Fathers

He didn't tell me how to live;

he lived, and let me watch him do it.

- Unknown -

Fathers

Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name.

- William Wordsworth -

Fathers

It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes

us fathers and sons.

- Johann Schiller -

Fathers

Fathers

Dad, you're someone to look up to

no matter how tall I've grown.

- Unknown -

Fathers

Fathers

Fathers

The greatest gift I ever had

Came from God; I call him Dad!

- Unknown -

Fathers

A hero is a man who does what he can.

- Roman Rolland -

Fathers

Blessed indeed is the man who hears

many gentle voices call him father!

- Lydia M. Child - 

Fathers

Anyone can be a father but it takes someone special

to be a daddy.

Fathers

Fathers

My father always used to say that when you die,

if you got five real friends,

you've had a great life.

- Elbert Hubbard -

Father

 I don't know who my grandfather was,

I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

- Abraham Lincoln -

My father taught me to work,

he did not teach me to love it.

- Abraham Lincoln -

Joy

There is no greater joy nor greater reward

than to make a fundamental difference

in someone's life.

- Sr. Mary Rose McGeady -

Joy & Sorrow

Joy and sorrow are going to come to every human's life,

it is the mind preparation which makes it light or strong.

- Anon -

Joy

He who binds himself to a joy,

does the wing life destroy,

but he who kisses the joy as it flies,

lives in eternity's sunrise.

- William Blake -

Joy & Kindness

If you have not often felt the joy of doing a kind act,

you have neglected much,

and most of all yourself.

- A. Neilen -