[SchmennaLeigh]

I'm posting this here because I want maximum input from lots of people!

I need quotes (lyrics/poems/straight up quotes) on fatherhood. Both gifts that I'm making for Josh (his first father's day) and J (Munchkin's Dad) need quotes. Josh's needs a LOT while J's only needs one.

So let 'em rip. (Don't forget to put who wrote the quote or the song lyric! That's big for me!)

GO!

[sunnyandi13]

Jenna:
Good luck with your gifts - I, too enjoy making things for people that truly show how much I care for them. Hope these help?

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

Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys. Anonymous

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection. Sigmund Freud

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong. Charles Wadsworth

Blessed is the man indeed who hears many gentle voices call him father. Lydia M. Child

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. Anonymous

[moonbeam23]

Originally Posted by sunnyandi13

Jenna:
Good luck with your gifts - I, too enjoy making things for people that truly show how much I care for them. Hope these help?

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

Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys. Anonymous

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection. Sigmund Freud

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong. Charles Wadsworth

Blessed is the man indeed who hears many gentle voices call him father. Lydia M. Child

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. Anonymous

All great quotes, but the last one did it for me, (brought the tears.)

I vote for that last one on Sunnyandi's list.

[momofmykids]

"You don't become a great dad by donating your sperm. Lots of guys do that without ever acting much like a real Dad. Being a really great Dad takes three things - none of which require your genes:

Love God above all else.
Love the Mother of your Children.
Love your children like you want to be loved"

My husband, Andy

[Mommy24]

Anyone can be a Father
It takes a special person to be a Daddy

[mama2one]

When my son was in preschool, they painted the childs foot and stamped it on construction paper with the following poem:


"Walk a little slower daddy,"
said a child so small.
"I'm following in your footsteps,
and I don't want to fall"

Sometimes your steps are very fast
Sometimes they're hard to see
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For you are leading me.

Someday when I'm all grown up
You're what I want to be.
Then I will have a little child
Who'll want to follow me.

And I would want to lead just right,
And know that I was true
So, walk a little slower, Daddy,
For I must follow you.

Anonymous

[Lovebug]

This are all making me cry!!!!!!!!

--Renee

[melliemoo]

Originally Posted by Lovebug

This are all making me cry!!!!!!!!

--Renee

Ditto here!

Melissa =)

[DavidKed]

"You don't become a great dad by donating your sperm. Lots of guys do that without ever acting much like a real Dad. Being a really great Dad takes three things - none of which require your genes:

I dont want to get in an argument. However, that statement really irked me a lot.

[momofmykids]

Originally Posted by DavidKed

I dont want to get in an argument. However, that statement really irked me a lot.

MY husband made that quote...what irked you about that? We have 1 bio child and 7 adopted children, I think he knows what he's talking about. He's a great dad and my kids are blessed to have him as their daddy. He neither loves nor favors our bio child over our adopted children.

We have friends and family members who have only bio children and the dads are bad...REALLY bad. Never visit, never spend time with their kids, never support them financially and are only about themselves.

Even if my husband hadn't said it, I'd have to agree...it does take WAY more than genes to make a good parent.

[Casey677]

Jenna,

I don't know if you listen to country music, but there is a song by George Strait that I believe is called A Father's Love. My favorite line of the song goes something likes this (I haven't heard it in a long time!): Let me tell you a secret about a Father's love- Daddy's don't just love their children every now and then, it's a love without end, amen.

[SchmennaLeigh]

We LOVE that song. I don't know why I didn't think about it! Thanks for the tip!

[crick]

Just a reminder here folks...Jenna isn't asking for a debate over what makes a good father...simply asking for quotes she can use for a gift to 2 special dads in her life.

If anyone wishes to split the debate part of the thread off into a new thread, just pm me and we'll do that. However, for THIS thread...no debate.

Thanks!
crick

[LoveJosiah]

Great quotes, I think I'll use some as captions for photos of DH with DS and frame them up!

[momofmykids]

Jenna,
Have you heard the Phillips, Craig, and Dean song that goes...

He climbs in my lap for a goodnight hug
He calls me Dad and I call him Bub
With his faded old pillow and a bear named Pooh
He snuggles up close and says, "I want to be like you"
I tuck him in bed and I kiss him goodnight
Trippin' over the toys as I turn out the light
And I whisper a prayer that someday he'll see
He's got a father in God 'cause he's seen Jesus in me

Lord, I want to be just like You
'Cause he wants to be just like me
I want to be a holy example
For his innocent eyes to see
Help me be a living Bible, Lord
That my little boy can read
I want to be just like You
'Cause he wants to be like me

Got to admit I've got so far to go
Make so many mistakes and I'm sure that You know
Sometimes it seems no matter how hard I try
With all the pressures in life I just can't get it all right
But I'm trying so hard to learn from the best
Being patient and kind, filled with Your tenderness
'Cause I know that he'll learn from the things that he sees
And the Jesus he finds will be the Jesus in me
Right now from where he stands I may seem mighty tall
But it's only 'cause I'm learning from the best Father of them all