#father

Do we not see the influence we have when we say we believe in one thing, but our children see us living something else? Do we not realize how little we encourage our children to actually decide what they believe, declare what they believe, and then live by it? Whether it’s religion, politics, sports, or societal norms. It is not our place to tell our kids what to think. It is our place to teach our kids to think correctly. If we do this, we need have no fear of what they will decide for themselves and how strongly they’ll stand behind it. A man will follow his own convictions to his death, but he’ll only follow another man’s convictions until he steps in manure. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#arguing #break #child #children #dads

My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher. ↗

— James Tobin

#anyone #casually #curious #father #gentle

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is now, this is becoming more and more real. ↗

— Jerzy Kosinski

#becoming #father #go #health #i

I've studied, I've traveled the world, but the most important things I've learned in Italy making the round of workshops with my grandfather Dante. When it comes to leather, he was a real artist - he could sniff out the best immediately. ↗

— Nicola Trussardi

#best #comes #could #dante #grandfather

I'm very old-fashioned in some ways because of my father, who thought that being a public servant was an honor. Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#being #benefit #capacity #everyone #father

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. ↗

— Jim Valvano

#another #anyone #believed #could #father

You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#perfect #singer #you

I know some of my parents' friends think 'Little Britain' is in incredibly poor taste. But swimming the Channel? You can't really say anything negative about that, can you? There's nothing better than making your parents happy. The glee on my father's face that day was amazing. ↗

— David Walliams

#amazing #anything #better #britain #channel

My father was gone when I was three years old. ↗

— Marc Wallice

#gone #i #old #three #years

My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of a healthy push from my mother, a seventh grade graduate, who took a typing course and got a secretarial job as fast as she could. ↗

— George Weinberg

#benefit #columbia #could #course #educated