Father Quotes · Page 144

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

— Jean de La Fontaine

My father turned my life around insisting I be more than I was and by believing I could be more.

— Oprah Winfrey

My father always used to ask me what my aim in life is. I used to tell him I don't have any.

— Vijay Sethupathi

My father was the classic Puritan. Hold the emotions in check. Keep up appearances.

— Lee Marvin

My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.

— Natasha Trethewey

One of the greatest honors of a Catholic and Christian is to meet the Holy Father.

— John Bel Edwards

As a child singer, I never sang a single track for my father or uncle.

— Armaan Malik

Peace is a virgin who dare not show her face without Strength, her father, for protection.

— Charles Lindbergh

My parents are very good parents and have already said that they will look after me until the end of my skating…

— Patrick Chan

I have to prioritize: father first, and then a pastor and a recording artist and entrepreneur. I try to put everything in…

— Marvin Sapp

As a father, you immediately become uncool, especially the older they get. The older you get, it's inevitable that, as cool as…

— Mark Consuelos

Since I used to visit Nepal often in the past with my father, I have a fair idea about festivals and culture…

— Anish Giri

I think of my father and how confused he was by me. He understood my love for theater, and he understood that…

— Spalding Gray

When the purpose of the appointment to ,cohabit with the widow bas been attained in accordance with the law, those two shall…

— Guru Nanak

As she stood in the darkened room and watched my sister and father, I knew one of things that heaven meant. I…

— Alice Sebold

All true children of God have God for their father and Mary for his mother; anyone who does not have Mary for…

— Louis de Montfort

Oh, Myr," he chokes out. "I hate having to ask this of you..." He glances towards the car again, and I crouch…

— Anonymous

My father wasn't a hard guy. He was a well-liked guy. He had a lot of compassion about things in life. There…

— Tom Watson

In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave…

— Abraham Lincoln

The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent…

— Phyllis McGinley

I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim…

— Stephen King

Gus: "It tastes like..." Me: "Food." Gus: "Yes, precisely. It tastes like food, excellently prepared. But it does not taste, how do…

— John Green

“Dad steps away from the window, and I'm alarmed to discover his eyes are wet. Something about the idea of my father-even…

— Stephanie Perkins

Whether the prayer of Seneca was granted we do not know; but, as we do not again hear of Marcus, it is…

— Frederic William Farrar

From childhood on, I did sit in the courtroom watching my father argue cases and talk to juries.

— Harper Lee

My father said writing was a nice hobby. He strongly encouraged my brother and me to become doctors.

— Tess Gerritsen

Thank goodness I was brought up with the grounding of my parents, and taught manners.

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

You can only be a good father in relationship to your childhood.

— Guillermo del Toro

It is the lesbian in us who is creative, for the dutiful daughter of the fathers in us is only a hack.

— Adrienne Rich

“No father should have to bury his son. No daughter should have to do what I've done.”

— Tracy Bilen

I would always compare myself with the best, and my dad is the best, and he's my idol, too.

— Mick Schumacher

You saved Dad's life. If anyone's got the right to eavesdrop on him, it's you.

— Anonymous

Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.

— James Joyce

A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both.

— Benjamin Franklin

I was very fortunate to have had a mother and father who loved me in spite of my failings.

— George W. Bush

If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.

— Lincoln Steffens

“Wales: The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it!”

— Dylan Thomas

A father is more than a sperm donor ! He's the provider, the taxi,and the cook.

— IVEN GARLAND

Being a good father is so overrated...I mean, just ask mine...If you can find him that is...

— Anonymous

Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.

— Desmond Dekker