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Father Quotes by Sidney Poitier
- My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad.…
- My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.
- I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.
- I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.
- Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he…
- As I've mentioned, a large part of my father's legacy is the lesson he taught his sons. He brought us together and said, 'The measure…
- My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father…
- My father was very big on marriage.
- My father was the quintessential husband and dad.
More Father Quotes
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. — Desi Arnaz
- My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist,… — Chinua Achebe
- A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. — John James Audubon
- Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our… — Paul Auster
- I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this… — Teresa of Avila
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to… — Jensen Ackles
- I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father. — Amitabh Bachchan
- Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government.… — Michael Badnarik