50+ Favorite Quotes on Fatherhood
“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.”
― Author Unknown
“The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.”
― Proverbs 20:7
“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”
― Umberto Eco
“A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.”
― Frank A. Clark
“Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.”
― Charles Kettering
“The best way of training the young is to train yourself at the same time; not to admonish them, but to be seen never doing that of which you would admonish them.”
― Plato
“The best gift for a future mother is a present father.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“Dads are the most ordinary of men
― Pam Brown
turned by love into heroes, adventurers,
story-tellers, and singers of songs.”
“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.”
― Henry Ward Beecher
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: He believed in me.”
― Jim Valvano
“A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really stands in their place. He is not an isolated individual, but incorporates the selves of several people in his own self.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“The greatest thing a father can do for his children is to respect the woman that gave birth to his children. It is because of her that you have the greatest treasures in your life. You may have moved on, but your children have not. If you can’t be her soulmate, then at least be thoughtful. Whom your children love should always be someone that you acknowledge with kindness. Your children notice everything and will follow your example.”
― Shannon L. Alder
“There’s no amount of mothering that can replace the leadership and the spiritual impact of a father.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr
“A father’s love is the foundation of a child’s future.”
― Author Unknown
“Dads, do your faces light up when you first see your child in the morning or when you come home from work? Do you not understand that a child’s entire sense of value can revolve around what they see in your face when you first see them?”
― Dan Pearce
“One father is more than
a hundred schoolmasters.”
― George Herbert
A Hero in the Making
Our little one is watching–
Can’t you see it in his eyes?
How he brightens at the sight of you
With happy, wild surprise?
Yes, our little one is watching,
He sees everything you do,
And he’s mimicking your actions
Trying hard to be like you.
Our little one is listening–
He hears every word you say
And perks up when he hears your voice,
No matter time of day.
Yes, our little one is listening.
And your words, they sink in deep.
They encourage, they inspire him,
And they echo in his sleep.
Our little one is following,
And he shadows every move,
Watching close for your reaction–
How he hopes that you’ll approve!
Yes, our little one is following–
And I thank the Lord above
For your wise and good example,
Your devotion and your love.
Our little one’s believing–
You’re a hero in his eyes,
And he knows that he can trust you
Like he knows the sun will rise.
Yes, our little one’s believing–
God protect his tender heart,
For he’ll view his Heav’nly Father
As he’s seen you from the start.
– Jennifer Flanders
“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.”
― Steve Martin
“The greatest gift
I ever had
Came from God;
I call him Dad!”
― John Walter Bratton
“One of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
― Howard W. Hunter
“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.”
― Sigmund Freud
“Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”
“Dads teach us lots of things, but the real lesson is always love.”
― Author Unknown
“Fathers should make you feel safe.”
― Karen Cushman
“The most precious things a father can provide are time, attention, and love.”
― Tim Russert
“The measure of a man is determined by the distance between his knees and the ground. The less the distance, the greater the man.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
“A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.”
― Author Unknown
“Biology does not make a man a father–nor a woman a mother. We are what we do.”
― Andrew Vachss
“Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for his father’s mistakes….”
― Barack Obama
“Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.”
― Lydia M. Child
“My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.”
― Marlo Thomas
“Dad always managed to make everyone laugh. And sometimes that’s all you need to feel better”
― R.J. Palacio
“A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich
“Fathers
Are
The
Humble
Everyday
Real
Servicemen”
― Richelle E. Goodrich
“Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.”
― Frank Pittman
“My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, Or loathe His reproof, For whom the LORD loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.”
― Proverbs 3:11-12
“Being a dad is my most important job because it not only affects my children but their children and many generations to come.”
― Mark Dominik
“Dads, i’s time to tell our kids that we love them. Constantly. It’s time to show our kids that we love them. Constantly. It’s time to take joy in their twenty-thousand daily questions and their inability to do things as quickly as we’d like. It’s time to take joy in their quirks and their ticks. It’s time to take joy in their facial expressions and their mispronounced words. It’s time to take joy in everything that our kids are.”
― Dan Pearce
“The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family.”
― Reed B Markham
“A dad is a powerful force that guides the path of the universe as he imparts the strength of his love to his children and family.”
― Eveth Colley
“A father is the man who can change a world he will not be part of by building the tiny human that is part of him.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating…too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.”
― John Wooden
“A father loves completely, gives quietly, teaches gently, and inspires deeply.”
― Author Unknown
“Sigmund Freud, the father of psychiatry and an atheist, theorized that one’s attitude toward one’s father largely shaped one’s attitude toward God.”
― Dennis Prager,
“A father is neither an anchor to hold us back nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.”
― Author Unknown
“Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.”
― Anne Geddes
“The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.”
― Prevost Abbe
“Being a great father is like shaving.
― Reed B Markham
No matter how good you shaved today,
you have to do it again tomorrow.”
“A father’s greatest legacy isn’t what he hands down, but what he pours in—time, example, and unwavering belief. Lead your children with love today, and your impact will echo for generations.”
― Farshad Asl
“She did not stand alone, but what stood beside her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father.”
― Harper Lee
Father!
My father knows the proper way
The nation should be run;
He tells us children every day
Just what should now be done.
He knows the way to fix the trusts,
He has a simple plan;
But if the furnace needs repairs,
We have to hire a man.
My father, in a day or two
Could land big thieves in jail;
There's nothing that he cannot do,
He knows no word like "fail."
Our confidence" he would restore,
Of that there is no doubt;
But if there is a chair to mend,
We have to send it out.
All public questions that arise,
He settles on the spot;
He waits not till the tumult dies,
But grabs it while it's hot.
In matters of finance he can
Tell Congress what to do;
But, O, he finds it hard to meet
His bills as they fall due.
It almost makes him sick to read
The things law-makers say;
Why, father's just the man they need,
He never goes astray.
All wars he'd very quickly end,
As fast as I can write it;
But when a neighbor starts a fuss,
'Tis mother has to fight it.
In conversation father can
Do many wondrous things;
He's built upon a wiser plan
Than presidents or kings.
He knows the ins and outs of each
And every deep transaction;
We look to him for theories,
But look to ma for action”
― Edgar Albert Guest
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
― Mark Twain
“The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.”
― John Green
