The measure of a man is determined by the distance between his knees and the ground. The less the distance, the greater the man. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

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Some men became fathers mainly to show that they are not gay. Some, only to hide the fact that they are. ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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I knew then that I must survive for something more than survival's sake. I must survive for you. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates

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If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. — Andrew Carnegie

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He was all iron outside, but all father within. ― Hall Caine

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Some parents sometimes use junk food as a babysitter. ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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Sons want their fathers' attention until the precise moment when fathers want their sons'. ― Fredrik Backman

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

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I blinked. Because even though my dad never, ever complained about being a young dad, I always wondered about his regrets. How his need to keep abandoned, sad things might apply to me, too. ― Maurene Goo

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