Fathers

Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.
-Reed Markham

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice.
- Author unknown

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
-Homer

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

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
-George Herbert

What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard for posterity. - Jean Paul Richter

Perfection

Perfection is attained by slow degrees. It requires the hand of time.
- Voltaire

Difficulty

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
- Cicero

Work

When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
- Confucius

This is the working hour. We are paid by those who learned by our mistakes.
- Tears for Fears

The most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy in the world won't work - if you won't
- Zig Ziglar

Housekeeping

Every girl can keep house better than her mother, until she tries.
- Thomas Fuller