Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise…

And he that is taught to live upon little, owes more to his father's wisdom, than he that has a great deal left him,…

— William Penn

I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work 15 and 16 hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed…

— Mario Cuomo

If you would have a boy to despise his mother, let her keep him at home, and spend her life in petting him up,…

— Anne Bronte

The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.

— Solomon

I didn't care about anyone or listen to nobody, only my father or mother. I would fight my coaches and say: 'Who are you…

— Marko Arnautovic

“Do be still now, and listen to your Father calling you. Ask for and count upon the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Holiness, to…

— Andrew Murray

Listen to your father in your head when you don't know what to do as a parent.

— Jill Zarin

“Promise One: Love and listen to my father. This whole time I've been obeying his every word, following all the rules, saying all the…

— Jackson Pearce

When we call on God, he bends down His ear to listen, as a father bends down to listen to his little child.

— Elizabeth Charles

“But his mother was an old-school Mexicana, convinced that the greatest troubles of the world could be fixed with food bribes,”

— Melissa F. Olson

A young boy said to his mother, 'How old were you when I was born ?' His mother replied, '23 .' 'Wow , that'…

— Ritu Ghatourey

“Do not forget you mother, when she is old.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“I’m an old woman, your mother’s an old woman, so I’ll be an old woman, and I’ll do what I please.”

— Christina Stead

My grandfather died when I was 12, but I remember the sorrow of my mother. Even now, she's an old lady, but when she…

— Claire Denis

As a child, I perceived my mother as an old woman.

— Herta Muller