Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name.
--William Wordsworth
By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact.
But I am prouder - infinitely prouder - to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentiality of death; the other embodies creation and life. And while the hordes of death are mighty, the battalions of life are mightier still. It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battle field but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer, 'Our Father who art in Heaven.'
--Douglas Macarthur
He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
--Clarence Budington Kelland
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Happy Father's Day!
Posted by Mary at 6/18/2006 01:48:00 AM
Labels: Holidays
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4 comments:
Nice quotations about fathership!
I think it's important to acknowledge just how significant a father's role is in raising a child.
Hope Father's Day was good, Mary!
It was, WS. Hope you had a good one, too!
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