WHAT DID FATHER KNOW BEST, PART 2
The following are quotes, both well-known and esoterically available, from celebrity and common folk all sharing sentiments, lessons from and thoughts of dear old dad. Read, enjoy and you never know, your quote may be in here somewhere!
"The most important job of any parent is preparing a child for a world the parent may not live to see." - Author unknown
"It's an ongoing joy being a dad." - Liam Neeson
"Breathe." - Author unknown
"I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life." - Sidney Poitier
"The most important quality of any parent is wanting to be one." - Author unknown
"He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it." - Clarence Budington Kelland
"Never be ashamed to let your child discover who you are." - Author unknown
"Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!" - Lydia M. Child
"Put that boy on a hat." - Author unknown
"I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week." - Mario Cuomo
"A father carries pictures where his money used to be." - Author Unknown
"Vacuum around the baby while they're falling asleep. You don't want a lightly sleeping baby." - Author Unknown
"A father teaches wisdom, so you will run in the right direction." - Proverb
"My dad teaches by example. He has been the most conscientious and hard-working person I've known, and has worked through and above adversity." - Anonymous, Facebook
"He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care." - William Penn
"You can be anything you dream to be but be humble and always trust in the Lord" - Anonymous, Facebook
"Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected." - Red Buttons
"Go to school. Go to school so that your hands never have to look like mine." - Anonymous, Facebook
"One of the best, no, the best thing dad said, Son, if you find yourself in a hole, quit diggin'. Applies to more than you'll ever realize." - Anonymous, Facebook
"There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence." - Samuel Johnson