Father Quotes — Page 30

Author, Mathematician

“I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our Heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.”

Father Prayer Kindness

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

“We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.”

Father Age Son

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Homer

Poet

“Few sons are like their fathers - many are worse, few better.”

Father Dad

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LV

Luther Vandross

Singer, Songwriter

“How I'd love, love, love, to dance with my Father again.”

Father

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George R. R. Martin

Novelist, Screenwriter

“There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.”

Father Fear What Matters

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John Locke

Philosopher, Physician

“A young man before he leaves the shelter of his father's house, and the guard of a tutor, should be fortify'd with resolution, and made acquainted with men, to secure his virtues, lest he should be led into some ruinous course, or fatal precipice, before he is sufficiently acquainted with the dangers of conversation, and his steadiness enough not to yield to every temptation.”

Men Father Yield

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Martin Buber

Philosopher

“God said to Abraham: "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee." God says to man: "First, get you out of your country, that means the dimness you have inflicted on yourself. Then out of your birthplace, that means out of the dimness your mother inflicted on you. After that, out of the house of your father, that means out of the dimness your father inflicted on you. Only then will you be able to go to the land that I will show you"”

Country Mother Father

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Martin Lawrence

Actor, Comedian

“Boxing kept me out of the streets, by giving me something to do. And it gave me a father figure in the coach that was there for me. I just reiterated what my mother was trying to teach me about focusing and getting my life together.”

Mother Father Boxing

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Louisa May Alcott

Novelist, Poet

“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff. "We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.”

Mother Girl Father

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C. S. Lewis

Writer, Scholar

“Our Heavenly Father has provided many delightful inns for us along our journey, but he takes great care to see that we do not mistake any of them for home.”

Home Father Mistake

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Pele

Professional Footballer

“I always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, 'Listen. God gave to you the gift to play football. This is your gift from God. If you take care of your health, if you are in good shape all the time, with your gift from God no one will stop you, but you must be prepared.'”

Father Philosophy Football

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Barbara Kingsolver

Author, Biologist

“Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best. Europeans celebrate the short season of abundant asparagus as a form of holiday. In the Netherlands the first cutting coincides with Father's Day, on which restaurants may feature all-asparagus menus and hand out neckties decorated with asparagus spears.”

Mean Father Holiday

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