One of my favourite quotations is: 'That which thy father bequeathed thee, earn it anew, if thou wouldst possess it.'

Her life was monotonous, but it kept her out of trouble. . . . This, her father would say, was called being an adult.

My father's Peruvian! I actually have a lot of family in Cuzco. I'm also Swiss, Alaskan, French, Spanish and Italian.

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

In my case, a papadaddy is a father. My paternal grandfather was called Papa by my father who was called Daddy by me.

My father has been the silent force behind my success. My mother has been a constant source of guidance in my career.

My father has been the real anchor of the family. Hes the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me.

My father taught me not to overthink things, that nothing will ever be perfect, so just keep moving and do your best.

My father taught me to be independent and cocky and free thinking, but he could not stand it if I disagreed with him.

The notion of a world government to defend our rights would have sent the founding fathers running for their muskets.

I am still confused because I still don't know who my father is. And so who is my mother? The feeling is still there.

Heavenly Father hears your prayers, He loves you. He knows your name. He loves you beyond your ability to comprehend.

No .... holy father, throw away that thought. Believe not that the dribbling dart of love Can pierce a complete bosom.

What people can't possibly imagine is what it's like to have two presidents who have a relationship as father and son.

I believe the most compelling explanation of Obama's actions is that he is, just like his father, an anti-colonialist.

I know virtually no one of my age who can remember a hug, or a smile from their father, or a 'Let's go play football.'

The Heavenly Father does not ask for golden vessels. He does not ask for silver vessels. God asks for yielded vessels.

I was brought up very conservatively. My father was positively Victorian - I wasn't even allowed to wear my hair down.

What's bad about my biography? My father was a worker, my brothers, too, and I have always honestly served my country.

The Lord is a Father, the most tender and best of fathers. He cannot fail to be moved when His children appeal to Him.

Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.

Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen sat one morning in the window-bay of their father's house in Beldover, working and talking.

Students coming from father-present families score higher in math and science even when they come from weaker schools.

If we will but let our God and Father work His will with us, there can be no limit to His enlargement of our existence

Thanks to my father, I didn't have to face the tough side of life. Probably that's why I always chose love over money.

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

What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips?

Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece.

It's interesting to be playing a father who's on the other side because that's not my world and not where I came from.

My father fought in World War I and single-handedly destroyed the Germans' line of communication. He ate their pigeon.

Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I'm going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.

I play the Father/Son every year on the PGA TOUR Champions. I split it between Jackie and Gary as my playing partners.

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

My father taught me a good lesson: Don't get to low when things go wrong. And don't get too high when things are good.

[CNN, USA Today] they've got 24 hours to fill. You know, how many times can Anna Nicole Smith's baby get a new father?

My hair stands on end at the cost and charges of these boys. Why was I ever a father! Why was my father ever a father!

My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.

It must be quite difficult if you have a father who's sort of known. On the other hand, you can get a job in his band.

My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

What should a man do but be merry? For look you how cheerfully my mother looks, and my father died within's two hours.

I know I trust people too much, although I try to be a bit firm, but it is a fault that we have learnt from my father.

I like words. And I always learn a few new ones when Father gets angry. I shouldn't neglect my education, now should I?

If our father had had his way, nobody who did not know how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.

When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching.

Real Fathers are Role Models worthy of emulation. They choose to live exemplary lifestyles of leadership and excellence

Tis not her coldness, father, That chills my labouring breast; It's that confounded cucumber I've ate and can't digest.

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