“The people to whom your fathers told of the living God, and taught to call 'Father,' and whom the sons now seek to despoil and destroy, are crying aloud to Him in their time of trouble; and He will keep His promise, and will listen to the voices of His Hawaiian children lamenting for their homes.”
Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
“If we know that is not the man, who provides us our daily bread, why do we worry about, "what I would eat tomorrow?!"”
Philip T. M.
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.”
Jim Valvano
“For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.”
Homer
“A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.”
Marlene Dietrich
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
Mark Twain
“It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home-it's only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love.”
Margaret Truman
