Father Quotes
On fathers, faith, and what gets passed down.
This collection includes a personal account of learning Catholic prayer practice during a conversion, and a decision two parents made together about which faith tradition their child would follow. For devotional reading, see Prayers.
My father was in Ataturk's closest group. They lived together during the War of Liberation in Turkey.
My father was Greek, but he turned French during the war, and my mother was French. So I'm French, but I have Greek blood.
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Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a...
My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners.
Family Man Quotes
I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there.
The loss of my father will always sting. But now, everything that I do is in honor of him and celebrates his life.
You go to a theater, you're in a darkened room, and you watch someone that you don't really know how many children they have or what their father's nickname might be; you don't have references and databases and rumors and...
My father is my father, and I am me. I have the advantage of this honest comparison, quiet, and the opportunity to share in his profession.
'Swept Away' is one of my favorite films of my father. I've seen it about 20 times. It's a cult movie in Italy.
Father Figure Quotes
I have to hold a meeting with the rising generation every evening, and that takes time. Henry can say, 'Twinkle, twinkle,' all himself, and Edward can repeat it after his father! Giants of genius! Paragons of erudition!
In Argentina, you do what your father does. If your father plays football, you play football. If your father plays polo, you play polo.
While my mother is from Jammu, my father was originally from Afghanistan, as my grandfather was the governor of five provinces there, including Herat.
My father was a diplomat and served as Pakistan's ambassador to 14 countries. I was born in London and grew up there and studied and lived in a hostel throughout in London and became a barrister.
Father's Day Quotes
Both my parents are wonderful cooks - my father looks like he has been in the kitchen his whole life.
My mother is a Chitrapur Saraswat from Mangalore and half-Telugu, and my father is a Bohri Muslim. My mother's father, J Rameshwar Rao, was the Raja of Wanaparthy, a principality of Hyderabad. He was influenced by the socialist movement and...
My great grandfather from my father's side, Sir Akbar Hydari, was the prime minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad. He was instrumental in setting up the Osmania university. His wife set up the Hydari club for women so that they...
I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.
Fatherhood Quotes
My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about where...
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One quote reflects on an inherited worry about mortality tied to a father's early death, while another describes navigating identity between two communities because of mixed-race parentage. Explore Poems or Anmol Vachan for more.
