“ 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
