Father Quotes

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

O father Abram, what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealing teaches them suspect The thoughts of others!

Authentic men aren't afraid to show affection, release their feelings, hug their children, cry when they're sad, admit it when they're wrong, and ask for help when they need it.

No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, until he has a child and loves it. And then the whole universe changes and nothing will ever again seem exactly as it seemed before.

My older sister was at the cusp of new wave, and I had older brothers from my father's first marriage who were rock 'n' roll guys, so I was exposed to a lot of popular culture.

Im crazy about my father, hes an amazing man, a real adventurer. He took us with him to travel all over the world. We were in places that were so remote, that white people hardly ever reach them.

I never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like I wasn't appreciated as a child so I wanted to prove my worth as an adult, as an actor.

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

My mother's a secretary; my father's an electrician in a mining company.

I grew up in Minnesota. Four generations of my father's people are buried there.

I was kosher until I had my Bar Mitzvah, and I parlayed officially becoming a man into telling my father I wanted to eat cheeseburgers.

I can remember playing under the big wooden desk in his office. My mother didn't like us to chew gum, so we'd go into his office, and he'd feed us gum under the desk.

My father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist.

The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him is not to believe that he loves you.

The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled.

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

I would say my greatest achievement in life right now - my greatest achievement period is - and I'm still trying to achieve it - is to be a wonderful father to my kids.

Elvis Presley is the main founding father of rock music. He was an unheralded genius behind a new music that changed western civilization for all time.

True success in any endeavor can only come when the Father has initiated the activity and invited our participation.

My father was a film-maker. He always said he wanted to go like Humphrey Jennings, the legendary director who stepped backwards over a cliff while framing a better shot.

Frst of all that I would crave as the richest of heaven's blessings would be wisdom from my Heavenly Father bestowed daily.

A man doesn't need to be flawless to be a perfect father, but the commitment to his family is a precious responsibility.

God is our father, but even more is God our mother.

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

Every divine action begins from the Father, proceeds through the Son, and is completed in the Holy Spirit.

My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world.

He left His Father's throne above, (So free, so infinite His grace!) Emptied Himself of all but love, And bled for Adam's helpless race.

I trust everyone. I just don't trust the devil inside them.

A man's worth is measured by how he parents his children. What he gives them, what he keeps away from them, the lessons he teaches and the lessons he allows them to learn on their own.

Jesus did not die to increase our self-esteem. Rather, Jesus died to bring glory to the Father by redeeming people from the curse of sin.

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

A child identifies his parents with God, whether or not the adults want that role. Most children 'see' God the way they perceive their earthly fathers.

The best way to be a good father to your children is to be a good husband to their mother.

It is a lot of responsibility. But I enjoy being a father. Thats one of the best parts of my life. I feel like, man, thats one of the greatest things Ive got going on, being a father.

We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me.

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

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.

Lift up your eyes. The heavenly Father waits to bless you - in inconceivable ways to make your life what you never dreamed it could be.

What matters most is not what I think I am or am not. What matters is what my Father sees in me and what He says about me.

My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet.

Everyday I see a little more of my father in me.

When I started racing my father told me, 'Cristiano, nobody has three balls but some people have two very good ones.'

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

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

You can do anything you want to do.

Kuwait is the mother and father, Earth and it's supplies. She is the past, present and future.

When my father would yell at me, I told myself someday I'd use it in a book.

Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much.