He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. – Clarence Budington Kelland
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. – Author Unknown
Father! — to God himself we cannot give a holier name. – William Wordsworth
Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. – Joseph Joubert
One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. – George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! – Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. – Ruth E. Renkel
A father carries pictures where his money used to be. – Author Unknown
The father who would taste the essence of his fatherhood must turn back from the plane of his experience, take with him the fruits of his journey and begin again beside his child, marching step by step over the same old road. – Angelo Patri
My father, when he went, made my childhood a gift of a half a century. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
It is much easier to become a father than to be one. – Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son: Reflections on Becoming a Man, 1994
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. – Jean Paul Richter
Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad. – Author Unknown
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. – Hedy Lamarr
The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature. – Antoine-François, Abbé Prévost d’Exiles
I love my father as the stars — he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart. – Terri Guillemets
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.” – Nebelspalter (Zurich, Switzerland), quoted in The Literary Digest, Vol.106, 1930
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. – Author Unknown
My daddy, he was somewhere between God and John Wayne. – Hank Williams, Jr.
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. – Gloria Naylor
