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My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.' — Michael Jordan

Most mothers and fathers will shop more for a TV set than they will for a child care center for their child. — Edward Zigler

Some people were born to be mothers, fathers, inventors, artists, speakers, preachers . . . and then there was me. — Jeaniene Frost

After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury their fathers and in war fathers bury their sons. — Herodotus

The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it's just the thing that every man wants - to have a son and heir. — George Best

Helpful Reminders for Fathers and Other Birth Companions — Pam England

She looked at Stiorra and grinned, and I wondered whether that was what the two girls had in common: bad fathers. — Bernard Cornwell

The lore of our fathers is a fabric of sentences. A pale gray lore, black with fact and white with convention. — Willard Van Orman Quine

A daughter was a battle between fathers and boys in which the fathers fought valiantly and always lost. — Ann Patchett

Whatever the era ... one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first. — Barbara Bush

Greater Germany - the dream of our fathers and grandfathers - is finally created. — Gustav Krupp Von Bohlen Und Halbach

For your penance, say two Hail Marys, three our Fathers, and," he added, with a chuckle, "say a special prayer for the Dodgers. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

The message was that .. fathers can go ahead and have children, but they don't have to raise the children. — Dan Quayle

I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands. — Thomas Jefferson

They (the poets) are to us in a manner the fathers and authors of the wisdom. — Plato

America - where we hate our
fathers, love our mothers, and
everyone is hung up on trying
to be a man — Phil Volatile

Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best. — Rainn Wilson

Children need love and discipline. They need mothers and fathers. A welfare check is not a husband. The state is not a father. — Rush Limbaugh

It was an early saying here [Massachusetts] that there were 'Roots enough to plant Hampshire County and Gunns enough to defend them. — Edward Pearson Pressey

When the sins of our fathers visit us
We do not have to play host.
We can banish them with forgiveness
As God, in his His Largeness and Laws. — August Wilson

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. — James A. Baldwin

The Founding Fathers believed that faith in God was the key to our being a good people and America's becoming a great nation. — Ronald Reagan

There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan ... I'm the responsible officer of the Government. — John F. Kennedy

He who loses his people and his national character loses both the faith of his fathers and God. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

This was the first time I noticed it, the inevitable space between father and man. — Karen Thompson Walker

Fathers, your are the head and strength of the family unit. If you are not in place, there is a weakness in the link. — Anita R. Sneed-Carter

When Israel, of the Lord belov'd, Out of the land of bondage came, Her fathers' God before her mov'd, An awful guide in smoke and flame. — Walter Scott

Fathers and mothers," she found herself saying, "leave their mark, no matter if we've known them a lifetime or only a day. — Nalini Singh

Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old. — Solomon

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?
Read more at — Thomas Babington Macaulay

My dad's life was magnificent, but only if I let myself see and remember more than his years of decline. — Lisa J. Shultz

Good old grandsire ... we shall be joyful of thy company. — William Shakespeare

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers. — Lewis Mumford

There is something special about unions of husband and wife. Unless we bring men and women together, children will not have mothers and fathers. — Carrie Prejean

Once I said to my father, 'Why do you want me?'
I still think that's the bravest thing I've ever done. — China Mieville

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

Incunk warriors and sisters who cut themselves and fathers who cut - (hush Lisey hush) She'd only lie there, leave it at that. — Stephen King

I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one of the ways fathers justified their own hard work and sacrifices. — Gene Tierney

And try to stay out of trouble with the ladies. Remember, they all have fathers and brothers and some of them have armies. — Jennifer Fallon

I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say 'yes, women can.' — Dilma Rousseff

Children are nature's flower and our future. They are the future fathers and mothers. They are our mind's adventure in the future. — Debasish Mridha

And fathers are a blessing, too, they give the place a tone;
In fact each child should try and have some parents of its own. — Louis Untermeyer

covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 2CH15.13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God — Anonymous

Baseball is sunshine, green grass, fathers and sons, our rural past. — Albert Theodore Powers

Natural law is superior as it allows for the pursuit of virtue genuinely initiated from within and themselves. — Patrick Mendis

My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret. — Evelyn Waugh

Our mothers and fathers helped us come to be and, even nlw, they continue to give us life. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Any man's life can be seen as a series of engagements with his fathers, Including the surrogates provided by life and literature. — Richard Brookhiser

How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! — Thomas Jefferson

We never get over our fathers, and we're not required to. (Irish Proverb) — Martin Sheen

The Lord is a Father, the most tender and best of fathers. He cannot fail to be moved when His children appeal to Him. — Pio Of Pietrelcina

Fatherhood is the best thing that could happen to me, and I'm just glad I can share my voice. — Dwyane Wade

Do you know how lucky you are to have a daughter who loves you so much? — Ingrid Ricks

Antonia! This is your father speaking. Unless you've swooned onto the floor, I expect you to get yourself out here immediately. — Jane Carter Barrett

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers. — Homer

I have played 50 different kinds of fathers and villains. Only mediocre actors play the part the same way. — Anupam Kher

Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country. — Jane D. Hull

Many fathers are gone. Some leave, some are left. Some return, unknown and hungry. Only the dog remembers. — Nick Flynn

The most important thing in the world is family and love. — John Wooden

Most fathers don't show up with hand grenades and bowie knives."
"They should be ashamed of themselves," Jake said. — Janet Evanovich

But the world hinges on good fathers and those who would be the merchants of confidence. — Michelle Franklin

And what could my father possibly want with another child, when he hardly bothered to talk to the one he already had? — Polly Shulman

My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. — Tiger Woods

Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes. — Markus Zusak

Breast Feeding should not be attempted by fathers with hairy chests, since they can make the baby sneeze and give it wind. — Mike Harding

He has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch. — Chelsea Clinton

Get on before I blow you lose of your shoes and give your fathers cause to celebrate! — Stephen King

I wish you a beautiful blessed Father's Day. — Lailah Gifty Akita

But he was sixty-two when I was, born, and the novelty of daughters had worn away long before. — Jane Smiley

When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and I'm proud of it. — Ziauddin Yousafzai

And, to help society at large to understand that in the equation of life, fathers are of equal importance as mothers. — Malik Yoba

A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers. — Napoleon Bonaparte

When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result. — Emma Thompson

Fathers and daughters have a special bond.
She is always daddy's little girl. — Richard L. Ratliff

In New Bedford, fathers, they say, give whales for dowers to their daughters, and portion off their nieces with a few porpoises a-piece. — Herman Melville

A father is only capable of giving what he has, and what he knows. A good father gives all of himself that is good. — Vincent Carrella

She'll find you. Her need to know you will eventually consume her. — Stephen Douglass

A clear rule for self-control handed down by the Fathers is this: stop eating while still hungry and do not continue until you are satisfied. — John Cassian

If not for sports, I do not think my father would have ever talked to me. — Pat Conroy

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone. — Quintilian

A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame. — Solomon

If you can't do what you really want to do, then do the next best thing! — Stacey Culpepper

To all fathers and mothers of the Church, tell your children that you love them and that you are so happy to have them in your family. — Patricia P. Pinegar

The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan. — Alan Price

Fatherhood is sacred. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The most effective guard against delinquency is a father who is at the same time both strict and loving. — Sheldon Glueck

The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way. — John D. Rockefeller

Being a godly father requires much perseverance and prayer as we seek God's guidance in being the types of fathers He wants us to be. — Jonathan Falwell

That was when the world wasn't so big and I could see everywhere. It was when my father was a hero and not a human. — Markus Zusak

Basketball allowed me to revere my father without him knowing what I was up to. I took up basketball as a form of homage and mimicry. — Pat Conroy

I was a boy that age once, and I know that 97.7 percent of their bodies are semen and the 2.8 percent is an incendiary device for spraying it. — Mat Johnson

Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children. — Cissy Houston

My sisters and I can still recite Dad's grilling rules: Rule No. 1: Dad is in charge. Rule No. 2: Repeat Rule No. 1. — Connie Schultz

Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table. — James Levine

Real Fathers make a positive impact on their generation, and so give the next generation the advantage of a better nation to live in — Fela Durotoye

Interactions between fathers and children are the starting point of education. — Yoshihiko Noda

My dad's my best mate, and he always will be. — Cher Lloyd

How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son's offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance! — Moliere

I ask you ... to adopt the principles proclaimed by yourselves, by your revolutionary fathers, and by the old bell in Independence Hall ... — Frederick Douglass

Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness. — William Bradford