Father Quotes

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  My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

  Jim Valvano

  Inspirational, Basketball, Daughter

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  The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

  Theodore Hesburgh

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.

  Billy Graham

  Inspirational, Fathers Day, Father Son

  Twitter post from Jun 16, 2013

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

  Anne Geddes

  Relationship, Dad, Men

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• Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us toward it.

  Barack Obama

  Teacher, Men, Rocks

  Barack Obama's Father’s Day speech, www.nytimes.com. June 15, 2008.

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• I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.

  Sigmund Freud

  Daughter, Fathers Day, Strong

  Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Anna Freud, Carrie Lee Rothgeb (1961). “The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud”

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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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• The greatest gift I ever had
  Came from God; I call him Dad!

  John Walter Bratton

  Fathers Day, Dad, Father Son

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• When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

  William Shakespeare

  Fathers Day, Dad, Son

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• My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

  Clarence Budington Kelland

  Life, Fathers Day, Children

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• Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.

  Lydia M. Child

  Family, Fathers Day, Children

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• When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

  Mark Twain

  Love, Funny, Motivational

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.121, Courier Corporation

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• The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.

  Solomon

  Fathers Day, Children, Integrity

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• A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be, A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be.

  Frank Howard Clark

  Boyfriend, Dad, Son

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

  Dan Brown

  Birthday, Son, Love Is

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

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• My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

  Michael Jordan

  Fathers Day, Dad, Father Son

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• It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

  Anne Sexton

  Death, Daughter, Fathers Day

  "A Small Journal" by Anne Sexton, 1974.

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• Our father in heaven governs the affairs of men by placing specific individuals upon the earth to lead at specific times and inspiring and directing them.

  Harold B. Lee

  Men, Heaven, Earth

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• A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Fathers Day, Dad, Men

  FaceBook post by Gabriel García Márquez from Jun 15, 2014

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• I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.

  T. D. Jakes

  Fathers Day, Spiritual, Men

  "Interview: Bishop TD Jakes on Hell, Politics, Film Projects". Interview with Katherine T. Phan, www.christianpost.com. June 19, 2011.

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• One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

  George Herbert

  Relationship, Daughter, Fathers Day

  George Herbert (1836). “The works of George Herbert. containing Parentalia, the 2nd copy wanting the 1st sheet of vol.2].”, p.168

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• It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Family, Thank You, Fathers Day

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• My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.

  Beau Bridges

  Boyfriend, Teacher, Dad

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Fathering is the most masculine thing a man can do.

  Frank Pittman

  Men, Daddy, Masculine

  "Fathers and Sons" by Frank Pittman, www.psychologytoday.com. September 1, 1993.

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• No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.

  Desmond Morris

  Faith, Mother, Children

  Desmond Morris (1977). “Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behavior”

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