A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.
Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself.
A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.
Losing the future is the best thing that ever happened to me.
Knots Landing is the best thing that ever happened to me.
Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did.
If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.
When I say that I love you, I don't say it out of habit or to make conversation. I say it to remind you that you're the best thing that's ever happened to me.
Being sectioned was the best thing that ever happened to me.
Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love.
Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will be at 11.30 tonight. He can make no such prediction about his teenage daughter.
When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's happened that day just melts away.
Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be.
I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.
One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
I was given such a great gift. It's a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I'll be. I just want to be a better man.
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