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Quotes About Father

A father lives after death in his son.
~ Sanskrit
We shall give, says father.
~ Sappho
Because what if he was like his father, with that threatening kind of anger, the kind that was always simmering, the kind that could boil over at any time and hurt everyone in the way? The apologies afterward never healed the damage. He
~ Sara Pennypacker
I'm not angry." But he forced his fists open and counted ten slow breaths, fighting it the way he always did. Because what if he was like his father, with that threatening kind of anger, the kind that was always simmering, the kind that could boil over at any time and hurt everyone in the way? The apologies afterward never healed the damage.
~ Sara Pennypacker
Fine,' Aria conceded. 'But *I'll* carry her.' She grabbed the baby seeat from the back. A smell of baby powder wafted up to greet her, bringing a lump in her throat. Her father Byron, and his girlfriend, Meredith, had just had a baby, and she loved Lola with all her heart. If she looked too long at this baby, she might love her just as much.
~ Sara Shepard
Maria didn't fear the sea but, as taught by her father, she respected its power. In her experience the ocean had no intent to drown travellers.
~ Sara Sheridan
I've always had a keen sense of history. My father was an antiques dealer and he used to bring home boxes full of treasures, and each item always had a tale attached.
~ Sara Sheridan
My father." I don't even know what punctuation mark to put after those two words. Lots of exclamation points!!! One lonely question mark? I need a cartoon balloon with every symbol available in it. Something that stands for stunned/terrified/pissed off/excited/depressed/happy/mad.
~ Sarah Bird
Pray because you have a Father, not because it quietens you, and give Him time to answer.
~ Oswald Chambers
My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.
~ Haile Gebrselassie
I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.
~ Anais Nin
It is imperative that Christians be like Jesus, by living freely within the culture as missionaries who are as faithful to the Father and His gospel as Jesus was in His own time and place.
~ Mark Driscoll
It didn't make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he'd say, "Get up and sing me some songs." We didn't want to sing but we sang.
~ George Jones
May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.
~ George Washington
When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my father talked about.
~ Alan King
Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long.
~ Carlo Collodi
My parents were divorced and I didn't grow up with my father, but I spent a lot of time around him, and his influence on me has been profound.
~ Laura Linney
We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the Father. A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution.
~ Edward McKendree Bounds
A father's calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.
~ Ezra Taft Benson
'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.
~ Gary Oldman
It's good Mam, you've got a bike It's so much better than walking Dad just thinks it's a blessed relief It's the only time you stop talking
~ John Walter Bratton
We had a great time on the bench talking about crime, mother-stabbin', father raping, all kinds of groovy things.
~ Arlo Guthrie
Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.
~ Bat for Lashes
Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of the books he published.
~ Dick Bruna