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A father is a fellow who has replaced the currency in his wallet with snapshots of his kids. — Michael Forest

Our Heavenly Father wants our hearts to be knit together. That union in love is not simply an ideal. It is a necessity — Henry B. Eyring

You didn't cause this. This happened because your father is a lunatic dressed up in a quality suit. — Leigh Bardugo

My father is a Jehovah's Witness, and he raised us under a very strict hand. — Damon Wayans

I got my dad a great father's Day present. He called to say: 'Ach. Zis present is so good I now think it vas almost vorth having children. — Johann Hari

The lore of our fathers is a fabric of sentences. A pale gray lore, black with fact and white with convention. — Willard Van Orman Quine

A successful father is not more successful than his children. — Raheel Farooq

My father taught me that losing your temper is a self-indulgent act. — Hugh Jackman

I have been distracted from my duty as a father to some extent, but there is no greater exercise to a man's talents than the upbringing of his son. — Conn Iggulden

He is our Father - the Father of our Spirits, and was once a man in mortal flesh as we are, and is now an exalted being. — Brigham Young

Mind Your Language in the Presence of Patriachs

Q. When is rape not rape?
A. When it is your father or stepfather. — S. Caroline Taylor

A minister stands for Father Peace, but a good one is no stranger to Mother War. — Joe Abercrombie

Foreigners are sending messages to the planets. We are sending rice and cereals to our dead fore-father through the Brahmins. It is a wise deed? — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

After paying for the wedding, about the only thing a father has left to give away is the bride. — Evan Esar

My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians. — Brandi Carlile

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it. — Larry McMurtry

Not a desire, act, wish, or thought does the Holy Ghost indulge in contrary to that which is dictated by the Father — Brigham Young

But Schaffa is a grown-up, and grown-ups need their sleep; that's what her father always said whenever she or Chaga did something that woke him up. — N.K. Jemisin

Something peculiar is happening to my head. I remember that my father was Barnaby, but I had another named Balaton. Unless that's a lake in Albania. — Stanislaw Lem

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society. — Billy Graham

My last name is Wellsley, but a lot of people say it's Lowendowski, which is my mother's last name, and I had it changed to my father's when I was 18. — Cory Wells

My favorite job is being a father. I have four girls now. They're a captive audience. — Bruce Willis

Fathers, your are the head and strength of the family unit. If you are not in place, there is a weakness in the link. — Anita R. Sneed-Carter

As is the inventor of murder, and the father of art, Cain must have been a man of first-rate genius. — Thomas De Quincey

The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride. — Vincente Minnelli

My dad is an unbelievable entrepreneur who balanced his life as a father and a president of two very successful companies. — Rachel Zoe

The father's role, he says, is to provide the mother with the peace and security she needs to be a good enough mother. — Massimilla Harris

'In Country' is about a high school girl's quest for knowledge about her father, who died in Vietnam just before she was born. — Bobbie Ann Mason

All of us must be saints in this world. Holiness is a duty for you and me. So let's be saints and so give glory to the Father. — Mother Teresa

Religion has a way of making people into idiots is what my father says. — Victor Lodato

I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family. — Guy Kawasaki

What you end up doing," the mechanic says, "is you spend your life searching for a father and God. — Chuck Palahniuk

I am half Scottish. My father is an expat from Glasgow, and on my mother's side there's a bit of French, a bit of Scottish, a bit of Irish. — Adelaide Kane

I've learned much, Father, and this above all: that no station in life is above any other, if it's occupied by someone with a good heart. — Orson Scott Card

Being a father or a mother is not only a great challenge, it is a divine calling. It is an effort requiring consecration. — James E. Faust

To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible. — Pierre Corneille

I think my father is probably the best coach ever because if we talk about numbers, he's got a lot and he's only had two players. — Serena Williams

In God's eyes the church is like a family circle where each one feels the warmth of the Father's love. — Sunday Adelaja

A child is not likely to find a father in God unless he finds something of God in his father. — Glenn Wheeler

A clear rule for self-control handed down by the Fathers is this: stop eating while still hungry and do not continue until you are satisfied. — John Cassian

A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother. — Solomon

To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Whatever else a father is in this life - cop, fireman, Indian chief - he provides for his family. He — Harlan Coben

Being a father is certainly a task ... but the best one that I could ever ask for. Being home, being with the family-that's what it's about. — Chris Hemsworth

My son smiled. "You taught me well, Father."
"What did I teach you?"
"That a spear-point in a prisoner's liver is a very persuasive thing. — Bernard Cornwell

A wise man once said that next to losing its mother, there is nothing more healthy for a child than to lose its father. — Halldor Laxness

His father was an ass and he is an ass. I imagine sooner than I should like I shall be playing uncle to a litter of asses. — T.A. Miles

It is much easier to become a father than to be one. — Kent Nerburn

A father's death is the most important event, the more heartbreaking and poignant loss in a man's life. — Sigmund Freud

Ahmed is not a murderer like my father, but within the walls of our apartment - among people he claims to love - he is every inch a terrorist. — Zak Ebrahim

Whatever they may say, your story is truly your own. You have a responsibility to it, the way a father has to a child — Miguel Syjuco

A temptation is Satan's cheap substitute for the real gifts from heaven the Father has given us. — Warren W. Wiersbe

My father comes from a generation of film that actors my age don't even know about, which is really sad. — Amber Tamblyn

At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training. — Charles Eastman

Fathers and daughters have a special bond.
She is always daddy's little girl. — Richard L. Ratliff

It is love. But I will not stay.
My father
was a long dark fairytale too. — Yrsa Daley-Ward

When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence. — Steve Largent

I see my father. I see him gone away. My world is a little bit colder. — Celia Mcmahon

A father's holy life is a rich legacy for his sons. — Charles Spurgeon

The search for knowledge and the discovery of a great weapon are virtually one and the same. War is the father of everything. — Paul Hoffman

My father is a very strict man. — Nneka

My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments. — Tamara Ecclestone

You come from a wonderful family: Your father is the Divine. Your mother is the Earth. You have many siblings. And you are loved. — Robbie Vorhaus

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is. — Alexa Ray Joel

When a bride insists on telling her lover everything, I suspect she is looking for a father, not a husband. — Madeleine L'Engle

Another family story is forges, one that father and son will laugh about for decades. This is how a legacy is built. One memory at a time. — Mitch Albom

The lad, like many another, owed nothing to his father but his mere existence - Heaven knows whether that gift is oftenest a curse or a boon. — Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge. — Alexandre Dumas

Heart disease is no laughing matter. After my father suffered a massive heart attack, I realized just how serious heart disease can be. — Cheryl Hines

The finest achievements are those of the pen ... To me God the Father is a writer. — Leslie Caron

In one book, your father is a hero. In another book, he is a monster. The men who don't have books written about them have it easier. — Jaroslav Kalfar

This is my father. Try what you can with him! He won't listen to me, because he remembers what a fool I was when I was a baby. — George Bernard Shaw

Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn it. — Karl Kraus

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

The fact is that you can't have a good relationship with a girl who hasn't settled things with her father. — Mort Sahl

Lobola ("bride price") is a retired broke father's last hope to paying off his debts. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about it. — Harriet Ann Jacobs

One of my great values that my father intuited, and indirectly taught me, is that you should always have a plan but be open to opportunity. — Jeff Raikes

Sadly, I can't say the same for my Father, who is probably in a different place - Hell. — Alan Partridge

A father is only capable of giving what he has, and what he knows. A good father gives all of himself that is good. — Vincent Carrella

A boy is a magical creature - you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart. — Allan Beck

To do a studio film, something with Disney. My father is thrilled. — Sam Riley

Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him. — George R R Martin

A father's suspicion...' she began.
Is as powerful as a mother's intuition.'

~pg 87, Ruana Singh and Jack Salmon — Alice Sebold

God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge. — Alexandre Dumas

A father is a man who fails every day. — Michael Chabon

I am a daughter. My father is an example for me. — Malala Yousafzai

A mother is always a mother, since a mother is a biological fact, whilst a father is a movable feast. — Angela Carter

You killed my father," he snorted in a basso profundo rumble. "Prepare to die!" "Inigo Montoya? Is that you? — Kevin Hearne

A father can pass on his nose and eyes and even his intelligence to his child, but not his soul. In every human being the soul is new — Hermann Hesse

So that's how you know Donovan. You knew his father."
Warren nodded. "Daniel Caine, a fine man. Donovan is too. But he's not the one for you. — Jennifer Estep

Being a father is the greatest achievement and the most important thing about me. I have two great kids, no question. — Ryan Phillippe

A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both. — Benjamin Franklin

Methinks a father Is at the nuptial of his son a guest That best becomes the table. — William Shakespeare

When a woman miscarries, the experience of the father is often forgotten. But men grieve pregnancy loss too... — Various

I- I. Sorry. This is what my father would call a fucking unfortunate image. — Erin Bow

Being a father is a choice. Staying true to fatherhood is a duty. — Joan Ambu

Being in a hurry is the father of stress and worry. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

For a child, being a child comes naturally. It is
relatively simple. But for an adult to become a father, it is quite another story. — Anupam Sibal

A poet may be a good companion, but, so far as I know, he is ever the worst of fathers. — Irving Bacheller