Father Quotes · Page 77

Dynastic rule is when you are groomed to succeed. My father never groomed me to take over.

— Naveen Patnaik

“I wasn’t so special, honey. Except that I was your dad, I wasn’t so special.”

— Joyce Carol Oates

I couldn't be as charming as my mother or as smart as my father. So I decided to be bad.

— Markie Post

“she would follow her father over the horizon and down the other side, where the world lay hidden.”

— Alan Brennert

“It takes a male to make a baby, but it takes a man to raise a child”

— Tony Kay, Motivational speaker

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.

— George Herbert

My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man.

— S. E. Hinton

If I were asked to name the chief event in my life, I should say my father's library,

— Jorge Luis Borges

Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator - he'd have me put…

— Ralph Fiennes

My father and he had cemented one of those English friendships which begin by avoiding intimacies and eventually eliminate speech altogether.

— Jorge Luis Borges

You should express regularly to your wife and children your reverence and respect for her. Indeed, one of the greatest things a…

— Howard W. Hunter

My parents have always been there to really support anything I wanted to do or learn - they provided the opportunity for…

— Paula Creamer

My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.

— Rob Bell

Love is of that excellent nature, that it is esteemed by the best of men, and accepted from the meanest persons; what…

— John Pearson

My parents made a great sacrifice to make sure that we had something wonderful at Christmas, and through the help of the…

— Jesse White

My father gave me some Jack Nicklaus MacGregor clubs when I was six years old. He cut down some of the shafts,…

— John Daly

If a man finds it very hard to forgive injuries, let him look at a Crucifix, and think that Christ shed all…

— Philip Neri

“A young child is a leader to an elderly person once his purpose has a faithful, sincere and trustworthy influence on people.…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Now our father lived in a world where we didn’t belong, with a needy girlfriend who didn’t look much older than Henri,…

— Jessica Taylor

I was uncomfortable because I had never been that nude before. I had never shown my legs, and never shown quite that…

— Mariette Hartley

There's a kind of a line between music and math, so I guess I got the music gene, thank goodness. But my…

— Olivia Newton-John

The Founding Fathers envisioned a federal government that trusts its people with their money and freedom, outlining this limited, non-intrusive federal government…

— Milton Friedman

If we cherish the virtues and the principles of our fathers, Heaven will assist us to carry on the work of human…

— Daniel Webster

I don't think I had any idea how much I would love becoming a mother. Although I'm away a lot, my children,…

— Caroline Quentin

“My father called twice and left a voicemail—who does that?”

— Megan Erickson

My father is my hero. No matter what, I'll always forgive him.

— Kali Uchis

My father was a government officer and for him, the ultimate dream was to see me become an IAS officer.

— Badshah

I'm very proud of the way that I was raised, I'm very proud of the way that my parents raised me.

— Nikki Haley

My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel.

— Anne Waldman

In life, I want to be happy, to be successful in life and make my parents proud of me.

— Anonymous

My father kicked me out of the house by the time I was 16.

— Malik Yoba

My father made me who I am; he was incredibly intellectually generous.

— Alissa Quart

When my father realized he was going blind, he took up golf.

— Jane Leavy

After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.

— Catherine Helen Spence

When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'

— Rip Torn

Any father likes his son to take over from him if possible.

— Nicky Oppenheimer

I am a family person. I thank my parents for their upbringing.

— Raashi Khanna

I come from a family where my father did things single-handedly and he built a music empire himself.

— Tulsi Kumar

A father's words are like a thermostat that sets the temperature in the house

— Anonymous

I have my father to thank for my build and height, and my mother to thank for my lips and eyes.

— Jasmine Guinness