明天是父親節

The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910. In 1972, President Richard Nixon made the third Sunday in June officially the day to celebrate dads by signing Father’s Day into law.(Doreen Nagle)

第一個 父親節是在一九一零年六月十九日慶祝的。理查德.尼克鬆總統於一九七二年簽署法令，正式確立六月的第三個星期日為父親節。

Quotations for Dads:

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. (Author unknown)

[一個真正富有的人即使當他兩手空空時，他的孩子們仍然會奔跑而來投入他的懷抱。]

It is much easier to become a father than to be one. (Kent Nerburn)

[成為父親並不難，當好父親卻不易。]

There are three stages of a man’s life: He believes in Santa Claus; he doesn’t believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus. (Author unknown)

[一個男人的生命中有三個階段：第一階段，他相信聖誕老人； 第二階段，他不再相信聖誕老人；第三階段，他自己成了聖誕老人。]

A father carries pictures where his money used to be. (Author unknown)

[當一個人成為父親時，隨身攜帶的是不再是錢而是孩子的相片。]

You will find that if you really try to be a father, your child will meet you halfway. (Robert Brault)

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone can give another person. He believed in me. (Jim Valvano)

If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation, he has a fifty percent chance of being right. (Bill Cosby)

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. (Harry Truman)

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. (Ruth E. Renkel)

[有時候，最窮的人卻留給了他的孩子們最富有的遺產。]

It is a wise father that knows his own child. (William Shakespeare)

[（莎士比亞）明智的父親了解自己的孩子（知子莫若父）。]

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

[（佛羅伊德）我想童年時期最大的需求莫過於需要父親的保護。]

It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. (Johann Schiller)

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