My father had not been outside the house except to drive back and forth to work or sit out in the backyard,… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
There are no secrets of success. Success is doing the things you know you should do. Success is not doing the things… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
We've done as best a job as we can making it clear that I'm earning what I'm earning because of me and… — Ben Platt Copy Share Image
We disliked the rigours of existence, the unfulfilled longings, the enshrined injustices of the world, the labyrinths of love, the ignorance of… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
To be a mother is a beautiful thing, but to be able to assume the role for a child in need is… — Raheem DeVaughn Copy Share Image
“First, notice the weather. “Our Father . . . makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
I've really learned a lot from Zac Brown over the years. He is someone that I consider to be one of my… — Coy Bowles Copy Share Image
“My mother, who hated what she called his Americanisms , ended up calling him Il cauboi —the cowboy. It started as a… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
When my father articulated his vision for the future, he expressed his wish that one day his children would be judged not… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
My father did not have a lot of security in his life. He did odd jobs. He had a real struggle to… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
You know what I find interesting? If you lose a spouse, you're called a widow, or a widower. If you're a child… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
My father, George, has also affected the choices in my life regarding films. I like films that take chances or say something… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
The first four months of my life were spent in care, before I was adopted by my wonderful parents - my mum… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
I didn't know Penn was an Ivy League school - I didn't know what the Ivy League was. When I got in,… — Stacy Brown-Philpot Copy Share Image
“A dam doesn't try to reason with the water. Its main purpose is to hold it still for a while. When I… — Spuds Crawford Copy Share Image
I think everyone at times feels awkward, like they don't fit in. But I was lucky to have super-cool parents who reminded… — Amber Stevens Copy Share Image
“When a child is lost there is no end to the self-torment a parent may inflict. When we love, and the object… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Having children can smooth the relationship, too. Mother and daughter are now equals. That is hard to imagine, even harder to accept,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I grew up being that kid backstage doing my math homework and my father made sure I knew from everybody in the… — Jasmine Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
“I'll tell you something: I'll always be broke. It's a tradition in the family. My grandfather was a bankrupt. My father was… — James Hadley Chase Copy Share Image
My success has a lot to do with my private life. I've matured a lot by first becoming a husband and now… — Novak Djokovic Copy Share Image
“What happens to men sometimes,' his father wants to tell Charlie, 'is that one day all at once they'll understand how much… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true for if so the plain language of the… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal… — Clark Gable Copy Share Image
I lost my mother and my brother when I was 15 in two separate car accidents. I was doing well at school.… — Manu Bennett Copy Share Image
The poor, and especially poor people of color, don't have the luxury of raising 'free-range' children without risking severe consequences. Parents of… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
No one owns you - no matter what the relationship. You are not here on this earth to fulfill the dreams, wants… — Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse Copy Share Image
My first deepening of spirituality came when I was 6, when I was moved from my grandmother and sent to live with… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Obviously there are times when you don't listen to your parents, when you are looking for something in your life - you're… — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
Earning my college degree. It was a promise I made to my parents. I understand that football is only a certain time… — Marcus Mariota Copy Share Image
I was never told to "Get up, get out there, get a job." It was never a thing either parent ever said… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
My father, a ruined dandy from the South, had been reduced to keeping a small harness-repair shop and, when that failed, he… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
We do appeal to all men and women, realizing the responsibility resting upon them, to seek God our heavenly Father to guide… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When she giggles… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
My father was raised by a violent alcoholic. There was alcoholism in my mother's family. I'm half-adopted, and my birth father was… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“The older lady harrumphed. "I warned you, daughter. This scoundrel Hades is no good. You could've married the god of doctors or… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she… — Confucius Copy Share Image
My father built me a theatre behind the house where I could put on plays. Dear me, I'm making it sound a… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
You hear about people your whole life, 'So-and-so has cancer,' and you're like, 'Wow, that's too bad,' and then most people tend… — Jake Owen Copy Share Image
