One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. ~George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Asquith
Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! ~Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. ~Johann Schiller
Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ~William Wordsworth
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass." "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys." ~Harmon Killebrew
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. ~Dinah Craik
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. ~Tom Wilson
Dad, you're someone to look up to no matter how tall I've grown. ~Author Unknown
I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter
They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body. ~Author Unknown
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