It is much easier to become a father than to be one. – Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son: Reflections on Becoming a Man, 1994

Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. – Author Unknown

Fathers represent another way of looking at life — the possibility of an alternative dialogue. – Louise J. Kaplan, Oneness and Separateness: From Infant to Individual, 1978

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