Uplifting Father-Son Quotes for Father's Day

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Alan Valentine

"For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time."

 

Yiddish Proverb

“When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.”

 

Frank A. Clark

"A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be."

 

George Strait

"Daddies don’t just love their children every now and then, it’s a love without end."

 

Antoine Francois Prevost

"The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature."

 

Walter M. Schirra, Sr.

"You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in our own eyes."

 

Matthew Buckley

"Being a father means you have to think fast on your feet. You must be judicious, wise, brave, tender, and willing to put on a frilly hat and sit down to a pretend tea party."

 

Nina LaCour

“He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much.”

 

Steve Chapman

"Becoming a dad is one thing—being a dad is many things."

 

Calvin Johnson

"I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me."

 

Ken Norton

"Of all the titles I’ve been privileged to have, 'Dad' has always been the best."

 

H. Jackson Browne

"Life doesn’t come with an instruction book—that’s why we have fathers."

 

Frank Pittman

"Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man."

 

Huithiang

“I tried to be what my father was to me, and I ended up a miserable failure.”

 

Billy Graham

"A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society."

 

Jim Valvano

"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."

 

Ed Skrein

"I am a family man, and my most important role is a father to my son."

 

Johann Schiller

"It's not flesh and blood but the heart that makes us father and son.

 

Charles Wadsworth

"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong."

 

Clarence B. Kelland

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

 

Charles F. Kettering

"Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice."

 

Terri Guillemets

"Every son quotes his father, in words and in deeds."

Great Father's Day Quotes

A father is neither an anchor to hold us back nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way. Unknown

She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father. Harper Lee, American novelist

Dad, my mind still talks to you. My heart still looks for you. My soul knows you are at peace. Unknown

The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family. Reed Markham, author

Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song. Pam Brown, author

‘Father’ is the noblest title a man can be given. It is more than a biological role. It signifies a patriarch, a leader, an exemplar, a confidant, a teacher, a hero, a friend. Robert L. Backman, lawyer

He was a father. That’s what a father does. Eases the burdens of those he loves. Saves the ones he loves from painful last images that might endure for a lifetime. George Saunders, writer

Life is different without him, but I am grateful I got to call him my dad.

When I remember my dad, I smile each time. He taught me not to take life too seriously. He was always in good spirits, even until the day he died.

Every time I think of my father, two things come to mind and I always say them slowly, inaudibly but loud enough to rock every fibre of my being: Dad, thank you for your forbearance and love without which it would be impossible to raise a difficult son like me. And dad, forgive me for not doing it better as a son. You know it well that I could raise the bar but failed miserably. Yet, in my highs and lows you were there all the way. Huithiang

Say not in grief ‘he is no more’ but in thankfulness that he was. Hebrew Proverb

No matter where I am, your spirit will be beside me. For I know that no matter what, you will always be with me. Tram-Tiara T. Von Reichenbach

If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever. Winnie the Pooh

May each tear and each fond memory be a note of love rising to meet you. Jennifer Williamson

Deeply, I know this, that love triumphs over death. My father continues to be loved, and therefore he remains by my side. Jennifer Williamson

You will always be in my heart because in there you’re still alive. Jamie Cirello

When I was little I bragged about my firefighting father: my father would go to heaven, because if he went to hell he would put out all the fires. Jodi Picoult