“ If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;! Rudyard Kipling
“ Every child grows up thinking their father is a hero or villain until they are old enough to realize that he is just a man Mark Maish
“ Help your fatherAs he ages And loses his strengthFor it was he who sheltered youAnd protected you from the stormsKhoiSan Book of Wisdom rassool jibraeel snyman
“ Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gent… Douglas MacArthur
“ If one could speak two languages well and was raised on tea and baguettes for breakfast,in places where the most mundane daily business on the street is conducted in four languages, where horse carts… T.K. Naliaka
“ He wanted to argue like this forever. This was better than nothing. There was no exhausting his anger at his father, and every word, however well intentioned or intentionally barbed, was a pull at a s… David Duchovny
“ When she asked what my father taught me, I told her I couldn't put it into words. But then I lay awake watching the snow fall outside and came up with this: how brave a thing it was for him to try to… Peter Geye
“ Boys do not long for fathers who will usher them through the gauntlet of psychological disconnect. They long for fathers who have themselves survived intact. Boys do not ache for their father's mascul… T. Real
“ He turns to the painting. I fear Mark was right.Who is Mark?A silly little boy who runs after George Boleyn. I once heard him say I looked like a murderer.Gregory says, Did you not know? Hilary Mantel
“ I know you're no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father. Arthur Miller
“ I bring this up because in writing some thoughts about a father, or not having a father, I feel as though I'm writing a book about a troll under a bridge or a dragon. For me, a father was nothing more… Donald Miller
“ …the most devastating thing Finney could have said. Not that Peter was hated by his father. But that he’d been loved all along. He’d interpreted kindness as cruelty, generosity as meanness, support as… Louise Penny
“ We are born with our father's names. We are not responsible for their failures. We are responsible for what they made us believe in. That is our only obligation. And it is even then a choice which we… Warren Eyster
“ Minus: Papa, I'm scared. When I was hugging Karin in the boat, reality burst open. Do you understand?David: I do.Minus: Reality burst open, and I tumbled out. It's like a dream. Anything can happen. A… Ingmar Bergman
“ Hmm. Relationships between fathers and sons can be notoriously difficult, especially for two men who are as different as you and your father are.""Yes, and he's also the king--that makes our relations… Lynn Austin
“ Why did you do it? Give up everything to raise another man's son?'His father did look up at that. 'I didn't raise another man's son,' he said sharply. 'I raised my own. Courtney Milan
“ There are many things for which I owe gratitude to my dad. Most of all, I am grateful to the only man who could love my mother more than me. Ron Mayes
“ They both looked at me in a way that was fast becoming familiar: two parts bafflement to one part awe at my talent for making a bad situation worse. David Bennun
