One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
一位好父亲强于一百个校长。
~ 17th century English proverb
Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.
任何人都可当父亲,但不是人人都能成为好爸爸。
~ Anonymous
A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.
爸爸总是尽力让自己的小孩像是一个女人。当她真的成为一个女人后，他又想把她变回小孩。(女儿小的时候，教她礼仪、做人的道理等，让她成熟，认识生活和世界，培养她。孩子大了，什么都懂了，完全成熟了以后，此处有两种理解，一种可能是爸爸还是喜欢像照顾和教导小孩那样对她，忘记她已经是大人了，不需要这样了。另一种可能是爸爸看到女儿的成熟、世俗、甚至狡诈，希望她变回纯真一些。)
~ Enid Bagnold
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!
常常听听孩子温和的叫声,就是对父亲真正的祝福.(常常虔诚地呼唤天父的人，这个人有福了，这个人真正地得到保佑了。)
~ Lydia M. Child
A father is a man who expects his children to be as good as he meant to be.
父亲，就是期望自己的孩子能像他原先打算成为那么好的那个人。
~ Carol Coats
The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
不能教导儿子负责的父亲和不能履行职责的儿子一样有过错。(子不教，父之过 )
I once complained to my father that I didn't seem to be able to do things the same way other people did. Dad's advice? 'Margo, don't be a sheep. People hate sheep. They eat sheep.' -- Margo Kaufman
我曾经向父亲倾诉说我无法像其他人一样做事。爸爸的回答是：孩子，别当绵羊，人不喜欢羊，他们吃羊。
