“To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.”
Father's Day is a chance to say what might go unsaid the rest of the year. These quotes capture the gratitude, humor, and quiet admiration that sons and daughters feel for the men who raised them.
“When a father gives to his son, both laugh when a son gives to his father, both cry.”
“To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.”
“To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.”
“A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.”
“I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.”
“When a father gives to his son, both laugh when a son gives to his father, both cry.”
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.”
“Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.”