A Father's Book of Wisdom

by H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Book Overview

"A few weeks after Dad passed away," says H. Jackson Brown, Jr., the compiler of A Father's Book of Wisdom, "we found eight shoeboxes in his closet filled with scraps of paper all covered with ideas Dad thought were profound, interesting, or merely amusing."The result is one father's view of life and what he thought about the importance of self-reliance, commitment, love, generosity, and success. It contains 159 quotes from Socrates, Eleanor Roosevelt,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558531076
• ISBN13: 9781558531079
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Daughter loved it!

I gave this book to my daughter for her bridal shower and it brought tears to her eyes, though it may have been due to the comments I wrote inside the cover.

A bundle of humourous and thought provoking phrases

Statements like 'Behold the tortoise, he only makes progress when he sticks his neck out!' and more give the reader food for thought with a little humour in a world where everything is safe and how it should be. Read this, and maybe you will gain the inspiration to try something different, something outrageous, something courageous.