Dear Dad: These words are for you

Show us a good man or good woman and, chances are, in their past was a good father.

In the words of others, let’s celebrate Father’s Day together.

"A father carries pictures where his money used to be." — Steve Martin

"To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter." — Euripides

“If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.” — James A. Baldwin

"Lately all my friends are worried they're turning into their fathers. I'm worried I'm not." — Dan Zevin

"I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week." — Maria Cuomo Cole

"She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father." — Harper Lee

"The greatest tribute a boy can give to his father is to say, 'When I grow up, I want to be just like my dad.'" — Billy Graham

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." — Mark Twain

“Lookin' back all I can say about all the things he did for me is I hope I'm at least half the dad that he didn't have to be.” — Brad Paisley

“When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.” — Linda Poindexter

"Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father." — Barack Obama

"It is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us fathers and sons." — Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

"A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow." — Unknown

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

"Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance." — Ruth E. Renkel

“Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knows.” — Al Unser

“You can tell what was the best year of your father’s life, because they seem to freeze that clothing style and ride it out.” — Jerry Seinfeld