Father Quotes
7648 Father quotes by 4179 unique authors
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In Macbeth a lady is restrained from the murder of a king by his resemblance of her father as he slept. Should not all men…
— Benjamin Rush
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It is better for a girl to marry in such a time when she would begin menstruation at her husband's house rather than her father's…
— Ruhollah Khomeini
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I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their children to preserve…
— Franklin Pierce
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We thank Thee, O Father of all, for... all the soul-help that sad souls understand.
— Will Carleton
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My father told me all about the birds and the bees, the liar - I went steady with a woodpecker till I was twenty one.
— Bob Hope
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[T]he Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost [are] three ... not in condition, but in degree; not in substance, but in form; not in…
— Tertullian
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He [God] watched over me before I knew him, and before I learned sense or even distinguished between good and evil, and he protected me,…
— Saint Patrick
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Just as a father feels it is all ending and his children are off to start their own families, a new role begins. In midlife,…
— Alvin Francis Poussaint
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My father said, Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it right?
— Dexter Scott King
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I remember when my father passed away, we drove the funeral procession past the bank so he could say one last goodbye. That's how much…
— Alexi Giannoulias
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I was a Scout years ago, before the movement started, when my father took me fishing, camping and hunting. Then I was sorry that more…
— Lou Henry Hoover
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Breast Feeding should not be attempted by fathers with hairy chests, since they can make the baby sneeze and give it wind.
— Mike Harding
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I am reminded of a piece of advice my father gave me regarding shoes. ...He said it is better to buy one good pair of…
— Cary Grant
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I met my fathers in prison, they too a part of a scene; digging death.
— Unknown Author
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The similarities between me and my father are different.
— Dale Berra
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While [the Arians], like men sprung from a dunghill, truly "spoke from the earth" [Jn. 3:31], the bishops [of Nicea], not having invented their phrases…
— Athanasius of Alexandria
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I'll bet your father spent the first year of your life throwing rocks at the stork.
— Irving Brecher
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For the son of man shall come in the glory of His Father, with His angels; and then shall He reward every man according to…
— Unknown Author
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When I was a kid, my father told me every day, 'You're the most wonderful boy in the world, and you can do anything you…
— Unknown Author
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Sometime in the eternities to come, we will see that our trials were calculated to cause us to turn to our Heavenly Father for strength…
— Delbert L. Stapley
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I've never protected the president [in real life], but I have been a new dad, and I can tell you that being a new dad…
— Channing Tatum
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In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
— Herodotus
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You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you…
— Steffi Graf
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To deny an entire group of people the ability to be legal couples is anti-American and anti-freedom. As a devoted husband and father of two,…
— Chris Kluwe
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I know what a good man is because I saw it in my father.
— Raimond Gaita
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