My Dad Quotes

My Dad Quote of the day

Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.

I don't want my kids saying, 'My dad was a gangster, so I need to be a gangster. I would rather mine say, 'My dad was a stunna, so I need to be a stunna.'

Children desperately need to know - and to hear in ways they understand and remember - that they're loved and valued by mom and dad.

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'

I had a friend, who was abused by her dad. I made a vow to myself that I'd never hurt my daughter.

All my money is in a savings account. My dad has explained the stock market to me maybe 75 times. I still don't understand it.

You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father's face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift.

My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.

The human father has to be confronted and recognized as human, as man who created a child and then, by his absence, left the child fatherless and then Godless.

My daddy, he was somewhere between God and John Wayne.

Men should always change diapers. It's a very rewarding experience. It's mentally cleansing. It's like washing dishes, but imagine if the dishes were your kids, so you really love the dishes.

It is good to be Compared with the best player [Pele]. But my dad told me about Garrincha's style as he moved forward, went up, attacked and dribbled. Garrincha's style is more similar to Neymar's.

My father was a man of love. He always loved me to death. He worked hard in the fields, but my father never hit me. Never. I don't ever remember a really cross, unkind word from my father.

Bruno: "Why do you wear pajamas all day?" Shmuel: "The soldiers. They took all our clothes away." Bruno: "My dad's a soldier, but not the sort that takes people's clothes away."

I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.

My dad used to say to me, 'You look more like me than I do.'

When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don't take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, 'No one can outwork you,'

When I was a little boy, I told my dad, 'When I grow up, I want to be a musician.' My dad said: 'You can't do both, Son'.

And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself'.

My dad (Ken Griffey) would have bopped me on the head when I was a kid if I came home bragging about what I did on the field. He only wanted to know what the team did.

I grew up watching Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell and the other guys with my dad.

It was my father who taught me to value myself.

My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.

My dad always had this little sign on his desk: 'The bigger your head is, the easier your shoes are to fill'. He really drilled that in.

It was my dream playing for the Montreal Canadiens - it was my dad's team.

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.

My father said, Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it right?

I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12

Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years.

I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.

My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night.

I realized I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it then maybe I could also run.

My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.

My parents were involved in everything I did. They were showbiz people themselves. My dad was an actor. They were parents; they did what parents are supposed to do.

Having a kid is like falling in love for the first time when you're 12, but every day.

Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.

So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan.

I want to be on stage and perform and win Grammys and help out my family in Bulgaria, because they are struggling, and my mom and dad, too.

I think my dad is this great, wonderful... man with a lot of integrity, who is fighting for things he believes in and is serious in what he wants to see happen and serious in helping people.

My eldest son, Jack, grew up with me as a 'part-time' dad.

My daughter got me a 'World's Best Dad' mug. So we know she's sarcastic.

I never got along with my dad. Kids used to come up to me and say, 'My dad can beat up your dad.' I'd say 'Yeah? When?'

I also sing about my mom leaving me a lot - a lot of kids have their moms or dads leave them, so they relate to that. I wear my heart on my sleeve, so I think that's what the kids love.

Regardless of anything, my dad wants me to "get that piece of paper!" - degree over everything.

My dad taught me to be a leader or a follower, and he said follower ain't fun. So I want to be the leader of Bubba Watson.

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

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

Nobody had books at home. My dad was a very educated person, so he would have books at home. All Spanish books. That helped. Most of my homies had no books at home.