It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons. – Friedrich von Schiller
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. – George Herbert
You are my sonshine. – Author Unknown
What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father. – Friedrich Nietzsche
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. – William Shakespeare
Tiger father begets tiger son. – Chinese Proverb
Son, you outgrew my lap, but never my heart. – Author Unknown
Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. – Chinese Proverb
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy…. – John Adams
No one would be foolish enough to choose war over peace – in peace sons bury their fathers, but in war fathers bury their sons. – Croesus of Lydia
Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons. – Napoleon Bonaparte
If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. – James Baldwin
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. – Aldous Huxley
We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so. – Alexander Pope
Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe, depending on his bringing up. – Author Unknown
He who can be a good son will be a good father. – Author Unknown
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. – Epictetus
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. – Marlene Dietrich
Good fathers make good sons. – Author Unknown
Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters. – Friedrich Nietzsche