" A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remain as a pillar of strength throughout our lives. "

— Ama H. Vanniarachchy

" A father is neither an anchor to hold us back nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way. "

— Unknown

" He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. "

— Elbert Hubbard

" The poetry of the earth is never dead. "

— John Keats

" The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart. "

— Unknown

" When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. "

— Alexander Graham Bell