Dad Quotes

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.
Orson Scott Card

Good, Hope, Father

The child is father of the man.
William Wordsworth

My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
Chief Joseph

Father, Eyes, Rest

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.
William Hurt

Successful, Father, Friend

Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted.
Michael Reagan

Adult, Male, Trusted

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.
Publilius Syrus

Angry, Father, Himself

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.
Gertrude Stein

Doubt, Depressing, Fathers

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
E. B. White

Time, War, Father

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.
Pete Rose

Good, Father, Practice

When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years.
Frank Butler

Father, Thought, Find

I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.
Barry White

Real, Whatever, Looking

Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works.
Shahrukh Khan

Husband, Father, Fail

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
Dick Clark

Humor, Truth, Joke

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
Jean de La Fontaine

Father, Impossible, Please

A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.
Lenny Kravitz

Time, Stand, Dramatic

A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.
Michael Bergin

Powerful, Father, Tool

It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.
Dawn French

Life, Beautiful, Father

But the love of adventure was in father's blood.
Buffalo Bill

Love, Father, Adventure

I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed.
Billie Joe Armstrong

Life, Father, House

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
Fred Allen

Father, Children, Hand

I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect.
Adam Sandler

Father, Perfect, Learned

I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.
Jay London

Music, Father, Wanted

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.
Janis Joplin

Father, House, Tv

The surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I want to share it with the world.
Christopher Meloni

Share, Finding, Inner

I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.
Miguel Indurain

Good, Bad, Father

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