“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.” – Margaret Truman
“A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow.” – Unknown
“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song.” – Pam Brown
“By the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” – Charles Wadsworth
“Lately all my friends are worried they’re turning into their fathers. I’m worried I’m not.” – Dan Zevin
“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.” – Umberto Eco, from Foucault’s Pendulum
“He was there when I didn’t understand, he was there when I was wrong, he was there when I cried, he was there when I lied. For some reason my dad was always there, when I needed him the most.” – Michael Jordan
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).” ― Mark Twain
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein
“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” ― Francis Bacon
“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
“A smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be silent.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” ― William James
“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” ― Thomas Jefferson