Fathers Day Quotes - Page 2

• As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Inspirational, Funny, Running

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.239, Oxford University Press

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• A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.

  Bill Cosby

  Funny, Children, Dad

  Bill Cosby (1987). “Fatherhood”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist.

  Olive Schreiner

  Dream, Men, Glowing

  Olive Schreiner (2009). “The Story of an African Farm”, p.455, The Floating Press

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• The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you're unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.

  John Green

  Dad, Fatherhood, Unqualified

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• I don't know what I'm doing, but my incompetence has never stopped my enthusiasm.

  Woody Allen

  Enthusiasm, Incompetence, Best Father

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• I'm a strong person, I'm a strong family man, I'm a strong husband and a strong father.

  David Beckham

  Inspirational, Strong, Husband

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son.

  William Graham Sumner

  Encouragement, Believe, Son

  William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.38, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• Fathers have skills that they never use at home. You run a landscaping business and you can't dress and feed a four-year-old? Take it on!

  Louis C. K.

  Running, Home, Years

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• Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers and fathering is a very important stage in their development.

  David Gottesman

  Daughter, Mother, Dad

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• When Charles first saw our child Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing and blurted, "She's more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge."

  Helen Hayes

  Beautiful, Daughter, Children

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• Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later.

  Tom Wolfe

  Inspirational, Dad, Men

  Tom Wolfe (2002). “The Bonfire of the Vanities: A Novel”, p.446, Macmillan

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• There will always be a few people who have the courage to love what is untamed inside us. One of those men is my father.

  Alison Lohman

  Men, Father Son, People

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• Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.

  Jon Stewart

  Dad, Father Son, Fatherhood

  "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", January 29, 2009.

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• Having a kid is like falling in love for the first time when you're 12, but every day.

  Mike Myers

  Falling In Love, Dad, Kids

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• My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

  Lee Iacocca

  Friendship, Cute, Relationship

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.137, Bantam

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• Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.

  Kid Rock

  Dad, Helping, Being A Father

  FaceBook post by Kid Rock from Jun 16, 2013

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• You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.

  Robert Frost

  Family, Mother, Dad

  Robert Frost, Elaine Barry (1973). “Robert Frost on writing”, Rutgers Univ Pr

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• Dad, I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it's not because I'm so different from you either. It's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Dad, Believe, Mean

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• My dad has always taught me these words: care and share.

  Tiger Woods

  Sports, Dad, Fatherhood

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• I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.

  Adam Sandler

  Family, Dad, Mean

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• Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament. But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it.

  Clarence Budington Kelland

  Gratitude, Jobs, Children

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• One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.

  George Herbert

  Son, Enough, Hundred

  George Herbert, Robert Eldridge Aris WILLMOTT (1862). “The Works of George Herbert ... Edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott, etc”, p.315

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• A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.

  Frank Abagnale

  Husband, Real, Men

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• That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all.

  August Strindberg

  Funny, Boyfriend, Dad

  August Strindberg (2014). “The Son of a Servant”, p.18, The Floating Press

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• One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

  George Herbert

  Relationship, Daughter, Dad

  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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