'Father' Quotes

Father quotes hold immense significance as they capture the essence of the father-child relationship and the role of a father in a person’s life. These quotes have the power to evoke emotions, inspire, and provide guidance. They have been used by individuals and society to express gratitude, honor, and love for fathers. Throughout history, famous figures like William Shakespeare, Mahatma Gandhi, and Barack Obama have used father quotes to reflect on their own experiences and to inspire others. These quotes continue to resonate with people of all ages and backgrounds, reminding us of the unconditional love, support, and guidance that fathers provide. They serve as a reminder to cherish and appreciate the special bond between a father and child.Read Less

707 Notable 'Father' Quotations and Sayings

If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jean de la Bruyere, Father, Mother, Stupidity, 0

- Jean de la Bruyere

Writer

· France

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jean de la Bruyere, Father, Mother, 0

- Jean de la Bruyere

Writer

· France

He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, Father, Satisfaction, 0

- Jean de La Fontaine

Poet

· France

Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jean Shepherd, Catholic, Father, 0

- Jean Shepherd

Radio personality and writer

My father was killed by a German mine, while I lost other relatives in Allied bombing attacks. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Father, Lost, 0

- Jean-Marie Le Pen

Politician

· France

Father
Lost

Don’t worry, God understands,’ Mom said. ‘He knows that your father is a cross we must bear. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jeannette Walls, Father, Mom, Worry, 0

- Jeannette Walls

Journalist

· USA

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jeff Bridges, Actors, Father, Kids, 0

- Jeff Bridges

Actor

· USA

My brother’s my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jeff Bridges, Brother, Father, Teacher, 0

- Jeff Bridges

Actor

· USA

Music is my mother and my father; it is my work and my rest…my blood…my compass…my love. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jeff Buckley, Blood, Father, Mother, 0

- Jeff Buckley

Singer-songwriter

Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jeffrey R. Holland, Father, Heaven, Love You, 0

- Jeffrey R. Holland

Religious leader

· USA

Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jehane Noujaim, Father, United States, 0

- Jehane Noujaim

Filmmaker

· Egypt

Loving fathers give their children guidance on how to deal with all the hard things in life. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jennifer Rothschild, Children, Father, 0

- Jennifer Rothschild

Speaker/Author/Bible Teacher

I think God gives us all that in his Word because he’s a loving Father. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jennifer Rothschild, Father, Giving, 0

- Jennifer Rothschild

Speaker/Author/Bible Teacher

No detail of your life is too insignificant for your heavenly Father’s attention. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jerry Bridges, Christian, Details, Father, 0

- Jerry Bridges

Andy Kaufman’s mom wanted a girl, his father wanted a boy, and they were both satisfied! Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024, Jerry Lawler, Father, Girl, Mom, 0

- Jerry Lawler

God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William Peter Blatty, Devil, Father, 0

- William Peter Blatty

Author

· USA

Devil
Father

My father taught me that reputation, not money, was the most important thing in the world. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, William Rosenberg, Father, Important, 0

- William Rosenberg

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Frank A. Clark, Dad, Father, Funny, 0

- Frank A. Clark

Politician

Bless me, Father, for I have sinned, it’s been a minute since my last confession. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Frank McCourt, Father, 0

- Frank McCourt

Teacher

· Ireland

Father

. . . in the end, there is nothing a man can do that a woman can’t, except be a father. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Frank Pittman, Father, Marriage, 0

- Frank Pittman

Psychiatrist

· USA

Man will return to his origins. Goethe has finally become as squiggly as the city of his fathers. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Franz Grillparzer, Cities, Father, 0

- Franz Grillparzer

Writer

· Austria

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Fred Allen, Children, Father, Funny, 0

- Fred Allen

Comedian

· USA

Right is of no Sex-Truth is of no Color-God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024, Frederick Douglass, Color, Father, Sex, 0

- Frederick Douglass

Abolitionist

· USA

Everything good is the transmutation of something evil: every god has a devil for a father. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Friedrich Nietzsche, Evil, Father, God, 0

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosopher

· Germany

Warfare is the father of all good things, it is also the father of good prose! Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Friedrich Nietzsche, Father, Good Things, War, 0

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosopher

· Germany

What was a lie in the father becomes a conviction in the son. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Friedrich Nietzsche, Father, Lying, Son, 0

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosopher

· Germany

In the beginning, when the world was new and nothing had a name, my father took me to see the ice. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Gabriel García Márquez, Father, Ice, 0

- Gabriel García Márquez

Author

· Colombia

Father
Ice

As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Galeazzo Ciano, Father, Losing, Victory, 0

- Galeazzo Ciano

Children can find other children to be pals. Children need fathers to be fathers. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Garrison Keillor, Children, Dad, Father, 0

- Garrison Keillor

Writer

· USA

My father was a patriarch inside a matriarchy, but never knew it. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Mason Cooley, Father, 0

- Mason Cooley

Professor

· USA

Father

Boredom, not the will, is the mother of change. Necessity is the father. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Mason Cooley, Change, Father, Mother, 0

- Mason Cooley

Professor

· USA

I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Matthew McConaughey, Father, 0

- Matthew McConaughey

Actor

· USA

Father

Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Matthew McConaughey, Father, Heaven, 0

- Matthew McConaughey

Actor

· USA

Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they’re all confused. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Maynard James Keenan, Confused, Father, Giving, 0

- Maynard James Keenan

Musician

My father told me very early on that it was a sin to worry too much. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Mel Gibson, Father, Too Much, Worry, 0

- Mel Gibson

Actor

· USA

The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Michael Beschloss, America, Father, Sorry, 0

- Michael Beschloss

The handy thing about being a father is that the historic standard is so pitifully low. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Michael Chabon, Father, Lows, 0

- Michael Chabon

Author

· USA

Father
Lows

A father is a fellow who has replaced the currency in his wallet with snapshots of his kids. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Michael Forest, Father, Kids, Snapshots, 0

- Michael Forest

The biggest gift on Father’s Day is if I can be with all my kids. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Michael J. Fox, Father, Kids, 0

- Michael J. Fox

Actor

· Canada

Father
Kids

In fact, Parkinson’s has made me a better person. A better husband, father and overall human being. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Michael J. Fox, Fact, Father, Husband, 0

- Michael J. Fox

Actor

· Canada

Necessity is not merely the father of invention; it is the father of courage. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Michael Josephson, Father, Invention, 0

- Michael Josephson

Ethics consultant and speaker

Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024, Michael Josephson, Children, Dad, Father, 0

- Michael Josephson

Ethics consultant and speaker

the finest achievements are those of the pen. … To me God the Father is a writer. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024, Leslie Caron, Achievement, Father, Finest, 0

- Leslie Caron

There is no safer place for your hopes and dreams than in the loving hands of your faithful Father. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024, Leslie Ludy, Dream, Father, Hands, 0

- Leslie Ludy

Speaker

· USA

I attended Sunday School and then church with my father and mother throughout my childhood. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024, Leverett Saltonstall, Father, Mother, School, 0

- Leverett Saltonstall

Repetition is the father of learning, I repeat, repetition is the father of learning. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024, Lil Wayne, Father, Repetition, Success, 0

- Lil Wayne

Rapper

· USA

My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024, Lincoln Steffens, Father, 0

- Lincoln Steffens

Journalist

· USA

Father

If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024, Lincoln Steffens, Father, Son, Watches, 0

- Lincoln Steffens

Journalist

· USA

We go to the temple to make covenants with Heavenly Father. We return home to keep them. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024, Linda K. Burton, Father, Home, 0

- Linda K. Burton

Religious leader

Father
Home

Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024, Lisa Gardner, Father, Letting go, Mother, 0

- Lisa Gardner

Author

· Oregon

'Father' Quotes

707 Notable 'Father' Quotations and Sayings

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.

The very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more.

Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it does not matter.

Nothing is more precious than your baby.

Primes are the atoms of the arithmetic – the hydrogen and oxygen of the world of numbers

Man is by his constitution a religious animal.

My doom is, I love thee still. Let no man dream but that I love thee still.

If a man’s mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.

The less you think, the more you believe.

If I had found out anything, it was that they could print it faster than I could study it.

You’re only as strong as your weakest member; you’re only as positive as your most negative friend

Half of the failures in life come from pulling one’s horse when he is leaping.

Invite your friend to dinner; have nothing to do with your enemy.

The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.

It is better to predict dramatic things that don’t happen than boring things that do.

To be good Americans, we must be better Jews, and to be better Jews, we must become Zionists.

If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.

'Father' Quotes

707 Notable 'Father' Quotations and Sayings

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