Quotes About FatherAll sorts of quotes about father. Find the best quote that expresses your sentiments about your father, whether he was an inspiration or a disappointment. Find out what famous people are saying about their fathers or about being a father. Even special quotes for those men who were like a father to you. Quotes About Father IndexAbout Fathers"Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. "~ Joseph Joubert "Fathers are angels sent from heaven." "Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers and fathering is a very important stage in their development." "It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father." "Noble fathers have noble children." "You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's." "My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it." Return to Index of Quotes About Father Absent Father"The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created a child and then, by his absence, left the child fatherless and then Godless."~ Anais Nin Return to Index of Quotes About Father Bad Father"When one has not had a good father, one must create one."~ Friedrich Nietzsche Return to Index of Quotes About Father Being a Father"It is much easier to become a father than to be one."~ Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son: Reflections on Becoming a Man, 1994 "You will find that if you really try to be a father, your child will meet you halfway." "Any fool can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a Daddy!!" "The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them." "If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right." Return to Index of Quotes About Father "Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children." "A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma." "Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much, like you don't go on as many outings." Return to Index of Quotes About Father Being a Good Father"He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it."~ Clarence Budington Kelland "Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." "A father is someone that holds your hand at the fair makes sure you do what your mother says holds back your hair when you are sick brushes that hair when it is tangled because mother is too busy lets you eat ice cream for breakfast but only when mother is away he walks you down the aisle and tells you everythings gonna be ok" Return to Index of Quotes About Father "My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. " "Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys." "It is a wise father that knows his own child." "Train up a child in the way which he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." Return to Index of Quotes About Father Father as Leader"He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it."~ Clarence Budington Kelland Return to Index of Quotes About Father Father as Protector"Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life."~ Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities "I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." Return to Index of Quotes About Father Father as Teacher"One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters."~ George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640 "Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever." "I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work fifteen and sixteen hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example." "I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week." Return to Index of Quotes About Father Father's Day"Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad."~ Unknown "The greatest gift I ever had C Return to Index of Quotes About Father Father's Wisdom"I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back."~ Imelda Marcos "My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life." "My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help." Return to Index of Quotes About Father Father-Daughter Relationship"A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again."~ Enid Bagnold "Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes." "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." "Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world." "A father is someone that holds your hand at the fair makes sure you do what your mother says holds back your hair when you are sick brushes that hair when it is tangled because mother is too busy lets you eat ice cream for breakfast but only when mother is away he walks you down the aisle and tells you everythings gonna be ok" "You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You're her oracle. You're her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you're in a constant state of panic." "To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter." Return to Index of Quotes About Father Father-Son Relationship"Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life."~ Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities "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 be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years." "A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father." "Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers." Return to Index of Quotes About Father "A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world." "The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father." "By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong." "Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys." "There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence." Return to Index of Quotes About Father Funny"A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. "~ Unknown "A father carries pictures where his money used to be." "Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected." "A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father." "By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong." "You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You're her oracle. You're her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you're in a constant state of panic." 4 years: My Daddy can do anything! 7 years: My Dad knows a lot…a whole lot. 8 years: My father does not know quite everything.12 years: Oh well, naturally Father does not know that either.14 years: Oh, Father? He is hopelessly old-fashioned.21 years: Oh, that man-he is out of date!25 years: He knows a little bit about it, but not much.30 years: I must find out what Dad thinks about it.35 years: Before we decide, we will get Dad's idea first.50 years: What would Dad have thought about that?60 years: My Dad knew literally everything!65 years: I wish I could talk it over with Dad once more. ~ Return to Index of Quotes About Father "Two little girls, on their way home from Sunday school, were solemnly discussing the lesson. 'Do you believe there is a devil?' asked one. 'No,' said the other promptly. 'It's like Santa Claus: it's your father.'" "Why are men reluctant to become fathers? They aren't through being children." "There are three stages of a man's life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn't believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus." "Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set the baby on the pitcher's mound. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin the three together. Of course, in case of rain, you gotta call the game and start all over again."~ "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."~ "I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof."~ "My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with Return to Index of Quotes About Father
Importance of Family"There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things."~ Gerald Ford Return to Index of Quotes About Father Inspirational"Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance."~ Ruth E. Renkel "Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad." "The greatest gift I ever had Came from God; I call him Dad!" "I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich."~ "A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child."~ "One night a father overheard his son pray: Dear God, Make me the kind of man my Daddy is. Later that night, the Father pra Return to Index of Quotes About Father Jaded"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 "Don't make a baby if you can't be a father." "It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge." "The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father." "The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf." "My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it." "My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic." "There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him." Return to Index of Quotes About Father Like a Father"It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons."~ Johann Schiller "It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all." Return to Index of Quotes About Father New Father"Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set the baby on the pitcher's mound. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin the three together. Of course, in case of rain, you gotta call the game and start all over again."~ Jimmy Piersal, on how to diaper a baby, 1968 "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.'" "When a child is born, a father is born. A mother is born, too of course, but at least for her it's a gradual process. Body and soul, she has nine months to get used to what's happening. She becomes what's happening. But for even the best-prepared father, it happens all at once. On the other side of a plate-glass window, a nurse is holding up something roughly the size of a loaf of bread for him to see for the first time." "Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful." Return to Index of Quotes About Father Proverbs"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry."~ Jewish Proverb "If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame." "The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them." "Train up a child in the way which he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." Return to Index of Quotes About Father Quotes by Famous People"Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope."~ Bill Cosby "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." "If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right." "Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children." "Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful." Return to Index of Quotes About Father "My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help." "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." "There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him." "Noble fathers have noble children." "To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter." Return to Index of Quotes About Father "There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things." "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." "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.'" "My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best." "My father was a man of love. He always loved me to death. He worked hard in the fields, but my father never hit me. Never. I don't ever remember a really cross, unkind word from my father." Return to Index of Quotes About Father "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 be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years." "It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge." "It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father." "You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's." "I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof." Return to Index of Quotes About Father "My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet." "I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." "My son, a perfect little boy of five years and three months, had ended his earthly life. You can never sympathize with me; you can never know how much of me such a young child can take away. A few weeks ago I accounted myself a very rich man, and now the poorest of all." "Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected." "It is a wise father that knows his own child." Return to Index of Quotes About Father
Raising Children"It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't."~ Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams Return to Index of Quotes About Father
Sentimental"My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass.' 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'"~ Harmon Killebrew "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." "I love my father as the stars - he's a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart." "My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. " "My father was a man of love. He always loved me to death. He worked hard in the fields, but my father never hit me. Never. I don't ever remember a really cross, unkind word from my father." "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." Return to Index of Quotes About Father TV/Movies"You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You're her oracle. You're her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you're in a constant state of panic."~ Stanley T. Banks in the Father of the Bride "I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich." Return to Index of Quotes About Father Return to Family Quotes - from Quotes About Father Return to Inspiration Oasis Home Page |
