June 15, 2023: Quotes About Fatherhood for Father’s Day
The third Sunday in June is Father’s Day in many countries, including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and India. Are you ready to celebrate the outstanding father figures in your life? Following are some insightful quotes about fathers and fatherhood.
“Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.” —Reed Markham
“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.” —Steve Martin
“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” —Sigmund Freud
“Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.” —Barack Obama
“My father was pretty busy. I mean, I learned more about him at his funeral than I did, really, growing up.” —Dennis Hopper
“Having children is like living in a frat house. Nobody sleeps, everything’s broken, and there’s a lot of throwing up.” —Ray Romano
“My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” —“The Princess Bride”
“My father was a handsome man. I was afraid of him and also a little in love with him.” —Gianni Versace
“I have found the very best way to advise your children is to find out what they want to do and advise them to do it.” —Harry S. Truman
“The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.” —John Green
“You can’t be the dad who takes your kid out after your wife has said, ‘No ice cream,’ buys the ice cream, and says, ‘Don’t tell your mother.’ You teach the child to lie — and to disrespect the other parent.” —Howie Mandel
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.” —William Shakespeare
“We were poor but we had love; That’s the one thing that daddy made sure of.” —Loretta Lynn
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” —Mark Twain
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