Two of the great leaders of the past - Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass - had White fathers - who deserted… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
It's always seemed to me that black people's grace has been with what they do with language. In Lorrain, Ohio, when I… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
In my career there's many things I've won and many things I've achieved. But my greatest achievement is my family. What matters… — David Beckham Copy Share Image
When I entered graduate school I had carried out the instructions given to me by my father and had knocked on both… — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
From the tiny birds of the air and from the fragile lilies of the field, we learn the same truth, which is… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
You have been so careful of me that I never had a child's heart. You have trained me so well that I… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
In my second year of Harvard Divinity School, where I was studying to be a minister like my father, I met a… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
May we feel after Thee; still calling out in the darkness, as children waking in the night call "Father," so may we… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing of these; and, except a keen eye… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
If Christ has been given us, if we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally _all_ things. He… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
He who invites us to follow will always be out in front of us with His Spirit and influence setting the pace.… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
As I stood alone and forsaken, and the power of the sea and the battle of the elements reminded me of my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This is another world to the ones most Australians know. It was explained by my father once that it's like a blanket… — Hetti Perkins Copy Share Image
(To Lucrezia Borgia) Do people say that I am both your father and your lover? Let the world, that heap of vermin… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe the person who was out conquering the world, who was out fighting in the world were our fathers, so to… — Carolyn Maloney Copy Share Image
“ Susan poured herself out some more wine. She said: "You're nice. You must come and see me some time. I live miles… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
The idea of going to the movies made Hugo remember something Father had once told him about going to the movies when… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
There is an essential difference between the decease of the godly and the death of the ungodly. Death comes to the ungodly… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Neither son loved the father for himself. They both were using the father for their own self-centered ends rather than loving, enjoying,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Quite interesting, North Korea is as if it's an entirely secular dictatorship. In North Korea you might think that was the case… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The Lord gives us a spirit of hope and a feeling of comfort and confidence that we can overcome the obstacles we… — L. Lionel Kendrick Copy Share Image
According to the three missed calls from her mother—who thought Madison had been kidnapped in the big, bad city and was now… — J. Lynn Copy Share Image
There are two kind of men,' said Ka, in a didatic voice. 'The first kind does not fall in love until he's… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn't think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I grew up on the sets of Bonanza and most of my (childhood) memory is (on the set of) Little House. I… — Michael Landon, Jr Copy Share Image
While understanding the 'what' and the 'how' of the gospel is necessary, the eternal fire and majesty of the gospel springs from… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
All the lines that held me to my life were sliced apart in swift cuts, like clipping the strings of a bunch… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray you, love, remember: and there is pansies, that's for thoughts. There's fennel for you, and columbines:… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
From a very young age, my father put a lot of fear in me and it worked. I think it's important for… — Scott Baio Copy Share Image
Freedom is on the march in this world. I believe everybody in the Middle East desires to live in freedom. I believe… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I suppose she chose me because she knew my name; as I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
He once thought it himself, that he might die with grief: for his wife, his daughters, his sisters, his father and master… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
He opened the jar of pickles when no one else could. He was the only one in the house who wasn't afraid… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
By giving women training to sue a company for a 'hostile environment' if someone tells a dirty joke, we are training women… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
What I've learned much about myself by now is as the quality and discipline of my quiet time with the Lord goes,… — Matthew West Copy Share Image
Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
Why was she always so craven, so apologetic? He had always seen Ruth as separate, good and untainted. As a child, his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I knew that our time together was almost over, I asked her if she liked sports, she asked me if I liked… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“I loved your father,” she said. “I don’t mean just love like a good friend. I mean I’d have hopped into bed… — Richard Bradford Copy Share Image
