Father's Day Quotes

"We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so." -Alexander Pope

Another way of saying "respect your elders" in that we are always underestimating our parents. Ever notice how it seems like our parents get smarter as we get older? They know more than you think.

"Children have more need of models than critics." - Joseph Joubert

Actions speak louder than words. Don't be a hypocrite, especially when it comes to parenting.

"It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father." - Pope John XXIII

This one speaks for itself. Having children is one thing, but taking care of and raising them, and being their father is another.

"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. " - Sigmund Freud

A father's role is important, and not something to be ignored or looked over.

"I've had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started. " - Bartrand Hubbard

Being a father is a tough role, and it's even tougher for one who must prepare his children for their own path through life.

"My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass.' 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'" - Harmon Killebrew

Boys will be boys, and fathers know this, perhaps more than anyone else. Thus, they understand their needs and what it takes to raise one in this particular way.

"A father is a guy who has snapshots in his wallet where his money used to be." - Anonymous

Being a father changes things :)

"It is a wise father that knows his own child." - William Shakespeare

And when they know the child, they really, really, do know them well.

"My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn." - Louis Adamic

Be careful, and ye shall reap the rewards.

"A father is a banker provided by nature." - French Proverb

Fathers tend to be very conservative, and it is always a good way to provide a balanced lesson towards children and their money-spending ways.