Anne Geddes-Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.

Anne Geddes-Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.

Markus Zusak - Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes. Template

Kelly Tobey - I’ve learned that a father’s blessing can fill a son’s soul to the brim. Template

Keith Urban - I only hope when I have my own family that everyday I see a little more of my father in me. Template

Abraham Lincoln - No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child. Template

Henry Van Dyke - What do I owe my father? Everything. Template

Harmon Killebrew - 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 b

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. - Life doesn’t come with an instruction book; that’s why we have fathers. Template

Gordon MacDonald - "Words have an awesome impact. The impression made by a father’s voice can set in motion an entire trend of life." Template

Erika Cosby - You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together. Template

Euripides - Noble fathers have noble children. Template

Pope John XXIII - “It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.” Template

Christopher Meloni - “I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it’s definitely a journey I’m glad to be taking.” Template

Shinichi Suzuki - “Children learn to smile from their parents.” Template

George Strait - “Daddies don’t just love their children every now and then, it’s a love without end.” Template

Neil Patrick Harris - “What I’ve realized is that life doesn’t count for much unless you’re willing to do your small part to leave our children—all of our children—a better world.” Template

Emile Gaboriau - A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely. Template

Clarence Budington Kelland - “My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it.” Template

Margaret Truman - It’s only when you grow up and step back from him - or leave him for your own home - it’s only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Template

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

Stephen Colbert - A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the c

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

Dan Zevin - Lately all my friends are worried they’re turning into their fathers. I’m worried I’m not. Template

Frank A. Clark - A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. Template

Gloria Naylor - Old as she was, she still missed her Daddy sometimes. Template

Marinela Reka - Being a daddy’s girl is like having permanent armor for the rest of your life. Template