Timeless Wisdom: 20 Inspirational Quotes from Grandpas

"There is no grandfather who does not adore his grandchildren."

- Victor Hugo

"More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather."

- James Earl Jones

"Grandfathers give us not only wisdom and encouragement, but they are an inspiration to us."

- Kate Summers

"I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It’s a reality."

- Lenny Kravitz

"The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent."

- Sam Levenson

"My grandfather did a lot of things in his life. What he was most proud of was raising his family."

- Tagg Romney

"To be able to watch your children’s children grow up is truly a blessing from above."

- Byron Pulsifer

"Grandfathers do have a special place in the lives of their children’s children. They can delight and play with them and even indulge them in ways that they did not indulge their own children."

- Alvin Poussaint

"My grandfather was a wonderful role model. Through him I got to know the gentle side of men."

- Sarah Long

"When I embrace my grandfather I experience a sense of richness as though I am a note in the heartbeats of the very universe."

- Tayeb Salih

"One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather."

- Joy Hargrove

"A baby has a way of making a man out of his father and a boy out of his grandfather."

- Angie Papadakis

"Don’t ever, ever underestimate the will of a grandfather....We got here before you and they will be here after you."

- Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing

"Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers."

- Lewis Mumford

"Great fathers get promoted to grandfathers."

- Joseph Marshall III

"Grandpa got us up early, otherwise we might miss something. Sunsets, he loved ’em. Made us love ’em."

- Lucille Ball

"Grandfathers know a lot. I know this because I am a grandfather and I feel like I know a lot of things, and frankly I’m rarely wrong."

- Blaine Pardoe

"I’m going to be your grandpa! I have the biggest smile. I’ve been waiting to meet you for such a long, long while."

- Billy Crystal

"You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was."

- Irish proverb

"A grandfather has the wisdom of long experience and the love of an understanding heart."