Father Quotes - Page 9

• Fathering is the most masculine thing a man can do.

  Frank Pittman

  Men, Daddy, Masculine

  "Fathers and Sons" by Frank Pittman, www.psychologytoday.com. September 1, 1993.

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• It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

  Samuel Butler

  Wise, Pregnancy, Parent

  Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4176, Delphi Classics

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• The great object is that every man be armed.

  Patrick Henry

  Gun, Men, Fake

  Patrick Henry (2007). “Patrick Henry in his speeches and writings and in the words of his contemporaries”, Warwick House Publishing

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• I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.

  Miguel Indurain

  Dad, Work, Weather

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

  E. B. White

  Peace, War, Years

  1954 The Second Tree from the Corner, 'The Second Tree from the Corner'.

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• There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself.

  John Gregory Brown

  Running, Mother Daughter, Fathers Day

  John Gregory Brown (2001). “Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery”, p.68, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There's a special place in heaven for caregivers.

  Maureen Reagan

  Daughter, Dad, Heaven

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• It was my father who taught me to value myself.

  Dawn French

  Taught, Being A Dad, Your Dad

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• That was when the world wasn't so big and I could see everywhere. It was when my father was a hero and not a human.

  Markus Zusak

  Dad, Hero, World

  Markus Zusak (2007). “I Am the Messenger”, p.240, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him.

  Dean Koontz

  Dad, Alcohol, Tears

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• ...Being a father is the most exciting, amazing thing that ever happened to me.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Dad, Exciting, Happened

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• That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

  Joseph Addison

  Fathers Day, Men, Mean People

  Joseph Addison (1793). “A Collection of Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments”, p.446

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• There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.

  Anthony Edwards

  Baby, Children, Home

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Our father in heaven governs the affairs of men by placing specific individuals upon the earth to lead at specific times and inspiring and directing them.

  Harold B. Lee

  Men, Heaven, Earth

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• The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Jesus, Atheist

  Thomas Jefferson (1984). “Jefferson: Writings”, p.1970, Library of America

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• Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom.

  Tim Allen

  Friendship, Teamwork, Mom

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life.

  Samuel Butler

  Funny, Sweet, Humor

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Notebooks”

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• To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

  Martin Luther

  Friendship, Christian, Prayer

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• There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father - and how come that's not as newsworthy?

  Will Smith

  Fathers Day, Dad, Kids

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• I just wish I could understand my father.

  Michael Jackson

  Dad, Wish, Tears

  "The Michael Jackson Interview: Oprah Reflects". Interview with Oprah, www.oprah.com. February 10, 1993.

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• The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

  Bertrand Russell

  Funny, Family, Dad

  Bertrand Russell (1957). “Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects”, p.158, Simon and Schuster

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• The child is father of the man.

  William Wordsworth

  Children, Men, Tears

  "My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold" l. 1 (1807). Wordsworth also used the last three lines as the epigraph for his poem "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" (1807). See Milton 43

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• You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.

  Wally Schirra

  Fathers Day, Dad, Hero

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• An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

  Publilius Syrus

  Love, Family, Happiness

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• What would really satisfy us would be a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, 'What does it matter so long as they are contented?'

  C. S. Lewis

  Long, Heaven, Doe

  "A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works".

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