Father’s Day Quotes

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Father’s Day Jokes…

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” Jim Valvano (Top 25 Jimmy V Quotes & Jimmy V ESPY Speech)
“The greatest thing a father can do to his children, is to love their mother.” Anjaneth Garcia Untalan
“It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.” Pope John XXIII
“A father is someone who carries pictures in his wallet where his money used to be.” Unknown
“He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” Clarence Budington Kelland
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
“It is not flesh & blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” Johann Schiller
“I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.” M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.” William Shakespeare
“You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s.He’s more particular.” Robert Frost
“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” George Herbert
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.” Alexander the Great
“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. & when she is a woman he turns her back again.” Enid Bagnold
“I talk & talk & talk, & I haven’t taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week.” Mario Cuomo
“A father is a guy who has snapshots in his wallet where his money used to be.” Unknown
“Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life & not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.” Euripedes
“My father always told me, ‘Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.’” Jim Fox
“A father is a banker provided by nature.” French Proverb
“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” Sigmund Freud
“Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad.” Anne Geddes
“Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers – and fathering is a very important stage in their development.” David M. Gottesman
“If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and the world has wasted a great deal of time.” — Russell Hoban
“My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, you’ve had a great life.” Elbert Hubbard
“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” Clarence Budington Kelland
“My father said, ‘Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it right?’” Dexter Scott King
“My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.” Abraham Lincoln
“Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.” Ruth E. Renkel
“Father taught us that opportunity and responsibility go hand in hand. I think we all act on that principle; on the basic human impulse that makes a man want to make the best of what’s in him and what’s been given him.” Laurence Rockefeller
“An angry father is most cruel towards himself.” Publilius Syrus
“A man’s children and his garden both reflect the amount of weeding done during the growing season.” Unknown
“A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.” Unknown
“Small boy’s definition of Father’s Day: It’s just like Mother’s Day only you don’t spend so much.” Unknown
“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” Charles Wadsworth

“The greatest thing a #fater can do to his children, is to love their mother.” Anjaneth Garcia Untalan

“It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.” Pope John XXIII

“A father is someone who carries pictures in his wallet where his money used to be.” Unknown

“He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” Clarence Budington Kelland

“You’re tearing up the grass.” “We’re not raising grass,” Dad replied. “We’re raising boys.” Harmon Killebrew http://bit.ly/1gk5b9r

“It is not flesh & blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.” Johann Schiller

“I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.” M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter

“It is a wise father that knows his own child.” William Shakespeare

“You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s.” Robert Frost

“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” George Herbert

“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my #teacher for living well.” Alexander the Great #edchat

“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. & when she is a woman he turns her back again.” Enid Bagnold

“I talk & talk & talk, & I haven’t taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week.” Mario Cuomo http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“A father is a guy who has snapshots in his wallet where his money used to be.” Unknown http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

A king can either delegate or abdicate. A father can do neither. Marlene Dietrich http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life & not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes. ” Euripedes

“My father always told me, ‘Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.’ ” Jim Fox http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“A father is a banker provided by nature.” French Proverb http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” Sigmund Freud http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad.” Anne Geddes http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“Fathers are not born. Men grow into fathers & fathering is a very important stage in their development.” David Gottesman

“My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, you’ve had a great life.” Elbert Hubbard http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” Clarence Budington Kelland http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“My father said, ‘Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it right?'” Dexter Scott King http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.” Abraham Lincoln http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.” Ruth E. Renkel http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“Father taught us that opportunity and responsibility go hand in hand.” Laurence Rockefeller http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“An angry father is most cruel towards himself.” Publilius Syrus http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“A man’s children and his garden both reflect the amount of weeding done during the growing season.” Unknown http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.” Unknown http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

“Small boy’s definition of Father’s Day: It’s just like Mother’s Day only you don’t spend so much.” Unknown http://bit.ly/ZS2JsZ

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong. Charles Wadsworth #moms

Parents

“If you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent.” Bette Davis

“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.” Abigail Van Buren

“I’m moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother’s eyes, the beauty of my father’s hands.” Judith Jamison

“In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck – and, of course, courage.” Bill Cosby

“It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.” Barbara Kingsolver

“It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.” Joyce Maynard

“Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.” C. Everet Koop, M.D.

“Love is giving someone your undivided attention.” Author Unknown

“Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.” Abraham Lincoln

“Lucky parents who have fine children usually have lucky children who have fine parents.” James A. Brewer

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” Elizabeth Stone

“Many have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You remain responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” Antoine De Saint-Exupery

“No one knows how children will turn out; a great tree often springs from a tender plant.” Norwegian proverb

“One who walks the road with love will never walk the road alone.” C. T. Davis

“Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who tread on their toes.” Chinese Proverb

“Parenthood is a lot easier to get into than out of.” Bruce Lansky

“Parenthood, its not a job. It’s an adventure!” Author Unknown

“Parenthood: The state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage.” Marcelene Cox

“Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach.” Arnold Glasow

“Parents: People who spend half their time wondering how their children will turn out, and the rest of the time when they will turn in.” Eleanor Graham Vance

“Praise your children and they will blossom!” Author Unknown

“Presence is more than just being there.” Malcolm Forbes

“Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.” E.W. Howe

“Taking time and sharing is the essence of teaching. The future of those we cherish, will be a reflection of what we model today.” Author Unknown

“The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.” O. A. Battista

“The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.” Benjamin Spock

“The first art of being a parent consists in sleeping when the baby isn’t looking.” Author Unknown

“The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realization that this is what the child will always need can hit hard.” Sloan Wilson

“The Hebrew word for parents is horim, and it comes from the same root as moreh, teacher. The parent is, and remains, the first and most important teacher that the child will have.” Rabbi Kassel Abelson

“A person soon learns how little he knows when a child begins to ask questions.” Richard L. Evans

“Affection without sentiment, authority without cruelty, discipline without aggression, humor without ridicule, sacrifice without obligation, companionship without possessiveness.” William E. Blatz

“Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child’s life and it’s like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.” Gary Smalley

“Always kiss your children goodnight – even if they’re already asleep.” H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

“Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.” John Wilmot

“Children are the proof we’ve been here… they are the best thing and the most impossible thing.” Allison Pearson

“Children keep us in check. Their laughter prevents our hearts from hardening. Their dreams ensure we never lose our drive to make ours a better world. They are the greatest disciplinarians known to mankind.” Queen Rania of Jordan, Hello Magazine

A father’s goodness is higher than the mountain, a mother’s goodness deeper than the sea.

— Japanese Proverb

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

— Charles R. Swindoll

Don’t demand respect as a parent. Demand civility and insist on honesty. But respect is something you must earn — with kids as well as with adults.

— William Attwood

God sends children to enlarge our hearts, and make us unselfish and full of kindly sympathies and affections.

— Mary Howitt

I just want my kids to love who they are, have happy lives and find something they want to do and make peace with that. Your job as a parent is to give your kids not only the instincts and talents to survive, but help them enjoy their lives.

— Susan Sarandon, Readers’ Digest, May 2002

I looked on childrearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully interesting and challenging as any honourable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it.

— Rose Kennedy

If I had my child to raise all over again,

I’d build self-esteem first, and the house later.

I’d finger-paint more, and point the finger less.

I would do less correcting and more connecting.

I’d take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.

I’d take more hikes and fly more kites.

I’d stop playing serious, and seriously play.

I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.

I’d do more hugging and less tugging.

— Diane Loomans, from “If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again”

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.

— Edgar W. Howe

The problem with being a parent is that by the time you are experienced, you are usually unemployed.

— Author Unknown

The real menance about dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old.

— Jean Kerr

The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven’s lieutenants.

— Shakespeare

The world talks to the mind. Parents speak more intimately — they talk to the heart.

— Hain Ginott

There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.

— Peter de Vries

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.

— Hodding Carter, Jr.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

— Frank A. Clark

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

— Josh Billings

To nourish children and raise them against the odds is, in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.

— Marilyn French

We may be blinded by our own perceived flaws, but those who love us have clearer vision.

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.

— Henry Ward Beecher

When we choose to be parents, we accept another human being as part of ourselves, and a large part of our emotional selves will stay with that person as long as we live. From that time on, there will be another person on this earth whose orbit around us will affect us as surely as the moon affects the tides, and affect us in some ways more deeply than anyone else can. Our children are extensions of ourselves.

— Fred Rogers

When you have children yourself, you begin to understand what you owe your parents.

— Japanese Proverb

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

— Kahlil Gibran

You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.

— William D. Tammeus

You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.

— Polish Proverb

There is no such thing as a perfect parent so just be a real one. – Sue Atkins

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child. – Knights of Pythagoras

Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be – David Bly

Stop trying to perfect your child, but keep trying to perfect your relationship with him- Dr. Henker

Parents need to fill a child’s bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can’t poke enough holes to drain it dry-Alvin Price

As your kids grow they may forget what you said, but won’t forget how you made them feel – Kevin Heath

Encourage & support your kids because “Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. – Lady Bird Johnson

If your child has a weakness, teach them how to turn it into a strength! The only Failure is not trying. – Kevin Heath

Kids learn integrity from us: “Integrity is what we say, what we do, and what we say we do.” – Don Galer

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. – Haim Ginott

Children desperately need to know – and to hear in ways they understand and remember – that they’re loved and valued by mom and dad – Paul Smally

The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children – Elaine Heffner

Let your kids observe you doing random acts of kindness, it can be contagious – Kevin Heath

All parents should know that: “He who knows patience knows peace.” – Chinese proverb

When that kid looks into your eyes and you know its yours, you know what it means to be alive. – Anonymous

Communicating w/kids, its a 2 way street, sometimes they just need us to be there for them & listen. – Kevin Heath

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. – Richard David Bach

Parenting @ a higher level of consciousness:1st love self so deeply that when ur child misbehaves U do not have 2 react @LoveNever_Fails

When you give a little of yourself to a child, you give a little of yourself to their future! – Kevin Heath

You have many choices. You can choose forgiveness over revenge, joy over despair. You can choose action over apathy..- Stephanie Marston

Letting your kids see u helping others and not expect anything in return can be contagious – Kevin Heath

Spread love everywhere u go: first of all in your home. Give love 2 ur children, to a wife or husband, 2 a next-door neighbor-Mother Teresa

Small & Random acts of kindness can make the world of difference in someones life – Kevin Heath

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships. – Jodie Foster

Sharing is Caring – Teaching our children to share is teaching them compassion and love. – Kevin Heath

If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. – Arabic proverb

When talking w/kids its not what we say but how we say it! Think about your tone of voice & non-verbal communication.

When talking to my kids I can get them to listen better by not talking down to them, but talking to them at eyeball level – Kevin Heath

The true test of a person’s character is how they treat the people in life that they don’t need. – Lee Corso

The best gift is giving from your heart – Kevin Heath

By profession I am a Soldier & take pride in that fact, but I am prouder to be a father. – General Douglas MacArthur

The best gift, and investment, you can give your child is your time – Kevin Heath

Important to admit your mistakes & say your sorry to your kids. Only that way will you build trust – kevin

Man, Woman or Child, we can all have a profound impact on those around us. We can change the world, one person at a time! – Kevin

Encourage our kids to dream: “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere” -Carl Sagan

Don’t be afraid of giving kids responsibility, be there to guide & support them, not just to do things for them – Kevin Heath

Presence is more than just being there – Malcolm Forbes

Biology makes us Mothers & Fathers, whats in the heart makes us Mom’s and Dad’s – Kevin Heath

It is time for parents to teach young people that in diversity there is beauty & there is strength – Maya Angelou

Love is giving your kids your undivided attention and time – Kevin Heath

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place – Colette

The surest way to a child’s heart is to spend time with them – Kevin Heath

You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you.- Desmond Tutu

In the end, kids won’t remember that fancy toy or game you bought for them, they will remember the time you spent with them. – Kevin Heath

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world – Dorothy Law Neite

Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: “The first duty of love is to listen.” – Paul Tillich

Children Learn What They Live – Dorothy Law Neite

Praise your children openly, reprehend them secretly. W. Cecil

Do this every night with an ‘I Love you’: “Always kiss your children goodnight – even if they’re already asleep” – H. Brown, Jr

To me parenting is all about trust. If you don’t live by your words or actions how do you expect your kids to listen to you? – Kevin Heath

What I love about kids is there innate ability to love unconditionally – we can all learn from this – Kevin Heath

Parenting tip: complement your child on something well done when they don’t think you are looking! – Kevin Heath

If your children look up to you, you’ve made a success of life’s biggest job. – Unknown

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If you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent.

— Bette Davis

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

— Abigail Van Buren

I’m moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother’s eyes, the beauty of my father’s hands.

— Judith Jamison

In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck – and, of course, courage.

— Bill Cosby

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.

— Barbara Kingsolver

It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.

— Joyce Maynard

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.

— C. Everet Koop, M.D.

Love is giving someone your undivided attention.

— Author Unknown

Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

— Abraham Lincoln

Lucky parents who have fine children usually have lucky children who have fine parents.

— James A. Brewer

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.

— Elizabeth Stone

Many have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You remain responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

— Antoine De Saint-Exupery

No one knows how children will turn out; a great tree often springs from a tender plant.

— Norwegian proverb

One who walks the road with love will never walk the road alone.

— C. T. Davis

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who tread on their toes.

— Chinese Proverb

Parenthood is a lot easier to get into than out of.

— Bruce Lansky

Parenthood, its not a job. It’s an adventure!

— Author Unknown

Parenthood: The state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage.

— Marcelene Cox

Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach.

— Arnold Glasow

Parents: People who spend half their time wondering how their children will turn out, and the rest of the time when they will turn in.

— Eleanor Graham Vance

Praise your children and they will blossom!

— Author Unknown

Presence is more than just being there.

— Malcolm Forbes

Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.

— E.W. Howe

Taking time and sharing is the essence of teaching. The future of those we cherish, will be a reflection of what we model today.

— Author Unknown

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

— O. A. Battista

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

— Benjamin Spock

The first art of being a parent consists in sleeping when the baby isn’t looking.

— Author Unknown

The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realization that this is what the child will always need can hit hard.

— Sloan Wilson

The Hebrew word for parents is horim, and it comes from the same root as moreh, teacher. The parent is, and remains, the first and most important teacher that the child will have.

— Rabbi Kassel Abelson

A person soon learns how little he knows when a child begins to ask questions.

— Richard L. Evans

Affection without sentiment, authority without cruelty, discipline without aggression, humor without ridicule, sacrifice without obligation, companionship without possessiveness.

— William E. Blatz

Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child’s life and it’s like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.

— Gary Smalley

Always kiss your children goodnight – even if they’re already asleep.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.

— John Wilmot

Children are the proof we’ve been here… they are the best thing and the most impossible thing.

— Allison Pearson, I Don’t Know How she Does It

Children keep us in check. Their laughter prevents our hearts from hardening. Their dreams ensure we never lose our drive to make ours a better world. They are the greatest disciplinarians known to mankind.

— Queen Rania of Jordan, Hello Magazine