Father Quotes · Page 187

I had a nanny growing up in Morocco, and my parents encouraged me to put myself in her shoes sometimes.

— Leila Slimani

I'm scared of Alzheimer's. All my father's family have terrible memories.

— Maureen Lipman

Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.

— Anonymous

Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,Or gave his father grief but when he died.

— Alexander Pope

My parents taught us respect for other people, and for other people's things.

— Martin Kemp

My father was a history professor, and my mother a housewife—" She married a house?

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

My father trusts me and my judgement. I will not let him down.

— Athiya Shetty

I love my dad so much. I don't have that cool thing where I have dad issues.

— Max Winkler

Several millennia ago, the words were written that a man should leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and…

— Mike Pence

“I find it helpful to quote the wisdom of my father, who once told me, "Who knows why the fuck anything happens?”

— Ben Aaronovitch

I just wish that I am always true to my work and myself and value the respect that my parents have earned.

— Prateik Babbar

I think it must somewhere be written that the virtues of mothers shall be visited on their children, as well as the…

— Charles Dickens

“So, how’s big Kev?” “Oh, you mean my father?” “Yeah.” “He may be six-foot-five, but you’re a much bigger person, Dad.”

— Dina Silver

I think if you look at most successful people, if you ask most of them, their biggest influence was their dad.

— Tom Lehman

My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very different, but…

— John Dyer

My parents gave me the gift of love and support. They told me never to question what my heart wanted and to…

— Tara Lipinski

I don't think I've ever seen him in a movie theater! I've only seen him on TV. Wow, that's so silly of…

— Jennifer Grant

Holy Father, forgive me for grumbling. I know I've sounded just like the Israelites. I long to dwell not on the If…

— Linda Dillow

My dad has always played and coached, so that's what I knew. I played other sports but always turned toward soccer and…

— Ali Krieger

My being consists of matter and form, that is, of soul and body; annihilation will reach neither of them, for they were…

— Marcus Aurelius

What I do say is, yes, children may be resilient and they have been able to deal with all sorts of difficulties…

— Timothy Murphy

I was so fortunate. My parents lived lives of service. They helped other people, that was their second nature; it came to…

— Laura Bush

You have driven me from the East to this place, and I have been here two thousand years or more…My friends, if…

— Standing Bear

A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

My parents wanted me to make my dreams come true no matter the situation.

— Roberto Bautista Agut

When I look in the mirror, I'm a husband and a father first.

— Jake Hager

Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.

— Charles Kettering

My father was ethnically Jewish, but his family converted to Catholicism.

— Tom Hollander

“The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.”

— William Shakespeare

Kuwait is the mother and father, Earth and it's supplies. She is the past, present and future.

— Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

I can proudly say that I didn't spoil my father's name.

— Rao Ramesh

My mother, my father, I love 'em, I hate 'em, wish god I didnt have 'em, but thank god that he made…

— DMX

If the devil take a less hateful shape to us than to our fathers, he is as busy with us as with…

— James Russell Lowell

I was probably a terrible husband, but I pride myself on being a good dad.

— Dwyane Wade

Fathers die.You keep on loving them in any way you can.You can't hide him away in your heart.

— Michael Ondaatje

My relationship with my parents is among the greatest gifts of my life.

— Christopher Castellani

A good father is a man who always bought your toys, before even considering buying his.

— Anonymous

I need to start caring about myself if I'm going to be a proper father.

— Shannon Hoon

“In olden days people said, ‘The father knows his son, the mother, her daughter.”

— Shin Jae

Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both.

— Michael Josephson