Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

About Joseph Joubert

Joseph Joubert (French: [ʒozɛf ʒubɛʁ]; 6 May 1754 in Montignac, Périgord – 4 May 1824 in Paris) was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées (Thoughts), which were published posthumously.

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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

—Joseph Joubert

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you.

—Joseph Joubert

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When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

—Joseph Joubert

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

—Joseph Joubert

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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

—Joseph Joubert

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The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

—E. B. White

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I gathered my shoes and wallet on the other side of the metal detector and took a last glance at my father, who was still there, still waving.That mangled finger had always been a symbol of his shortcomings and deformities to me, but now I saw it was also a testament to all that he'd sacrificed for our family.He'd lost that trigger finger building the business that had fed and clothed me. I imagined he was not only waving me goodbye but waving me forward with that symbol of his own woundedness.

—Shozan Jack Haubner

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

—Reed Markham

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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.

—Sammy Davis, Jr.

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