Ten Quotes About Fatherhood That Will Make You Cry

Fathers are incredibly important. They are the foundation of a family and their child’s first role model. They provide security, strength, wisdom and love to their children.

My children are lucky to have a wonderful father. He is kind, compassionate, and patient. He loves to listen to their stories and watch them grow and learn. He shows and tells them that he loves them every day.

In honor of Father’s Day, here are ten quotes about fatherhood that will make you cry.

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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. – Jim Valvano

My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. – Clarence Budington Kelland

It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. – Anne Sexton

Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it – Mike Myers

You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes even if it’s just in your own eyes. – Walter M. Schirra, Sr.

My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. -Liza Minnelli

A father is neither an anchor to hold us back nor a sail to take us there but a guiding light whose love shows us the way. -Unknown

Imagine who you want your kids to become. Be that. – Anonymous

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty – Unknown

When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back – Linda Poindexter