Fathers Quotes

Fathers Quote of the day

If our founding fathers were alive today, they'd roll over in their graves.

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.'

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

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.

Never love anything that can't love you back.

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

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.

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.

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

What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father.

Men should always change diapers. It's a very rewarding experience. It's mentally cleansing. It's like washing dishes, but imagine if the dishes were your kids, so you really love the dishes.

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.

My father would lift me high. And dance with my mother and me and then. Spin me around til I fell asleep. Then up the stairs he would carry me and I knew for sure I was loved.

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.

My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.

[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.

Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.

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.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

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.

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

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.

On this special Fathers Day, we'd like to wish all of you a very Happy Birthday.

A wedding is for daughters and fathers. The mothers all dress up, trying to look like young women. But a wedding is for a father and daughter. They stop being married to each other on that day.

Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage daughter.

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.

I don't have a kid, but I think that I would be a good father, especially if my baby liked to go out drinking.

You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together.

Every dad, if he takes time out of his busy life to reflect upon his fatherhood, can learn ways to become an even better dad.

Coercion by government, the main fear of our founding fathers, is now its most common attribute.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

The most effective guard against delinquency is a father who is at the same time both strict and loving.

My father confused me. From the ages of one to seven, I thought my name was Jesus Christ!

The greatest gift I ever had Came from God; I call him Dad!

A father carries pictures where his money used to be.

Choose a career you love and you will never have to go to work.

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.

I thought I would be more inspired to have all these new feelings to talk about, but I really just want to hang out with my daughter.

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

There should be a children's song: 'If you're happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep'.

My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.

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

It is the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.

My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work.

What is it the Bible teaches us? -- rapine, cruelty, and murder.