Sons are born to make their fathers better men.― Mekael Shane

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We don't lose ourselves in parenthood. We find parts of ourselves we never knew existed. ― L.R. Knost

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Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are. — Beyoncé

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Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there.

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The handy thing about being a father is that the historical standard is so pitifully low. ― Michael Chabon

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Wake up determined, go to bed satisfied. — Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

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I think of your grandmother calling me and noting how you were growing tall and would one day try to “test me.” And I said to her that I would regard that day, should it come, as the total failure of fatherhood because if all I had over you were my hands, then I really had nothing at all. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Your value is not determined by others' opinions, it's within you.

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watching his son in quick pulses of attention. ― Thomas Pynchon

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If I have held a part of myself back from my children, I have obviously spent some time calculating the expense of being a father. And the fact is, a real father doesn't do that kind of math. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

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