“I was raised in the greatest of homes … just a really great dad, and I miss him so much … he was a good man, a real simple man … Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun. — Max Lucado, Christian Author
“Train up a child in the way he should go – but be sure you go that way yourself.” — Charles Spurgeon, 19th Century British Preacher and Theologian
“A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian … and most of all, his family ought to know.” -Dwight L. Moody, 19th Century American Evangelist
“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” — Clarence Budington Kelland, U.S. Writer
“How true Daddy’s words were when he said: ‘All children must look after their own upbringing.’ Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” — Anne Frank, German Jew and Holocaust Victim
“My dad has always taught me these words: care and share.” — Tiger Woods, U.S. Professional Golfer
“Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!” — Lydia M. Child, U.S. Author
“I just owe almost everything to my father … it’s passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.” — Margaret Thatcher, First Female Prime Minister of the U.K.
“It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.” — Pope John XXIII
“The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.” — Psalm 103:13 (NLT)
“The father of godly children has cause for joy. What a pleasure to have children who are wise.” — Proverbs 23:24 (NLT)
“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.” — Billy Graham, Christian Evangelist and Author
“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” — Theodore Hesburgh, Catholic Priest and President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame