"By the time a man
realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son
who thinks he’s wrong." – Charles Wadsworth
"Sometimes the poorest man
leaves his children the richest inheritance." – Ruth E. Renkel
"It doesn’t matter who my
father was; it matters who I remember he was." – Anne Sexton
"The most important thing
that a father can do for his children is to love their
mother."–Theodore M. Hesburgh
"My father didn’t tell me
how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it." – Clarence
B. Kelland
"Love and fear. Everything
the father of a family says must inspire one or the other." –
Joseph Joubert
"Noble fathers have noble
children." – Euripides
"A man never stands as
tall as when he kneels to help a child." – Knights of Pythagoras
"It is easier for a father
to have children than for children to have a real father." –
Pope John XXIII
"Blessed indeed is the man
who hears many gentle voices call him father!" – Lydia M. Child
"It is much easier to
become a father than to be one. – Kent Nerburn
"The greatest gift I ever
had came from God, and I call him Dad!" – Anonymous
"One night a father overheard his son
pray: 'Dear God, make me the kind of man my Daddy is.' Later
that night, the father prayed,'Dear God, make me the kind of man
my son wants me to be.' " – Anonymous