Father Quotes - Page 13

• I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.

  Dolly Parton

  Brother, Uncles, Men

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• Thomas Jefferson understood the greater purpose of the liberty that our Founding Fathers sought during the creation of our Nation. Although it was against the British that the colonists fought for political rights, the true source of the rights of man was clearly stated in the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson wrote that all humans are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights . . . . It was self-evident to him that denying these rights was wrong and that he and others must struggle to win what was theirs.

  William J. Clinton

  Struggle, Winning, Men

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• Fathers and mothers are just people, which means they make mistakes. Don't hold that against them. Whatever flaws they may have, they created you in a moment of love, and are among the few who knew you when. When they're gone, there won't be anyone to take their place.

  Ernest Borgnine

  Mother, Mistake, Mean

  Ernest Borgnine (2009). “Ernie: The Autobiography”, p.296, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• Father is my Defender (Hero). Mother is my Teacher. Sister is my Counselor. Wife is my Savior. Children are my Fighters. Then what is the role of my Friend? Friend is my Motivator in life.

  Sandeep Kumar

  Mother, Teacher, Children

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• I shall never flaunt the little learning that I have acquired through the care and help my father has given me. If I have learned anything, it is only because he took care to teach me. Had he not taken upon himself the trouble of instructing me, I would be as ignorant as many other children.

  Augustin-Louis Cauchy

  Children, Taken, Ignorant

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• Our salvation is not in some father or human instruments. It is sad to see people so blinded, worshiping the creature more than the Creator.

  William J. Seymour

  People, Salvation, Instruments

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• I don't usually get to play fathers or grandfathers or uncles. Now that I'm older, maybe I can play people closer to myself. I'd like that.

  Christopher Walken

  Uncles, Play, People

  "Christopher Walken: 'I'm a regular guy'". Interview with Danny Leigh, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2013.

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• In fact, I take the view that God, in his infinite wisdom, didn't bother to spring for two joints - heaven and hell. They're the same place, but heaven is when you get everything you want and you meet Mummy and Daddy and your best friends and you all have a hug and a kiss and play your harps. Hell is the same place - no fire and brimstone - but they just all pass by and don't see you. There's nothing, no recognition. You're waving, “It's me, your father,” but you're invisible. You're on a cloud, you've got your harp, but you can't play with nobody because they don't see you. That's hell.

  Keith Richards

  Spring, Kissing, Views

  "Life". Book by Keith Richards, October 26, 2010.

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• My father was a psychiatrist and a social worker but he was a very talented painter and musician and writer on the side.

  Babatunde Adebimpe

  Musician, Sides, Social Worker

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• God said to Abraham: "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee." God says to man: "First, get you out of your country, that means the dimness you have inflicted on yourself. Then out of your birthplace, that means out of the dimness your mother inflicted on you. After that, out of the house of your father, that means out of the dimness your father inflicted on you. Only then will you be able to go to the land that I will show you"

  Martin Buber

  Country, Mother, Mean

  Martin Buber (2002). “Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings”, p.56, Psychology Press

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• I am still confused because I still don't know who my father is. And so who is my mother? The feeling is still there.

  Eartha Kitt

  Mother, Confused, Feelings

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• I was trying to find out who my father was. They say that at that time, that if you are illegitimate, the father doesn't have to put his name down on the certificate.

  Eartha Kitt

  Names, Trying, Certificates

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• It was ironic but somehow fitting that the 1905 Revolution should have been started by an organisation dreamed up by the tsarist regime itself. No-one believed more than Father Gapon in the bond between Tsar and people.

  Orlando Figes

  Should Have, People, Ironic

  Orlando Figes (1997). “A people's tragedy: a history of the Russian Revolution”, Viking Pr

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• My father had a very violent temper, and he was never home. So I was kind of a mama's boy.

  Marilyn Manson

  Home, Boys, Mama's Boy

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• When a man makes up a story for his child, he becomes a father and a child together, listening.

  Rumi

  Children, Men, Listening

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• I encourage all Americans to express admiration and appreciation to fathers.

  George W. Bush

  Appreciation, Admiration

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• The most important thing about being a father is being able to forgive yourself. If you don't forgive yourself, you're not going to forgive your kids, either.

  Evander Holyfield

  Kids, Forgiving, Important

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• It's necessary to readjust and then try again. And then readjust and try again. Fathers have to do that with sons and mothers have to do that with daughters. The level of readjustment isn't quite so much when fathers are dealing with daughters and mothers are dealing with sons.

  James Spader

  Daughter, Mother, Son

  "James Spader: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 15, 2009.

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• Boys and girls need chances to be around their father, to be enjoyed by him and if possible to do things with him. Better to play fifteen minutes enjoyably and then say, 'Now I'm going to read my paper' than to spend all day at the zoo crossly.

  Benjamin Spock

  Girl, Zoos, Boys

  Benjamin Spock (1956). “The Pocket Book of Baby and Child Care”

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• When you can't do any housecleaning because everything that goes on is a damned secret, then we're on our way to something the Founding Fathers didn't have in mind. Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

  Harry S. Truman

  Government, Secret, Mind

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• In the midst of the awesomeness, a touch comes, and you know it is the right hand of Jesus Christ. You know it is not the hand of restraint, correction, nor chastisement, but the right hand of the Everlasting Father. Whenever His hand is laid upon you, it gives inexpressible peace and comfort, and the sense that "underneath are the everlasting arms," (Deuteronomy 33:27) full of support, provision, comfort and strength.

  Oswald Chambers

  Jesus, Hands, Giving

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.308, Discovery House

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• I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. I made up my mind that when I had children, my children were going to know who their father was.

  Will Smith

  Children, Years, Mind

  "Fictional character: Christopher Gardner". "The Pursuit of Happyness", www.imdb.com. 2006.

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• Entrust yourself entirely to God. He is a Father and a most loving Father at that, who would rather let heaven and earth collapse than abandon anyone who trusted in him.

  Paul of the Cross

  Heaven, Earth, Trust Yourself

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• If we can just get young people to do the same as their fathers did, that is, wear condoms

  Richard Branson

  People, Condom, Young

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• The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual.

  Ronald Reagan

  Teaching, Rights, Abiding

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)., Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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