父親的定義？名人妙語告訴你

Father's Day is coming, we thought it was a good time to remember what we love about fatherhood.
父親節將至，讓我們一起來回顧一下父親的可愛之處。

From quotes by Barack Obama to Sigmund Freud, these words of wisdom span the centuries to remind us that this has always been one of the toughest jobs around. (Apart from being a mum that is!)
從貝拉克?奧巴馬的感悟到西格蒙德?弗洛伊德的思考，這些妙語名言跨越百年，無不時刻告訴我們，“父親”是世上最難的工作。（當然還有母親！）

“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
“我14歲時，覺得父親很笨，幾乎沒法與他共處一室。可到我21歲時，他的變化讓我震驚，這七年間他究竟學了多少啊。”
——馬克?吐溫

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. - Umberto Eco
我覺得，我們日后成為什么樣的人主要取決于父親在一些不經意的時刻教給我們什么，在他們不說教的時候表達的東西。
——安伯托?艾柯

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. - Sigmund Freud
我認為在一個人的孩童時期，沒有什么需要比需要父親的保護來得更強烈。
——西格蒙德?弗洛伊德

I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman to make it happen. - Matthew McConaughey
我一直想做一名父親，并認為那一定非常美好。不過，實現這個夢想需要有一個合適的女人。
——馬修?麥康納

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. - Theodore Hesburgh
一個父親能為他孩子做的最好事情，就是好好愛他的媽媽。
——西奧多?赫斯伯格

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one. - Friedrich Nietzsche
人無論如何都需要一個好父親。若沒有，請尋找。
——尼采

Above all, children need our unconditional love, whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life is tough. - President Obama
最重要的是，無論我們的孩子是對是錯，是一帆風順或是生活坎坷，他們都需要我們無條件的愛。
——美國總統奧巴馬

Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough. - Robert Downey Jr
想當孩子眼中的英雄嗎？不，我希望做一個有血有肉的人。能做到這樣已經很難了。
——小羅伯特?唐尼

A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. - Bill Cosby
初為人父，你會很快發現，每次你在洗手間，你的小孩一定會跑來找你；就好像需要陪伴的是你，而不是他。
——比爾?考斯比

This is my most important role. If I fail at this, I fail at everything. - Mark Wahlberg
做父親是我最重要的角色。如果不能做一個好父親，我會一無所成。
——馬克?沃爾伯格

It is much easier to become a father than to be one. - Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son: Reflections on Becoming a Man
當爹一瞬間，做爹一輩子。
——肯特?納爾本，《長大成男人:成功父親告訴兒子的31件事 》

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong. - Charles Wadsworth
當一個男人意識到他的父親或許是對的時候，他通常已經有了一個對他表示質疑的兒子。
——查爾斯?華茲華斯

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived. - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
我的父親討厭槍，也從未上過戰場。可有些時候，我認為他是世上最勇敢的人。
——哈波?李，《殺死一只知更鳥》

（英文來源：赫芬頓郵報 譯者：劉昶 編輯：馬文英）