Happy Father's Day: 10 Powerful And Motivational Quotes To Share 'What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child—it’s the courage to raise one.' ―Barack Obama 'It is a wise father that knows his own child.' —William Shakespeare 'One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.' —George Herbert 'I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.' —Sigmund Freud '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 'Fathers, be good to your daughters. You are the god and the weight of her world.' —John Mayer 'I realized being a father is the greatest job I have ever had and the greatest job I will ever have.' —Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson 'Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.' —Lydia Maria Child Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there!