Father Quotes · Page 119

My father was incredible on trumpet and played with the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

— Jeffrey Osborne

For me, only freedom fighters like Kartar Singh Sarabha and Bhagat Singh are my fathers.

— Gurpreet Ghuggi

The sacred title of 'father' is shared with the Almighty.

— Ezra Taft Benson

My father, Stefan, is the only swing coach I've had. I wouldn't be where I am today without him.

— Xander Schauffele

I would willingly have laid down my life for my father.

— Tara Fitzgerald

Let us remember: trials are an evidence of a Father's love.

— H. Burke Peterson

My parents, and their interest in making the world a better place for more people inspired me.

— Philip Kotler

I knew your father before you did, and I don't think he'd be too proud of what you're doing right now.

— Scotty Bowman

I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens.

— Vladimir Putin

“Father asks to...Remember that the evil which is now in the world will become stronger yet and that it is not evil…

— Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia

Dad had a way of disarming people because he never really directly attacked them. He might attack a principle, but he never…

— Martin Luther King III

“A father can pass on his nose and eyes and even his intelligence to his child, but not his soul. In every…

— Hermann Hesse

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

— Enid Bagnold

“Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you need of him. How else could you produce…

— J.K. Rowling

“Ódinn couldn't tear his gaze from the small featured face, the red cheeks and delicate lips that she pursed shut as if…

— Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

This fulfils my ambition. I still have my father's robe as Chancellor. I shall be proud to serve you in this splendid…

— Winston Churchill

Being a father, being a husband, you don't always have all the answers. When a problem comes up, we have a discussion.…

— Marlon Vera

It's a wonderful feeling when your father becomes not a god but a man to you - when he comes down from…

— Robin Williams

I had a very high opinion of my father's judgement of things and he said, "You better get a job that pays…

— Andrew Davies

To exercise faith is to trust that the Lord knows what he is doing with you and that He can accomplish it…

— Richard G. Scott

Once, I had to drive Oliver to soccer, was ten minutes late, and learned that there had apparently been a misprint in…

— Deb Caletti

As someone who has seen war first hand, and as a father of three young adults, it was my hope that we…

— Allen Boyd

I am opposed to the idea of a child growing up with two gay parents. A child needs a mother and a…

— Stefano Gabbana

The protection of a ten-year-old girl from her father's advances is a necessary condition of social order, but the protection of the…

— Margaret Mead

My husband Rhashan reminds me of my father because he's got great strength of character.

— Olivia Williams

Dad had a sign of his own. MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, it read, and then underneath that (AND GUS).

— John Green

I smile because you are my father, I laugh because there aint a damn thing you can do about it.

— Mulimah4lyf

I made a decision as a five-year-old boy that my kids will know who their father is.

— Chris Gardner

“I am empowered and thankful for my parents’ love and support.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

The most assiduous task of parenting is to divine the difference between boundaries and bondage.

— Barbara Kingsolver

My father used to call me 'bird bones' and, well, the name fits.

— Chuck Palahniuk

From my father's side I got the strength, the mental toughness, the heart, the courage.

— Mariano Rivera

If need is the mother of all inventions, then curiosity is its genetic father undoubtedly~Anuj Somany

— Anuj Somany

My father was a socialist, so we had some of the most extraordinary people at home.

— Gina Miller

I have never imagined that I would get married and that I would become a father.

— Dustin Lance Black

My mom nor my father never pushed me into the music business. I always did it because I wanted to.

— Hank Williams III

My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University.

— James Cronin

I have been called many things in public life, but the cap that best fits is that of the centrist dad.

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

“A father’s fear for his children does not fade when they grow, Par’chin.”

— Peter V. Brett

You can’t convince me that the Founding Fathers wouldn’t allow you to secede.

— Glenn Beck