«Fathers and sons»

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

Aldous Huxley

There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.

Samuel Johnson

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

William Shakespeare

Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys.

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When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

William Shakespeare

If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame.

Chinese Proverb

The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.

Confucius

A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Noble fathers have noble children.

Euripides

Rich men’s sons are seldom rich men’s fathers.

What makes us fathers and sons

It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.

Friedrich Schiller

A man’s desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.

Helen Rowland

I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship.

Harrison Ford

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

Bertrand Russell

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.

Sigmund Freud

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.

Austin O’Malley

Until you have a son of your own... you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.

Kent Nerburn

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.

Knights of Pythagoras