Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
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Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'
The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get.
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.
Choose a career you love and you will never have to go to work.
The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.
My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.
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