Quotes about Fathers
Especially for Father's Day
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 ~
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father,
and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 4:1
A wise son maketh a glad father;
Proverbs 10:1
Honour thy father and thy mother;
Matthew 19:19
When I was a child, I spoke like a child,
I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child;
when I became a man, I gave up childish ways.
I Corinthians 13:11
And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger,
but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4
"It is a wise father that knows his own child."
~ William Shakespeare ~
"It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was."
~ Anne Sexton (1928-1974) ~
"A man's children and his garden both reflect the amount of weeding done during the growing season."
~ Author Unknown ~
"Any man can be a Father, but it takes someone special to be a DAD!"
And the best advice for all fathers:
"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."
~ David O. McKay, Prophet, Church of Jesus Christ ~
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