Six Quotes & Bible Verses For Father's Day & Birthdays - Best Quotes For Dads

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The special holiday for our dads, Father's Day, arrives the third Sunday of June each year in the United States. Do you who live in other countries also celebrate Father's Day? Let us know when and how you celebrate your dads in the comments below.

Unfortunately, no matter our country, we all usually take our fathers for granted while they are still alive, but when our dads are gone, we wish we could tell them how special they were and how much we miss them. Don't forget to tell your father you love him on Father's Day, and if you have a grandfather, stepfather or uncle who has played a big role in your life, it is a nice day to honor them, too.

To help you find the right words to say to your father, here is a list of six quotes and Bible verses to add to your Father's Day cards, messages or meditations to help you let your father know how special he is. Find more Quotes and Bible verses for Father's Day at Top Ten Quotes & Bible Verses for Father's Day and Top Ten Old Testament Bible Verses for Father's Day & Dad's Birthday

• Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land which the Lord your God gives you. ~ Exodus 20:12 
• When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.  But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.  ~ Mark Twain
• The widespread observance of this occasion is calculated to establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and also to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations. ~ Calvin Coolidge
• Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. ~ Ephesians 6:4
• A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. ~ Unknown
• Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. (21) Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.. ~ Colossians 3:20, 21

Also see:

• Top Ten Quotes & Bible Verses for Father's Day
• Top Ten Old Testament Bible Verses for Father's Day & Dad's Birthday
• Have a Happy Father's Day!
• A Brief Father's Day History
• For Father's Day - a Poem
• Rodan + Fields Father's Day gift flash deal
• Jaci Velasquez, Dottie Peoples and other Christian artists on Father's Day
• Irish Quotes for St. Patrick's Day

Much of this article was previously published on Bukis under my byline on Jun. 20th, 2010.

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