Father Knows Best: 19 Nuggets of Wisdom From Your Favorite TV Dads

On hard work: "You can have anything you want if you're willing to work for it. Just reach for the stars and never let go. I should've told you that a long time ago. And when you write an angry letter, hold on to it for a day. You might not feel the same in the morning. And never invest in a friend's restaurant. Never."

On finding the right partner: "You see, the dreamers need the realists to keep them from soaring too close to the sun. And the realists? Well, without the dreamers, they might not ever get off the ground."

On three of life's essentials: "The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here."

On the importance of teamwork: "Alone, we can only move buckets. But if we work together, we can drain rivers."

On living life to the fullest: "This is life, the one you get, so go and have a ball, because the world don't move to the beat of just one drum. What might be right for you may not be right for some. You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have my opening statement . . . sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog."

On who you should truly value in life: "This is three times I've had to stare death in the eye, now. And you know the one thing I took away from all that? You have got to hold the people you love close to you, no matter what."

On not taking the easy way out: "Hey, if you don't finish your crud, you're not gonna get any crap for dessert."

On conquering self-doubt: "You listen to people that love you and you listen to people that you trust. Most of all, you listen to yourself."

On the importance of family: "We must protect ourselves, look after one another. [We] cannot fight a war amongst ourselves."

On having a support system: "You know, we're never really alone, even though it seems that way sometimes. We all have friends who remember us and think about us."

On not judging a book by its cover: "Before you criticize somebody, you find out what he's all about."

On embracing the unexpected: "When life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be all like, 'What?!?!?'"

On compromise: "The basic fact is you can either be happily married or you can be right. But you can't be both."

On commitment: "Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing."