- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Ghost
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- Nov 07, 2020
The revelations of the Father and the Son are conveyed through the third member of the Godhead, even the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is the witness of and messenger for the Father and the Son.
- Korea
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.
- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a doctor.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you asked anybody in my family, they would have very stridently proclaimed themselves middle class. My mother and father were separated, so he doesn't count.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father brought a basketball to the hospital when I was born, and he already had it embedded in his head that I would be a ball player.
- Caring
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's that side of me that wants to be the loving, caring father, and there's the other side of me that's just a dirty animal. If I don't let that out, I go nuts.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was - he was my hero, and I wanted to be more like him.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father told me 'Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.'
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, there was not much I could do to stop the violence in our home. When I got older, as a father, I did everything I could to raise my children with a father that loved them, protected them, and made them feel safe.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a Pentecostal minister; that's how I was brought up. So I never thought of having a secular career.
- Nov 07, 2020
My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to make up stories about my father. I would go to the movies and look for a character who looked like my father.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father never saw me play ball, and I was an outstanding ballplayer. I missed all that adoration.
- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020