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It's Father's Day and you want to give your Father something special, something that truly expresses your love and appreciate for him. There are many sayings about Father's you can use that may be better than you could say yourself. A handmade card with a few sayings that expresses your love, admiration and respect for your Father is a great way to start Father's Day.

Here are a few quotes I think are appropriate for Father's Day:

He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland

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." ~Harmon Killebrew

Dad, you're someone to look up to no matter how tall I've grown. ~Author Unknown

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. ~Jim Valvano

A child looks up at the stars and wonders. Great fathers put a child on his shoulders and helps them to grab a star. ~Reed Markham, American Educator

I love my father as the stars - he's a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart. ~Adabella Radici

Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown

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, "Old Times on the Mississippi" Atlantic Monthly, 1874

It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. ~Johann Schiller

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

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

"My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either." ~ Madonna

If you should prefer to use your own words a place to start would be to write down everything you are thankful for about your Dad. What did he teach you, how did he show you love and respect. What makes him unique?

Once you have on paper the answers to some of these questions you will have a much easier time putting together a few sayings that will reflect your feelings for your Dad. Don't wait or be shy about telling your Dad how much you love him.

My Dad passed away 3 years ago. I'd like to close with a few reflections of him. My Dad was not my Father and my Father was not my Dad. My Father taught me about selfishness and abandonment. My Dad taught me to be respectful, he taught me unconditional love. He taught me how to drive, how to love and how to trust. If given a choice, I'll take a Dad any day over a Father and I am thankful I took the time to let Dad know what he meant to me before he passed away.

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