Father's Day Quotes
Father’s Day is a thin page on Wikiquote, so this one is assembled from the pages on fathers, parenting and gratitude. Do not expect lines written for the day. What you get is whatever those three pages rate highest, sorted by quality.
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Most quoted on father's day:
Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child!
If we could all pick our fathers there might be ten men on earth who would have families.
The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.