Here are some famous Grandfather quotes and sayings.

This is a romantic grandfather quote, “My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met.” ~Emanuel Celler

“Do you know why grandchildren are always so full of energy? They suck it out of their grandparents.” ~Gene Perret

“The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is that they have a common enemy.” ~Sam Levenson

“I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather… Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.”~ Will Shriner

“Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.” ~Welsh Proverb
That reminds me to collect some Welsh Sayings.

“Being grandparents sufficiently removes us from the responsibilities so that we can be friends.”~ Allan Frome

“You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.” ~Irish Sayings

“My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I’ve heard about him.” ~Yancy Butler

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies. ~Rudolph Giuliani

“I’m very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.” ~Woody Allen

“My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.” Indira Gandhi

We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me. ~Phyllis Theroux

When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window. ~Ogden Nash

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being. ~Margaret Mead
“Grandma and Grandpa, tell me a story and snuggle me with your love. When I’m in your arms, the world seems small and we’re blessed by the heavens above.” ~Laura Spiess

“I have a warm feeling after playing with my grandchildren. It’s the liniment working.” ~Author Unknown

My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia… It is in memory of this walk that I chose to keep and to embrace my “maiden” name, Walker. ~ Alice Walker

“If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ” ~Italian Proverb

“One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather.” ~Joy Hargrove

“Most grandmas have a touch of the scallywag.” ~Helen Thomson

“My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.” ~Louis Adamic