The best thing about sayings is the fact they have the ability to say so much with so few words. They are especially useful for those of us who do not have the ability to express our emotions and thoughts in words, yet we can use the wise words of a saying to say so much.
You'll find many thoughtful and endearing sayings expressed inside a card, but you can make them more personal by being creative in how you present the saying to your dad. These sayings can be used in conjunction with your gift to express your thoughts and feelings and tell Dad just how special he is in your life.
The following sayings can be used in a card or a letter to give to that special male that has influenced your life.
SAYINGS TO EXPRESS LOVE
There comes a time when most of us stop saying, "I love you" to our parents. But it's on Father's Day that you can set aside the time to remember to tell your father this heartfelt sentiment.
"Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father." Lydia M Child.
"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." George Herbert
"To her the name of father was another name for love." Fanny Fern
SAYINGS TO SHOW APPRECIATION
We may not show dad we appreciate everything he has done for us, but these sayings will express this gratitude to our father.
"It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons." Johann Schiller
"I've had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me where I started." Bartrand Hubbard
"It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father." Pope John XXIII
SAYINGS TO SHOW RESPECT
It is not until we're older do we truly realize the influence our father has been in our lived. These quotes are those that respect the man your father raised you to be.
"Father! To God himself we cannot give a holier name." William Wordsworth
"He didn't tell me how to live; and let me watch him do it." Clarence Budington Kelland
"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection" Sigmund Freud
SAYINGS ABOUT FATHERS IN GENERAL
If you're looking for a saying that will sum up many qualities your father possesses, then some of these below may be what you're looking for.
"It is a wise father that knows his own child." William Shakespeare
"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry." Jewish Proverb.
"Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one of the other." Joseph Joubert
SAYINGS ABOUT THE FUTURE
These are some sayings that reflect on the past and tell dad how he has influenced you. These also tell of brighter futures and many more Father's Day celebrations you are to have together.
"Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance." Ruth E. Renkel
"By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong." Charles Wadsworth.
"The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get." Tim Russert
"If you know his father and grandfather you may trust his son." Moroccan proverb
REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST
As we grow, we also watch our parent's age. As this happens or as our own families begin to bloom we often reflect on our mother and father's influence on our lives. These quotes reflect on the past and how a father lent his hand to make us the people we are now.
"Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever." Author unknown.
"It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was." Anne Sexton
FATHER'S DAY QUOTES BY CELEBRITIES
Many quotes we read have been said by celebrities who are reflecting on their father's influence in their lives. Here are some of the more thoughtful and inspiring quotes I have located said by celebrities.
"I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father." Nat King Cole
"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years." Mark Twain
"You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together." - Erika Cosby
Use any of the above quotes this approaching Father's Day to show dad what he really means to you. Using sayings has the ability to say so much in so few words and tell dad just how much he means to you.