These inspirational quotes about fathers are words of upliftment, guidance and joy about being a father, along with quotes of various people talking about their own fathers.
There is also a page of Father Sayings from unknown sources.
are listed alphabetically on authors surname
Frank
Abagnale 1948
American security consultant, author &
inspiration for movie Catch Me If You Can
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.
Abraham-Hicks 1948
Channeller, speaker & author
When
you are loving your children and expecting good things for them, you
are tapped into the Energy of your Source and you’re flooding that
all over them.
Joseph
Addison 1672-1719
English essayist, poet & politician
Certain
is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as 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.
Walt Aldridge & Elliott Park
American singer/songwriters (sung by Heartland)
I
loved her first, I held her first and a place in my heart will always
be hers. From the very first breath she breathed, when she first
smiled at me. I knew the love of a father runs deep and I prayed that
she’d find you someday, but it still hurts to give her away. I
loved her first.
Tim Allen 1953
American actor & comedian
Dad needs
to show an incredible amount of respect and humour and friendship
toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy,
they’re fun, they do things together, they’re best friends. Kids
learn by example. If I respect mom, they’re going to respect mom.
I love the moments when I engage with my youngest daughter now. It’s not my thing to sit on the ground and play tea party, but I’ll do it because it’s a moment that will stick with me forever.
Andre-Marie Ampere 1775-1836
French physicist, mathematician & inventor
My
father.. never required me to study anything, but he knew how to
inspire in me a great desire for knowledge. Before learning to read,
my greatest pleasure was to listen to passages from Buffon’s
natural history. I constantly requested him to read me the history of
animals and birds.
Robert L. Backman 1922-2022
American lawyer & politician
Father is
the noblest title a man can be given. It is
more than a biological role. It signifies a patriarch, a leader, and
exemplar, a confidant, a teacher, a hero, a friend.
Honore
de Balzac 1799-1850
French novelist & playwright
Someday
you will know that a father is much happier in his children’s
happiness than in his own. I cannot explain it to you: it is a
feeling in your body that spreads gladness through you.
Jack Baker
Every
day, if he takes time out of his busy life to reflect upon his
fatherhood, he can learn ways to become an even better dad.
David Beckham 1975
English footballer
When
you have kids you grow up. I have just started realising it now.. It
changes the world, having children.
Ezra Taft
Benson 1899-1994
American farmer, government official &
LDS religious leader
A
father’s calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It
is a calling for both time and eternity.
A father’s duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy.
Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role of fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.
The responsibility of a man is to lead his family.
John Walter Bratton 1867-1947
American composer & theatrical producer
Dad: a
son’s first hero, a daughter’s first love.
Dad, because you are are my father it’s been easy to believe in God.
Dads are the treasures of the world.
The best inheritance a father can leave his children is a good example.
The greatest gift I ever had came from God; I call him dad!
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.
Beau Bridges 1948
American actor
My father
was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
Dan Brown 1964
American author
No love
is greater than that of a father for his son.
John Gregory Brown 1960
American novelist & professor of English
There’s
something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words
when he talks to his daughter. Gradually over the years it gets to be
long enough for you to pick up your hands and weave into a cloth that
feels like love itself.
Pam Brown 1948
Australian poet
Dad’s
are most ordinary men, turned by love into heroes, adventurers,
story-tellers, singers of songs.
Dad’s don’t need to be tall and broad shouldered and clever.. Love makes them so.
Leo
Buscaglia 1924-1998
American author & motivational speaker
If there
is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly
only in the love that we leave behind. Fathers like mine don’t ever
die.
Lorna Byrne 1953
Irish author
The
bonding with a new baby can help people to release love
unconsciously.
Nicholas Cage 1964
American actor & film producer
My
father was always getting excited about something… it’s
genetically inside me somewhere.
Jim Carrey 1962
Canadian-American actor & comedian
I
learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which was
that you can fail at what you don’t
want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.
Steve Chapman
Becoming
a dad is one thing, being a dad is many things.
Lydia Maria Child 1802-1880
American abolitionist, activist & journalist
Blessed
indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
Chris Christie 1962
American politician
I think
that’s the most important thing you can do as a father is to make
sure that your children know they’re loved.
Frank A. Clark 1911-1991
American author, speaker
A
father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant
to be.
Beverly Cleary 1916-2021
American children’s author
I don’t
think children’s inner feelings have changed. They still want a
mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834
English poet & literary critic
A
little child, a limber elf
Singing,
dancing to itself
A
fairy thing with red, round cheeks
That
always finds and never seeks
Makes
such a vision to the sight
As
fills a father’s
eyes with light
Russell Crowe 1964
New Zealand actor & director
I
cannot understand how I managed to cope without getting cuddled this
many times a day.
Roald Dahl 1916-1990
British author
I
was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a
fake smile because it’s
impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t
feeling twinkly yourself.
It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
Matt Damon 1970
American actor & film producer
If
I had a bucket list.. I’d say raising my four girls to be strong,
good women would be number one.
Sammy Davis Jr 1925-1990
American singer, dancer & entertainer
A
man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
Sheri L. Dew 1953
American author, publisher & LDS church leader
There is
no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no
leadership more important than parenthood.
You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.
John Dryden 1631-1700
English poet & playwright
When
thy father is too fondly kind
Such
seed he sows, such harvest shall he find.
Alexandre Dumas 1803-1870
French novelist & playwright
My
father was a big child that was given to me while I was still little.
Henry van Dyke 1852-1933
American author & Presbyterian clergyman
What do I
owe my father?... Everything!
Umberto Eco 1932-2016
Italian medievalist, philosopher & novelist
I
believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at
odd moments, when they aren’t
trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.
Clyde Edgerton 1944
American author
A working
definition of fathering might be this: fathering is the act of
guiding a child to behave in ways that lead to the child becoming a
secure child in full, thus increasing his or her chances of being
happy and fruitful as a young adult.
As an older dad who grew up in a rural culture in the South, certain things were expected of women, and that included raising the children. But I think its just as important for the father to give the baths, to hug, to change diapers, to tell the stories.
Being a father can unreason your worldview, or at least make it very flexible, and that can create all sorts of fun and insights. It’s sad that children’s open-eyed wonder and sense of play begin to fade as they approach adolescence. One grand function of fathering is to keep the fading to a minimum.
I believe there’s a secret chemical that’s turned loose when you have kids, that says you’ve got to survive, you’ve got to be strong. That keeps you on your toes, besides all kinds of other things, when you have three little ones running around.
Thomas Edison 1847-1931
American inventor & businessman
Be brave
as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward.
Anthony Edwards
There’s
really no point in having children if you’re not going to be home
enough to father them.
Len Elmore 1952
American basketball player, sportscaster & lawyer
My mother
and father stressed education and always made sure we had a place to
study and books to read.
Euripides 480BC-406BC
Ancient Greek tragedian
Noble
fathers have noble children.
To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than.. A daughter.
Richard Louis Evans 1906-1971
American Latter-Day Saints radio broadcaster
Children
will not remember you for the material things you provided, but for
the feeling that you cherished them.
Jimmy Fallon 1974
American TV host & comedian
Being a
father is the most exciting, amazing thing that ever happened to me.
James E. Faust 1920-2007
American religious leader, lawyer & politician
Noble
fatherhood gives us a glimpse of the divine attributes of our Father
in heaven.
Harrison Ford 1942
American actor
I
love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a
father-son relationship.
Dawn French 1957
British actress, comedian & author
It was my
father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was
uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his
life.
Sigmund Freud 1856-1939
Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis
I cannot
think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s
protection.
Anne Geddes 1956
Australian photographer
Any
man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.
Kahlil Gibran 1883-1931
Lebanese-American writer & poet
I
know his father; how do you expect me not to know him?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832
German poet, playwright & novelist
Win for
yourself that which your fathers have won.
Marcus Jacob Goldman 1960
Physician & writer
Some dads
liken the impending birth of a child to the beginning of a great
journey.
David Gottesman 1926-2022
American businessman & philanthropist
Fathers,
like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers and fathering is a
very important stage of development.
Billy Graham 1918-2018
American evangelist & Baptist minister
A
good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed and yet
one of the most valuable assets in society.
Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist
Expressing
words of Love to their children
Cuddling
and kissing even into adulthood
It’s
beautiful to see and know
The
role of father has changed for the good
quote from poem: Father: The Changing Role
Forever in my heart
Always loved and adored
Thinking of you often
Hoping all the joys are yours
Ever grateful for your guidance
Roots from you are my support
Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist
Please
know that I will always be there for you
Our
Love is eternal, so it will never end
Thank
you for everything you do, you are…
My
precious father, my support, my friend
quote from poem: A Father's Role
Trina Graves 1961
English spiritual poet & quote anthologist
Taking
an active role
Feeding,
changing and cuddling
Fully
supporting a newborn Soul
Opens
the Heart to truly sing
quote from poem: Today's Father
Dan
Greenberg
When my
son looks up at me and breaks into his wonderful toothless smile, my
eyes fill up and I know that having him is the best thing I will ever
do.
Edgar A. Guest 1881-1959
American poet
The
Baby’s
Help
Lips
of laughter, eyes of light
Do
you know your mission here?
Sent
to make the old world bright
Sent
us grown-up folks to cheer
Little
can you understand
Playing
in the sunlight there
Lips
of laughter, that you make
My
cross easier to bear
Golden
hair and rosy cheek
Just
a tiny little mite
Little
can you guess the part
You
are playing in my fight
Little
do you know the help
You
are giving me each day
Keeping
faith and hope alive
Helping
me along the way
Chubby
hand and tippy-toe
Little
do you ever dream
How
you keep your daddy up
Aiding
him, when it must seem
He
must fail and quit the fight
But
his strength returns anew
And
he plunges in once more
Just
because he thinks of you
Dante Hall
I would
want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.
Brooke Hampton
Author
As
mamas, papas, grandparents, teachers and caregivers we have a
responsibility to protect these little Earth warriors. It’s
our job to protect and nurture their love, their innocence, their
spirits, their imagination, their gifts, their health, and wellbeing,
their spirituality, their confidence, their character, their freedom
of thought, their instincts, their wildness, and their magic! There
is nothing we can do in this lifetime that will compare to the
importance of this work. These little ones are our future. Guard them
well!
George Herbert 1593-1633
English poet, orator & priest
One
father is more than a hundred school masters.
Victor Hugo 1802-1885
French poet, novelist & dramatist
Son,
brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all
the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.
Jan Hutchins 1949
American TV/radio journalist & producer
When I
was a kid, my father told me every day, “You’re the most
wonderful boy in the world, and you can do anything you want to.”
Aldous Huxley 1894-1963
English author, poet & philosopher
My father
considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of
churchgoing.
Miguel Indurain 1964
Spanish road racing cyclist
I
inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you
wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something
you always need to do.
Robert Ingersoll 1833-1899
American lawyer, writer & orator
The
child is not likely to find a father in God, unless he finds
something of God in his father.
Hugh Jackman 1968
Australian actor
The
things that I really cherish are the everyday moments, like getting
home after a tough day and my kids come up and give me a hug and
remind me what’s really important.
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.
Michael Jackson 1958-2009
American singer-songwriter & dancer
I just
wish I could understand my father.
Naveen Jain
Being a
father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement,
pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional
love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to
be a better person.
T. D. Jakes 1957
American non-denominational Christian pastor
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.
David
Jeremiah 1941
American founder of Turning Point for God
A girl’s
father is the first man in her life, and probably the most
influential.
Michael Jordan 1963
American basketball player
My
father was there when I didn’t understand. He was there when I was
wrong. He was there when I cried. He was there when I lied. For some
reason my dad was always there when I needed him most. His love was
never ending. And now that he’s gone there is an emptiness in my
world, but not in my heart.
Michael Josephson 1942
American speaker & lecturer
No
word makes me happier than the word ‘daddy’
uttered by one of my children.
Joseph
Joubert 1754-1824
French moralist & essayist
Children
need models rather than critics.
Abdul
Kalam 1931-2015
Indian scientist & 11th
President of India
If a
country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful
minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can
make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
Clarence Budington Kelland 1881-1964
American writer
He
didn’t tell me how to live.. He lived, and let me watch him do it.
Charles Kettering 1876-1958
American inventor, engineer & businessman
Every
father should remember..
One day his son will follow his example, not
his advice.
Martin Luther King Jr 1929-1968
American Baptist minister & civil rights activist
If
I had a problem, I could always call daddy.
Knights of Pythagoras
Community based mentoring organization
A
man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
Lenny Kravitz 1964
American singer-songwriter, record producer & actor
(On
being asked if he preferred to be a rock god or a sex god)
I am
neither. My favourite role is father.
Hedy Lamarr 1914-2000
Austrian-American actress & inventor
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.
Alison Lohman 1979
American actress
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.
Douglas
MacArthur 1880-1964
American General of United States Army
By
profession I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact, but I am
also prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a father. A soldier destroys
in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys.
Shirley
MacLaine 1934
American actress, dancer & author
If
we can genuinely honour our mother and father we are not only at
peace with ourselves but we can then give birth to our future.
Reed Markham 1957
A
child looks up at the stars and wonders. A great father puts a child
on his shoulders and helps him to grab a star.
Reed Markham 1957
Average fathers have patience. Good fathers have more patience. Great fathers have an ocean of patience.
Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.
The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself but for his family.
The thrill of being a great father is not seeing your children go on to become successful adults. The thrill of a great father, is the journey.. Experiencing your child’s successes along the pathway to their greatness.
Ziggy Marley 1968
Jamaican musician & son of Bob Marley
Everything
I’ve taken away from my father has been significant. So, I can’t
say that any one lesson is the most significant. By being around him,
I learned that there is a purpose in life, and that if we are
inspired to help people, we should do it.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1927-2014
Colombian author & journalist
A man
knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his
father.
Steve Martin 1945
American comedian, actor & writer
A father
carries pictures where his money used to be.
Tanya Masse
Author
A
baby boy has a special way of bringing out the man in his father and
the little boy in his grandfather.
John Maxwell 1947
American author, speaker & pastor
If you
want to make your mother happy, talk to her. If you want to make your
father happy, listen.
Matthew McConaughey 1969
American actor
Never is
a man more of a man than when he is the father of a newborn.
Phil
McGraw 1950
American TV personality & author
As a
father, you are your child’s safe harbour in the ocean of life.
Christopher Meloni 1961
American actor & producer
The
surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I
want to share it with the world.
Mencius 372BC-289BC
Chinese Confucian philosopher
The
great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
Austrian composer
Directly
after God in Heaven comes papa.
Mike Myers 1963
Canadian actor, comedian & filmmaker
Anyone
who tell you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you,
they are understating it.
Liam Neeson 1952
Northern Irish actor
It’s an
ongoing joy being a dad.
Kent Nerburn 1946
American author
It is
much easier to become a father than to be one.
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.
Friedrich Nietzsche 1844-1900
German classical scholar & philosopher
What was
silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son
the unveiled secret of the father.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
Ben Okri 1959
Nigerian-British poet & author
One of
the greatest gifts my father gave me, unintentionally, was witnessing
the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a
rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He
was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the ebullient, laughing,
jovial man.
Jamie Oliver 1975
English celebrity chef, restaurateur & cookbook author
I’ve
made a few nice dishes in my time, but this must be the best I’ve
ever made.
Boyd K. Packer 1924-2015
American LDS church leader & educator
Your
responsibility as a father and a husband transcends any other
interest in life.
Jean Paul
What a
father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be
heard by posterity.
Dan Pearce
Author & artist
The
greatest mark of a father is how he treats his children when no one
is looking.
Lowell Tom Perry 1922-2015
American businessman & LDS church leader
A family
needs a father to anchor it.
Frank Pittman 1953-2012
American psychiatrist & author
Fathering
is not something men do, but something that perfects the man.
Fathering is the most masculine thing a man can do.
Frank Pittman 1953-2012
American psychiatrist & author
The guys who fear becoming fathers don’t understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. The end product of child-raising is not the child but the parent.
Sidney Poitier 1927-2022
Bahamian-American actor, director & activist
My father
was the quintessential husband and dad.
Linda Poindexter
Writer, humorist & author of quotes
When
my father didn’t have my hand.. He had my back.
Chris Pratt 1979
American actor
I’ve
done all kinds of cool things as an actor - I’ve
jumped out of helicopters and done some daring stunts and played
baseball in a professional stadium, but none of it means anything
compared to being somebody’s
daddy.
Lisa Marie Presley 1968-2023
American singer/songwriter & daughter of Elvis Presley
I felt my
father could change the weather. He was a God to me. A chosen human
being. He had that thing where you could see his soul.
I was four when they split up. But I remained so close with my dad. I knew how much I was adored, how much he loved me.
My dad didn’t talk about my mom in a bad way at all. He did not want me to think negatively of her. In retrospect, they did a fantastic job maintaining a united front and a real friendship bond. There was still a lot of love between them, and they really put on a good front for me. I was very lucky.
My dad loved to have fun and he loved everybody else to have fun with him, and he loved to laugh.
Antoine Francois Prevost 1697-1763
French priest & author
The
heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature
J. B. Priestley 1894-1984
English novelist, playwright & broadcaster
To
show a child what has once delighted you, to find the child’s
delight added to your own, so that there is now a double delight seen
in the glow of trust and affection, this is happiness.
Ruth E. Renkel
Sometimes
the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.
Jean Paul Richter 1763-1825
German author
The
words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are
not heard by the world. But, as in whispering galleries, they are
clearly heard at the end and by posterity.
Justin Ricklefs
Entrepreneur & CEO of Guild Collective
The power
of a dad in a child’s life is unmatched.
Will Rogers Jr 1911-1993
American politician, writer & newspaper publisher
His
heritage to his children wasn’t
words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his
example as a man and father.
Wayne Rooney 1985
English footballer
Becoming
a father was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does
not even compare.
Theodore
Roosevelt 1858-1919
American 26th president of
United States
There are
many kinds of success in life worth having. It is exceedingly
interesting and attractive to be a successful business man, or
railway man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor, or a
writer, or a President, or a ranchman, or the colonel of a fighting
regiment, or to kill grizzly bears and lions. But for unflagging
interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go
reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and
achievement lose their importance by comparison.
Rumi 1207-1273
Afghan Sufi mystic & poet
When a
man makes up a story for his child, he becomes a father and a child
together, listening.
Deion Sanders 1967
American football player & coach
I don’t
care what they say about me when I’m through with sports. I don’t
want to be known as anything else in life but a great father.
Friedrich Schiller 1759-1805
German playwright, poet & philosopher
It
is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us fathers and
sons.
Walter M. Schirra 1923-2007
American naval aviator & NASA astronaut
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.
Olive Schreiner 1855-1920
South African author & anti-war campaigner
Our
fathers had their dreams, we have ours. The generation that follows
will have its own.
Victoria Secunda
Author, journalist & lecturer
Sons
are for fathers the twice-told tale.
William Shakespeare 1564-1616
English playwright, poet & actor
It
is a wise father that knows his own child.
‘Tis a happy thing to be the father unto many sons.
John Sinor
It
is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a
special place in Heaven for the father who takes his daughter
shopping.
Will Smith 1968
American actor, singer & film producer
I met my
father for the first time when I was 28 years old. I made up my mind
that when I had children, my children were going to know who their
father was.
Soloman
Biblical Israelite king
The
righteous man walks in his integrity; his children are blessed after
him.
Stephen Spender 1909-1995
English poet, novelist & essayist
Bright
clasp of her whole hand around my finger. My daughter as we walk
together now. All my life I’ll feel a ring invisibly. Circle this
bone with shining. When she is grown.
Benjamin Spock 1903-1998
American pediatrician & author
Boys and
girls need chances to be around their father, to be enjoyed by him
and if possible to do things with him. Better to play fifteen minutes
enjoyably and then say, “Now I’m going to read my paper,” than
to spend all day at the zoo crossly.
Joni Eareckson Tada 1949
American Evangelical Christian author, radio host & artist
There is
nothing that moves a loving father’s soul quite like his child’s
cry.
Desmond Tutu 1931-2021
South African Anglican bishop & human rights activist
My
father used to say.. ‘Don’t
raise your voice, improve your argument!’
Mark Twain 1835-1910
American writer, humorist & essayist
When
I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly
stand to have the old man around. But, when I got to twenty one, I
was astonished at how much he had learned in seven year.
Alan Valentine
For
thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands
across the canyon of time.
Jim Valvano 1946-1993
American basketball player, coach & broadcaster
My
father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person..
He believed in me.
Ama H. Vanniarachchy
Sri Lankan writer, journalist & illustrator
I
am so proud of my father; he is the biggest example of success and
courage I have ever seen in my life. He is the emperor of my kingdom.
Charles Wadsworth
By the
time a man realized that his father was right, he has a son who
thinks he’s wrong.
Mark Wahlberg 1971
American actor
Being
a father is my most important role.
Having two daughters changed my perspective on a lot of things, and I definitely have a newfound respect for women. And I think I finally became a good and real man when I had a daughter.
If I succeed in business, but fail as a father.. Then I failed.
Azelene Williams
Social worker & counsellor
The
children we bring into the world are small replicas of ourselves and
our husbands, the pride and joy of grandfathers and grandmothers. We
dream of being mothers, and for most of us, those dreams are realized
naturally. For this is the miracle of life.
John Wooden 1910-2010
American basketball player & coach
Being a
role model is the most powerful form of education. Too often fathers
neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they
forget to make a life.
Tiger Woods 1975
American golfer
Don’t
force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has
never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It’s the child’s
desire to play that matters, not the parent’s desire to have the
child play. Fun. Keep it fun.
My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.
William Wordsworth 1770-1850
English poet
Father:
To God himself we cannot give a Holier name.
The child is the father of the man.
Al Yankovic 1959
American comedy musician, writer & actor
As my
father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is
being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
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