughtget. "-- Phyllis Mcginley"Everybody today seems to be
the first accents that fell from thy tongue, and joined inin such a terrible rush; anxious for greater
thy innocent glee. "-- Margaret Courtney"Role modelingdevelopments and greater wishes and so on; so that
is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents arechildren have very little time for their parents; Parents
handing life's scripts to their children, scripts that in allhave very little time for each other; and the home
likelihood will be acted out for the rest of the children'sbegins the disruption of the peace of the world."--
lives."-- Stephen R. Covey"What a dreadful thing itMother Teresa"It is much easier to become a father
must be to have a dull father. "-- Mary Mapesthan to be one."-- Kent Nerburn (Letters to My Son:
Dodge"To her the name of father was another nameReflections on Becoming a Man)"As the family goes,
for love. "-- Fanny Fern"Parents can tell but neverso goes the nation and so goes the whole world in
teach, unless they practice what they preach."-- Arnoldwhich we live."-- Pope John Paul II"He who is taught to
Glasow"When Charles first saw our child Mary, helive upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than
said all the proper things for a new father. He lookedhe who has a great deal left him does to his father's
upon the poor little red thing and blurted, 'She's morecare. "-- William Penn"The fundamental defect with
beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge. "-- Helen Hayes"Tofathers is that they want their children to be a credit to
be a successful father...there's one absolute rule: whenthem. "-- Bertrand Russell"Good parents give their
you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where
"-- Ernest Hemingway"The best of all gifts around anyhome is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been
Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family alltaught them."-- Jonas Salk"Feelings of worth can
wrapped up in each other."-- Burton Hillis"I am notflourish only in an atmosphere where individual
caused by my history--my parents, my childhood anddifferences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated,
development. These are mirrors in which I may catchcommunication is open, and rules are flexible--the kind
glimpses of my image."-- James Hillman"There areof atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family."--
fathers who do not love their children; there is noVirginia Satir"I've been very blessed. My parents
grandfather who does not adore his grandson. "--always told me I could be anything I wanted. When
Victor Hugo"You've got to do your own growing, noyou grow up in a household like that, you learn to
matter how tall your grandfather was."-- Irishbelieve in yourself."-- Rick Schroeder"It doesn't matter
Proverb"Any woodsman can tell you that in a brokenwho my father was; it matters who I remember he
and sundered nest, one can hardly find more than awas. "-- Anne Sexton"It is a wise father that knows his
precious few whole eggs. So it is with the family."--own child."-- William Shakespeare"My father must
Thomas Jefferson"My dear father; my dear friend; thehave had some elementary education for he could
best and wisest man I ever knew, who taught meread and write and keep accounts inaccurately "--
many lessons and showed me many things as weGeorge Bernard Shaw"It is admirable for a man to
went together along the country by-ways."-- Sarahtake his son fishing, but there is a special place in
Orne Jewett"When a father gives to his son, bothheaven for the father who takes his daughter
laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. "--shopping."-- John Sinor"The family--that dear octopus
Jewish Proverb"The longer we live the more we thinkfrom whose tentacles we never quite escape nor, in
and the higher the value we put on friendship andour inmost hearts, ever quite wish to."-- Dodie Smith"All
tenderness towards parents and friends."-- Samuelthe feeling which my father could not put into words
Johnson"He was all questions. But small boys expectwas in his hand--any dog, child or horse would
their fathers to be walking lexicons, to do two jobs atrecognize the kindness of it."-- Freya Stark"It's clear
once, to give replies as they are working, whetherthat most American children suffer too much mother
laying stones or building models...digging up a shrub, orand too little father."-- Gloria Steinem"Children learn to
planting flower beds...Boys have a right to ask theirsmile from their parents."-- Shinichi Suzuki"Cultivate
fathers questions...Fathers are the powers that be, andyour own capabilities, your own style. Appreciate the
with their power and might must shelter, guard, andmembers of your family for who they are, even
hold and teach and love...All men with sons must learnthough their outlook or style may be miles different
to do these things...Too soon, too soon, a small sonfrom yours. Rabbits don't fly. Eagles don't swim. Ducks
grows and leaves his father's side to test hislook funny trying to climb. Squirrels don't have feathers.
manhood's wings. "--Roy Z. Kemp"My father used toStop comparing. There's plenty of room in the forest."--
play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother wouldChuck Swindoll"When I was a boy of 14, my father
come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass."was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old
"We're not raising grass," my dad would reply, "we'reman around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished
raising boys."--Harmon Killebrew"Up to a point a man'sat how much the old man had learned in seven years.
life is shaped by environment, heredity, and