Father Quotes

Welcome to Father Quotes, the ultimate source for inspirational and meaningful quotes about fatherhood. Here you will find a collection of quotes from fathers, grandfathers, and other influential figures that will help you appreciate the importance of fathers in our lives. Whether you are looking for a quote to share with your own father or to use in a speech, you will find something here that will touch your heart. From funny and lighthearted to serious and thought-provoking, these quotes will remind you of the special bond between a father and his children. So take a moment to explore our collection and find the perfect quote to express your love and appreciation for your father.
Small: William Pennington - Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls
William Pennington
"Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls"
William Pennington, Lawyer
Small: Clara Barton - The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins
"The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins"
Clara Barton, Public Servant
Small: Michael Servetus - I do not separate Christ from God more than a voice from the speaker or a beam from the sun
"I do not separate Christ from God more than a voice from the speaker or a beam from the sun. Christ is the voice of the speaker. He and the Father are the same thing, as the beam and the light, are the same light"
Michael Servetus, Scientist
Small: Daniel D. Palmer - He who obeys Gods laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge
"He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge"
Daniel D. Palmer, Celebrity
Small: Anais Nin - I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern
"I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern"
Anais Nin, Author
Small: W. C. Fields - I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state
"I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison"
W. C. Fields, Comedian
Small: Friedrich Nietzsche - Whoever does not have a good father should procure one
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Whoever does not have a good father should procure one"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: William Shakespeare - When a father gives to his son, both laugh when a son gives to his father, both cry
William Shakespeare
"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: William Shakespeare - It is a wise father that knows his own child
William Shakespeare
"It is a wise father that knows his own child"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: William Shakespeare - I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike so is the will of a living da
William Shakespeare
"I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: George Herbert - One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters
George Herbert
"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters"
George Herbert, Poet
Small: George Herbert - One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father
George Herbert
"One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father"
George Herbert, Poet
Small: Voltaire - How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his childs board. It is like an aged man reclining under
Voltaire
"How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted"
Voltaire, Writer
Small: Robert Frost - The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mothers always a Democrat
Robert Frost
"The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat"
Robert Frost, Poet
Small: Publilius Syrus - An angry father is most cruel towards himself
Publilius Syrus
"An angry father is most cruel towards himself"
Publilius Syrus, Poet
Small: Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenl
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poet
Small: Willie Mays - And my father didnt have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didnt h
Willie Mays
"And my father didn't have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn't have black quarterbacks, and I don't think I could have made it in basketball, because I was only 5' 11". So I just picked baseball"
Willie Mays, Athlete
Small: Aldous Huxley - My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing
Aldous Huxley
"My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing"
Aldous Huxley, Novelist
Small: Osama bin Laden - Bush the father did well in placing his sons as governors and did not forget to pass on the
Osama bin Laden
"Bush the father did well in placing his sons as governors and did not forget to pass on the expertise in fraud from the leaders of the region to Florida to use it in critical moments"
Osama bin Laden, Criminal
Small: Adolf Hitler - Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or
Adolf Hitler
"Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle"
Adolf Hitler, Criminal
Small: Bill Cosby - Nothing Ive ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children
Bill Cosby
"Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children"
Bill Cosby, Comedian
Small: Bill Cosby - If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact
Bill Cosby
"If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right"
Bill Cosby, Comedian
Small: Bill Cosby - A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the time
Bill Cosby
"A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station"
Bill Cosby, Comedian
Small: John Dyer - My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very
John Dyer
"My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very different, but growing up surrounded by paintings, paints, easels and art books does have an effect"
John Dyer, Artist
Small: John Dyer - I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artis
John Dyer
"I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing"
John Dyer, Artist
Small: Billie Jean King - In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signin
Billie Jean King
"In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it"
Billie Jean King, Athlete
Small: Marc Garneau - Well, my father was in the Army and we traveled quite a bit when I was growing up, and I though
Marc Garneau
"Well, my father was in the Army and we traveled quite a bit when I was growing up, and I thought that I would like to have a military career, although I was drawn more towards the Navy"
Marc Garneau, Astronaut
Small: Marilyn vos Savant - Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your
Marilyn vos Savant
"Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father"
Marilyn vos Savant, Writer
Small: Sam Ewing - Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career
"Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career"
Sam Ewing, Athlete
Small: Garry Shandling - I dont know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do wit
"I don't know why men are so fascinated with television and I think it has something to do with - if I may judge from my own father, who used to sit and stare at the TV while my mother was speaking to him - I think that's a man's way of tuning out"
Garry Shandling, Comedian
Small: Ed Bradley - My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always cal
"My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called my uncle. He was like a father to me. I was closer to him than I was my father"
Ed Bradley, Journalist
Small: Ed Bradley - Id watch my father get up at 5 oclock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do the shop
"I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do the shopping for his restaurant, and get that business going and then go out on his vending machine business"
Ed Bradley, Journalist
Small: Gertrude Stein - It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doin
Gertrude Stein
"It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son"
Gertrude Stein, Author
Small: John Sebastian - My father was invited to play on a television show when I was 17 or 18 that was an early equi
"My father was invited to play on a television show when I was 17 or 18 that was an early equivalent of educational television, a Sunday afternoon kind of variety art show"
John Sebastian, Musician
Small: Joseph Roux - We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan and a widower that man who has lost his w
"We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence"
Joseph Roux, Clergyman
Small: Imogen Cunningham - I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art sc
"I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer"
Imogen Cunningham, Photographer
Small: Nicolas Cage - My father was always getting excited about something. Its genetically inside me somewhere
Nicolas Cage
"My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere"
Nicolas Cage, Actor
Small: Charles Kuralt - My mother, at least twice, cancelled our familys subscription to the newspaper I was working
"My mother, at least twice, cancelled our family's subscription to the newspaper I was working on, because she was so mad about its treatment of my father"
Charles Kuralt, Journalist
Small: John Sebastian - My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer
"My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer"
John Sebastian, Musician
Small: Anthony Quinn - Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think Ive been a good father to all
"Thirteen, 13 children, and I love - I love them all. And I think I've been a good father to all of them"
Anthony Quinn, Actor
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