Obviously I’m running a bit later than my normal posting time, but that’s the way it goes on summer weekends.

I looked at many Father’s Day quotes and chose these by Martin Sheen. Any entertainer, who stays married to the same one for more than 50 years, beats alcoholism and raises four sons, Charlie Sheen, and Emilio, Ramon and Renee Estevez, also in entertainment, probably has something worth hearing.

“Obviously, be aware that your actions will speak louder and last longer than your words. A child absorbs through osmosis what the parents are feeling and what they do, far more than what they say.”

“If you have an honest relationship with a child, that is the greatest gift. Lead an honest life and be free.”

“Give them time. Time is really all we have.”

With adult children, “you have to be there for them. You have to support them and make sure they know that they are still loved and cherished and you’re still in their lives and you’re there for them.”

“We never get over our fathers, and we’re not required to. For good or ill, we’re stuck with these guys.”

“The most important thing is that regret is useless and faith is necessary and love is everything.”

I hope you have/had a wonderful Father’s Day!

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My best wishes on your special day to all the fathers reading this.

“Becoming a father is easy enough, but being one can be very rough” –Wilhelm Busch (And has nothing to do with furnishing the sperm.)

“When one has not had a good father, one must create one.” –Friedrich Nietzsche (This is for all you guys who have filled the father role for someone who needed it, whether for a few days, weeks or for life.)

“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.” –Clarence B. Kelland (Monkey see, monkey do and this leads us to the next bit of wisdom…)

“Every father should remember that one day his son [or daughter] will follow his example instead of his advice.” –Anon (See above.)

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” –Mark Twain (This has to be one of the smartest things that Twain ever said—and that’s saying something!)

But it’s Wadsworth who really sums up parents and kids…

“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” –Charles Wadsworth

Have a wonderful day!

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