Father Quotes · Page 142

“Please, I know nothing of the world, except my father is lost in it.”

— Gregory Maguire

What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?

— Sophocles

The only engine big enough to impact Mother Nature is Father Greed.

— Thomas Friedman

I only went to the third grade because my father only went to the fourth and I didn't want to pass him.

— Dizzy Dean

My parents were always with me when I went through all the Triple Crowns.

— Bob Baffert

“Father, I am what you made me. I’ve become your daughter after all.”

— Holly Black

You know how my mother and father met? In a train robbery!

— Tzipi Livni

My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.

— Winona Ryder

My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least…

— Arabella Weir

Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad's lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis and others for their…

— Michelle Obama

For Catholics before Vatican II, the land of the free was pre-eminently the land of Sister Says-except, of course, for Sister, for…

— Wilfrid Sheed

I've written a book; I've become a better husband and father because I'm home every day. My connection to the Hollywood world…

— Isaiah Washington

My father lost an eye to a snapped cable while trying to rescue trapped miners, though he kept on working for fifteen…

— Homer Hickam

I lost my biological father when I was 9, I lost my stepfather at 23. Both men had such a deep impact…

— Dia Mirza

Somewhere in the depths of my soul is the connection my father had with his cattle, the hills of Khalavha, and his…

— Cyril Ramaphosa

My experience of my father's death was that it was still taboo; nobody would meet me after my father died because they…

— Simon McBurney

I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the…

— Abraham Lincoln

My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He was a fighter. By the time…

— Zoe Wanamaker

There was years when my father didn't even make a hundred grand - or barely made a hundred grand - and sure,…

— Chael Sonnen

Essential to receiving divine forgiveness are personal, individual recognition and acceptance of our Father's mercy, made available to us by the atoning…

— Ronald E. Poelman

“But in that one little window of time, many lasting decisions were made. First, any love for my father that might have…

— Douglas Coupland

Work ethic is one of the biggest things my father taught me. That man worked like every day, every day, 9 to…

— John Buffalo Mailer

Our Heavenly Father, who loves us completely and perfectly, permits us to have experiences that will allow us to develop the traits…

— James B. Martino

Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system…

— Esther Dyson

My parents were incredibly strict, almost military style.

— John Leguizamo

I learnt about plants from my father, who was a herbalist and an amateur microscopist.

— Rupert Sheldrake

My mom and dad raised me to always be nice, stay humble, and keep working.

— Patrick Chung

My parents gave us a strong sense of civic responsibility.

— Gladys Berejiklian

To me my father is my hero, my mountain and my drive.

— Kim Young-kwang

“Who wants the humiliation of being father to the human race?”

— Steve Toltz

Do you not realize that the love the Father bestowed on the perfect Christ He now bestows on you?

— Charles Spurgeon

“Smile, my beloved, like the gold smiles from my father's coffers.”

— Gibran Khalil Gibran

Being a dad is best thing you can do, it's very exciting.

— Alastair Cook

My parents split up when I was 3 years old, and I lived with my mother.

— Garcelle Beauvais

Father, I beg of Thee a little task To dignify my days, 'tis all I ask.

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent.

— Danny Bonaduce

My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918.

— James Rainwater

I looked at my father and looked at those dry fields [in Malawi]. It was the future I couldn't accept.

— William Kamkwamba

My mother learnt Mohiniyattam as a child, and my father loved singing.

— Parvathy

If fathers were to be mothers, then there will never have a family of more than three.

— Laurence Housman