Happy Father’s Day

Wishing all fathers around the world a very Happy Father's Day today. In Irish we say:

"Lá na nAithreacha sona daoibh."

The pronunciation goes something like this: law nah nah-ra-ka sun-ah jeeve.

And so in honor of all fathers and grandfathers today, I thought I might share some of my favorite quotations from around the world, dedicated to the men we all love.

Irish Sayings for Father's Day

So let's start off with a few Irish blessings and sayings for Father's Day and then some great American quotations.

I love these wise old words from our forefathers, which still apply to this very day.

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"You've got to do your own growing,

no matter how tall your grandfather was."

- Irish Proverb

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"The work praises the man."

~ Irish Proverb

"May there be a generation of children

On the children of your children."

~ Irish Blessing

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"Mothers and fathers hold their children's hands

for just a little while...

And their hearts forever."

~ Irish Saying

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"May God be with you and bless you,

May you see your children's children,

May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings.

May you know nothing but happiness

From this day forward."

~ Irish Blessing

Our Irish ancestors truly had a way with words.

International Sayings for Father's Day

These Irish sayings are beautiful, but now let's take a look at some other sayings from around the world, that celebrate fathers everywhere.

"One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters."

~ English Proverb

"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as

the need for a father's protection."

~ Sigmund Freud

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"I watched a small man with thick calluses on both

hands work fifteen and sixteen hours a day.

I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet,

a man who came here uneducated,

alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me

all I needed to know about faith and hard work

by the simple eloquence of his example."

~ Mario Cuomo

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"It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing,

but there is a special place in heaven

for the father who takes his daughter shopping."

~ John Sinor

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"When I was a boy of fourteen,

my father was so ignorant

I could hardly stand to have the old man around.

But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished

at how much he had learned in seven years."

~ Mark Twain

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"When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon,

'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?'

He answered,

'If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.'"

~ Jerry Lewis

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An Irish Blessing To Close

And finally to close our collection of blessings and quotations for Father's Day, here's one more special saying from Ireland.

"May embers from the hearth warm your hands,

May sunshine from an Irish sky warm your face,

May a child's bright smile warm your heart,

And may everlasting love warm your soul."

~ Irish Blessing