Quotes: Fathers

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

- Clarence Budinton Kelland -

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang up my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me, and I knew that little things are special things.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I heard you say a prayer, and I believed there is a God I could always talk to.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I felt you kiss me goodnight, and I felt loved.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared, and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I LOOKED....and wanted to say thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.

- Connie Back -

Every now and then, beautiful angels appear cleverly disguised as ordinary human beings...FATHERS!

- Unknown -

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.

- Mencius -

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

- Theodore Martin Hesburgh -

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

- Henry Clay -

You've taught me so much.
I've watched how you live--
how you chased after life.
You inspire me to greater things.

- Unknown -

fa•ther•s day (fa'ther's day) n. 1. a day where children show appreciation to their daddies for all that he has sacrificed & done for the love he has for his children. 2. a celebration for a great man called daddy.