QUOTES ABOUT FATHERS

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.
-- Gloria Naylor

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
--Henry Ward Beecher

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

A man knows he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
--Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.
--Francis Bacon, Sr.

Children learn to smile from their parents. -- Shinichi Suzuki

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stands a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure, too.
-- Benjamin Franklin

We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope! Rally to the standard, and be no longer the scoff of mercenary tongues! Be men, be free men, that your children may bless their father's name.
--Sam Houston

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.
--Friedrich Nietzsche

The family is the association established by nature for the supply of man's everyday wants.
--Aristotle

Those who trust us educate us.
-- T.S. Eliot