Father Son Quotes

• Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.

  Charles Kettering

  Father, Son, Advice

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• Until you have a son of your own... you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.

  Kent Nerburn

  Fathers Day, Heart, Son

  Kent Nerburn (2014). “Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love”, p.21, New World Library

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• A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall but instead picks you up, brushes you off, and lets you try again. A dad is someone who wants to keep you from making mistakes but instead lets you find your own way, even though his heart breaks in silence when you get hurt. A dad is someone who holds you when you cry, scolds you when you break the rules, shines with pride when you succeed, and has faith in you even when you fail.

  Unknown

  Hurt, Dad, Father

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• I will always need my son, no matter what age I am. My son has made me laugh, made me proud, made me cry, seen me cry, hugged me tight, seen me fail, cheered me up, kept me on my toes, and at times driven me crazy, But my son is a promise that I will have a friend forever!

  Unknown

  Father, Crazy, Son

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• No matter how old you become, I'll always hold your hand tenderly. just like how I held it on the day that you were born. I love you, son.

  Unknown

  Father, Love You, Son

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• A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.

  Unknown

  Father, Son, Look Up

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• A father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.

  Unknown

  Father, Son, Sail

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• Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.

  Anne Geddes

  Relationship, Dad, Father

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• The most important thing in the world is family and love.

  John Wooden

  Love, Family, Education

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• You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.

  Wally Schirra

  Fathers Day, Dad, Hero

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• Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys.

  Unknown

  Father, Son, Boys

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• No love is greater than that of a father for His son.

  Dan Brown

  Birthday, Father, Son

  Dan Brown (2005). “Angels & Demons”, p.421, Simon and Schuster

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• Son, you outgrew my lap, but never my heart.

  Unknown

  Father, Heart, Son

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• Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Thank You, Strong, Children

  Douglas MacArthur, Edward T. Imparato (2001). “General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions”, p.158, Turner Publishing Company

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• A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely. In the hour of need, when all else fails, we remember him upon whose knees we sat when children, and who soothed our sorrows; and even though he may be unable to assist us, his mere presence serves to comfort and strengthen us.

  Emile Gaboriau

  Children, Father, Sorrow

  Emile Gaboriau (1908). “File number 113: and The little old man of Batignolles”

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• It is a wise father that knows his own child.

  William Shakespeare

  Family, Wise, Meaningful

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 2, sc. 2, l. [83]

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• The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.

  Unknown

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• Walk a little slower, Dad
  Cos I am only small.
  I'm following in your footsteps,
  And I don't want to fall.
  Someday when I'm all grown up.
  You're what I want to be;
  Then I will have a little child,
  Who'll want to follow me.
  And I would want to lead just right,
  And know that I was true;
  So, walk a little slower, Dad,
  For I must follow you.
  A very very very Happy Birthday Dad

  John Walter Bratton

  Children, Dad, Fall

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  Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

  Bill Cosby

  Family, Fathers Day, Children

  Bill Cosby (1989). “Selected from Fatherhood and Time Flies”, Signal Hill Publications

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• What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Fathers Day, Son, Daddy

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2010). “The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs”, p.83, Vintage

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• A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.

  Frank A. Clark

  Funny, Dad, Father

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• If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

  James A. Baldwin

  Fathers Day, Son, Earth

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• No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word-father.

  Lydia M. Child

  Father, Ears, Music Is

  "Philothea". Book by Lydia M. Child, 1836.

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• He who can be a good son will be a good father.

  Unknown

  Father, Son, Good Father

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• Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows.

  Al Unser

  Funny, Family, Boyfriend

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