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Abraham Lincoln. He once said that the best thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother.
— John Wooden
when coaches or parents make consistency their foundation, everyone around them becomes more comfortable and everyone around them has a greater opportunity to grow.
— John Wooden
Now parents will say, "We're just trying to make ends meet," and they're telling the truth. But if you think too much about the pursuit of material things, you're going to hurt those youngsters you're working so hard to buy material things for.
— John Wooden
We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for their present and their future.
— Zig Ziglar
Of course if you like your kids if you love them from the moment they begin you yourself begin all over again in them and with them.
— William Saroyan
When I reprimanded my son for hair like Michael Jackson he said: "I don't see the problem you wear yours like Michael Jordan."
— Anonymous
Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.
— Charles Kettering
To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter; sons have spirits of a higher pitch, but less inclined to endearing fondness.
— Euripides
A father doesn't say, 'Don't go that way.' He says, 'come follow me.'
— Judah Smith
Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.
— Barack Obama
When fathers are tongue tied religiously with their offspring, need they wonder if their children's hearts remain sin tied?
— Charles Spurgeon