As we honour the fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers and uncles in our lives, here are some inspirational and funny words to live by:
“To be a successful father, there’s one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don’t look at it for the first two years.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
“Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.” ~ Red Buttons
“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” ~ Charles Wadsworth
“I’m so ugly, my father carries around a picture of the kid who came with his wallet.” ~ Rodney Dangerfield
“Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad.” ~ Proverb
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” ~ Mark Twain
“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is woman, he turns her back again.” ~ Enid Bagnold
“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” ~ George Herbert
“If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a 50-per-cent chance of being right.” ~ Bill Cosby
“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.” ~ Author unknown
Source: Metro Creative
Posted by Heather Green-Oliver