明天是父亲节

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)

第一个 父亲节是在一九一零年六月十九日庆祝的。理查德.尼克松总统于一九七二年签署法令，正式确立六月的第三个星期日为父亲节。

Quotations for Dads:

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

[一个真正富有的人即使当他两手空空时，他的孩子们仍然会奔跑而来投入他的怀抱。]

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

[成为父亲并不难，当好父亲却不易。]

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)

[一个男人的生命中有三个阶段：第一阶段，他相信圣诞老人； 第二阶段，他不再相信圣诞老人；第三阶段，他自己成了圣诞老人。]

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

[当一个人成为父亲时，随身携带的是不再是钱而是孩子的相片。]

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)

[有时候，最穷的人却留给了他的孩子们最富有的遗产。]

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

[（莎士比亚）明智的父亲了解自己的孩子（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)

[（佛罗伊德）我想童年时期最大的需求莫过于需要父亲的保护。]

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

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