"I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work fifteen and
sixteen hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple
eloquence of his example." -- Mario Cuomo

 

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance

                                                                     Ruth E. Renkel

 

One night a father overheard his son pray: Dear God, Make me the kind of man my Daddy is. Later that night, the Father prayed, Dear God, Make me the kind of man my son wants me to be.

 

 Children have more need of models than critics.

 

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.

 

It matters not that Time has shed
His thawless snow upon your head,
For he maintains, with wondrous art,
Perpetual summer in your heart.
-                    William Hamilton Hayne

 

 

Fatherly Quotes:

Don't ask me, ask your mother.
Were you raised in a barn? Close the door.
Coffee will stunt your growth.
Get your elbows off the table.
"Hey" is for horses.
What's so funny? Wipe that smile off your face

If your friend jumped off a bridge would you?

What do you think this is, your birthday?
Don't make me stop the car!