My father gave me early indications that he would live…

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“This was, I sometimes thought, the last gift my father gave me. And the best: His death stood out as the supreme-o excuse for…

— Jerry Stahl

“Christ says: I know you through and through – I know everything about you. The very hairs of your head I have numbered. Nothing…

— Mother Teresa

What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!

— St. Catherine of Siena

Being a father gave me a new purpose for existing. That newfound purpose has somehow given me the stamina and patience to take on…

— Nathan Blecharczyk

“You have made me give up the hair Father gave me, the eyes Mother left me, the Color I was born to, so I…

— Pierce Brown

“And when it was clear that Svipdag was determined to leave, his father gave him a great axe, a handsome and dangerous weapon. Svip…

— Jesse L. Byock

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

— Anonymous

“Franz’s father gave him a lesson. “Always do the right thing, even if no one sees it.”

— Adam Makos

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

— Diane Lane

When I turned fifteen, I remember my father gave me a credit card which I was allowed to use for two things: emergencies and…

— Ann Brashares

I probably give 80% more to my children than my father gave to me and still it doesn't come up to scratch. I don't…

— Chris Eubank Sr

My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends all call me T.I.P.

— T.I

I was always, always running. I was running since I was small. And it is something I also learned from watching my father because…

— Richarlison

“Looking skyward, he searched for Loretta’s Great One, the Almighty Father to whom she gave thanks for her food. At first he had been…

— Catherine Anderson