Father Quote by Brennan Manning

“There is nothing wrong with my father: he is the natural. The problem is those like myself, who hoped we might rise from our…

— Philipp Meyer

We have a Father, and He cares about our internal world - issues of motive, issues of fear, issues of validation.

— John Eldredge

“When you find complete acceptance in the Father, you will no longer stress about what others believe, think or say about you.”

— Alisa Hope Wagner

“Sometimes, mothers, so conditioned to be all and do all, are complicit in diminishing the role of fathers.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

As we try to change, we will discover within us a fierce struggle between our loyalty to that battle-scarred victim of his own childhood,…

— Augustus Napier

“Father and I have the best relationship. Sometimes our thoughts are so similar it’s almost as if we’re the same person. When people see…

— Cecelia Ahern

“For if one Father is common to us all, and every good thing that can fall to our lot comes from Him, there ought…

— John Calvin

“Your father doesn't give his devotion lightly or carelessly. When you are given a piece of someone like that, someone who doesn't naturally trust…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

More broadly across time and cultures, it seems, one perennial piece of advice to father has been the importance of acting tenderly toward their…

— David Blankenhorn

“What, exactly, is a father if not a man who, once you’re grown and gone and out in the world making your own mistakes,…

— Julia Glass

“Have a father who lived up to his own promise and then found thing after thing to meet and surpass the expectations of his…

— David Foster Wallace

“Father can be the person you most hate and most fear, yes, but deep down you expect that he'll be the one to save…

— Julianna Baggott