--- title: "19 Grandfather Told Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 19 Grandfather Told quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Grandfather Told sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe2/marilynne-robinson-602_cold-feet_my-grandfather-once-told-her-if-you-coul_133201.png" --- > [“My grandfather once told her if you couldn't read with cold feet, there wouldn't be a literate soul in the state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilynne-robinson/my-grandfather-once-told-her-if-you-couldn-t-read-with-cold-feet/) [Marilynne Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilynne-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe2/marilynne-robinson-602_cold-feet_my-grandfather-once-told-her-if-you-coul_133201.png) > [Our parents came home one day and heard us, and they thought it was the radio, but our grandfather told them it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-gibb/our-parents-came-home-one-day-and-heard-us-and-they-thought-it-was/) [Barry Gibb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-gibb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a86/barry-gibb-14583_came_our-parents-came-home-one-day-and-heard_2238158.jpg) > [“His grandfather had told him many times that the greatest enemies of a fighting man were death and women.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glyn-iliffe/his-grandfather-had-told-him-many-times-that-the-greatest-enemies-of/) [Glyn Iliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glyn-iliffe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/glyn-iliffe-88797_death_his-grandfather-had-told-him-many-times_1130071.jpg) > [His grandfather had often told him that he tried too hard to move trees when a wiser man would walk around them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-briggs/his-grandfather-had-often-told-him-that-he-tried-too-hard-to-move/) [Patricia Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-briggs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/patricia-briggs-571_grandfather_his-grandfather-had-often-told-him-that_1777206.png) > [My grandfather told me our history through his stories about all the great Zulu battles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kani/my-grandfather-told-me-our-history-through-his-stories-about-all-the/) [John Kani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/john-kani-7300_battles_my-grandfather-told-me-our-history-throu_1719268.jpg) > [“Alison's grandfather told her,'To err is human, to forgive divine”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-griffith/alison-s-grandfather-told-her-to-err-is-human-to-forgive-divine/) [Diane Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-griffith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/diane-griffith-104741_childhood-memories_alison-s-grandfather-told-her-to-err-is_438452.jpg) > [“My grandfather told me all the world’s problems come from us thinking we own pieces of the Earth, but we’re pieces of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleni-papanou/my-grandfather-told-me-all-the-world-s-problems-come-from-us-thinking/) [Eleni Papanou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleni-papanou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/eleni-papanou-57627_spirituality_my-grandfather-told-me-all-the-world-s-p_24845.jpg) > [My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/my-grandfather-once-told-me-that-there-were-two-kinds-of-people-those/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d12/indira-gandhi-1113_competition_my-grandfather-once-told-me-that-there-w_1671169.jpg) > [“My grandfather always told me, "Go through life with your hands in your pockets, making fists so everyone will think that they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-martin/my-grandfather-always-told-me-go-through-life-with-your-hands-in-your/) [Ricky Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3d/ricky-martin-1797_grandfather_my-grandfather-always-told-me-go-through_928971.jpg) > [My grandfather always told me that it is no good lying on a hospital bed saying, 'I had the right of way',…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-mansell/my-grandfather-always-told-me-that-it-is-no-good-lying-on-a-hospital/) [Nigel Mansell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-mansell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/322/nigel-mansell-21276_bed_my-grandfather-always-told-me-that-it-is_3000415.jpg) > [My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/my-grandfather-once-told-me-that-there-are-two-kinds-of-people-those/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb2/indira-gandhi-1113_competition_my-grandfather-once-told-me-that-there-a_1300516.jpg) > [I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonio-tabucchi/i-vividly-remember-the-stories-my-grandfather-told-me-about-the/) [Antonio Tabucchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonio-tabucchi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/antonio-tabucchi-13002_first-world-war_i-vividly-remember-the-stories-my-grandf_552768.jpg) > [“God didn't put you on this earth to do only one thing. You can do all the many things your heart desires."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-c-hilton/god-didn-t-put-you-on-this-earth-to-do-only-one-thing-you-can-do-all/) [K.C. Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-c-hilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/k-c-hilton-111315_nature_god-didn-t-put-you-on-this-earth-to-do-o_783595.jpg) > ["So we'd get in a horse and buggy and we would go and park under a tree and we'd read poetry to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/so-we-d-get-in-a-horse-and-buggy-and-we-would-go-and-park-under-a/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/rush-limbaugh-28_bills_so-we-d-get-in-a-horse-and-buggy-and-we_2100365.jpg) > [“Rosalind: “Elias told me that you met with your uncle this morning. Whatever did he say to put you in such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-pearce/rosalind-elias-told-me-that-you-met-with-your-uncle-this-morning/) [Kate Pearce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-pearce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/785/kate-pearce-89691_bad-temper_rosalind-elias-told-me-that-you-met-with_457609.jpg) > [“Peace…Henrietta was not quite sure what it was but she knew it was very important. If one wanted it, Grandfather had told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-goudge/peace-henrietta-was-not-quite-sure-what-it-was-but-she-knew-it-was/) [Elizabeth Goudge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-goudge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/elizabeth-goudge-2888_cool-water_peace-henrietta-was-not-quite-sure-what_1739830.png) > [“The first time her grandfather had told her of her heritage, she’d laughed, thinking it was a jest. But as they’d walked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-grant/the-first-time-her-grandfather-had-told-her-of-her-heritage-she-d/) [Donna Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/donna-grant-13610_fae_the-first-time-her-grandfather-had-told_642055.jpg) > [“When the ships had lifted, they returned across the river to the silence of death. Then his grandfather told him, "Many fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-vance/when-the-ships-had-lifted-they-returned-across-the-river-to-the/) [Jack Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-vance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/jack-vance-3851_death_when-the-ships-had-lifted-they-returned_2471756.jpg) > [“The best description of this book is found within the title. The full title of this book is: "This is the story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/the-best-description-of-this-book-is-found-within-the-title-the-full/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44c/jarod-kintz-2_book_the-best-description-of-this-book-is-fou_53555.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grandfather-told/#itemlist", "name": "Grandfather Told Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My grandfather once told her if you couldn't read with cold feet, there wouldn't be a literate soul in the state of Maine.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marilynne Robinson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilynne-robinson/my-grandfather-once-told-her-if-you-couldn-t-read-with-cold-feet/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", 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