My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: He believed in me. — Jim Valvano

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My father always said excuses are the crutches for the untalented.

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Christians don't simply learn or study or use Scripture; we assimilate it, take it into our lives in such a way that it gets metabolized into acts of love, cups of cold water, missions into all the world, healing and evangelism and justice in Jesus' name, hands raised in adoration of the Father, feet washed in company with the Son.

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Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued. — Frank Pittman

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When you have a special gift you don’t realize it because you think everyone else has the same gift.

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Thats when you know youve found somebody special. When you can just shut the f**k up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.

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Parenting is a lifetime job and does not stop when a child grows up. — Jake Slope

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When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

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We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves. ― Henry Ward Beecher

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The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature. ― Prevost Abbe

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