Fatherhood

• "The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot utter the one, nor will they utter the other." —Francis Bacon, Of Parents and Children
• "Honor thy father and they mother." —Bible, Exodus 20:12, and elsewhere
• "You are the bows from which your children are as living arrows sent forth." —Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
• "You know more than you think you do." —Dr. Benjamin Spock, opening line of Baby and Child Care, addressed to new parents
• "I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it." —Harry S Truman, television interview, May 27, 1955
• "What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father. " —Mary Mapes Dodge
• "My dear father; my dear friend; the best and wisest man I ever knew, who taught me many lessons and showed me many things as we went together along the country by-ways." —Sarah Orne Jewett
• "There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. " —Victor Hugo
• "When Charles first saw our child Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing and blurted, 'She's more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge. " —Helen Hayes
• "You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together. " —Erika Cosby
• "To be a successful father...there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years. " —Ernest Hemingway
• "My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic." —Spike Milligan
• "To her the name of father was another name for love. " —Fanny Fern
• "The love of a father is one of nature's greatest masterpieces." —Anonymous

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