“We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?” MotherFatherAppreciateDistanceParentingExpectedCriticizeHookAppreciatedOur FatherLong DistanceCloseness Book:At Large Source: At Large
“My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother continue with always appreciating and always giving back. It's something I hope that I've become a role model for my children.” MenGivingChildrenMotherFatherRolesModelsAppreciateMy ChildrenGenerousRole ModelsGiving BackSiblingCharitablePhilanthropicMy Siblings Author:Steve Tisch
“For Dad, the perfect Father's Day would be one in which he didn't even realize that it was Father's Day, because nobody was making him appreciate gifts he didn't want, or read greeting cards filled with lame Father's Day poetry.” WantWould BeFatherRealizingPerfectDadAppreciateFilledCardsLameGreetingsGreeting CardPerfect Father Author:Dave Barry
“Well, I dare not allow myself any illusions, and I am afraid it may never happen that Father and Mother will really appreciate my art. It is not their fault; we do not see the same things with the same eyes, or have the same thoughts raised in us by them. They will never be able to understand what painting is.” WellsMayArtHappensEyeAbleMotherFatherPaintingIllusionAppreciateFaultsRaisedDare Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“My dad, he's definitely one of greatest writers of his generation. There is no question about it. When you are that good, when work is that good, you have to appreciate every aspect of it. It's the architecture of it, it's like looking at a Frank Lloyd Wright building or a Lautner building, it's master craftsmanship. Every aspect of it intertwines in a perfectly harmonious way. That's what architecture is at its best and the architecture of my father's music is on that level.” WayFatherLevelsGenerationsBuildingMastersDadMusic IsAspectAppreciateMy DadArchitectureFrankHarmoniousCraftsmanship Author:Sean Lennon
“Families were living separately from the fathers. And so although, according to African culture, men were the head of the household, the truth is women were the ones who were raising everybody, including men. And growing up with my mother, that was something I really learned to appreciate.” MenMotherCultureFatherGrowing UpGrowingTruth IsAppreciateIncludingHouseholdAfrican Culture Author:Trevor Noah
“In a way, my father [Pablo Escobar] reached a certain degree of sincerity that I became to know and I would even say appreciate because I would have rather had my father treat me like this rather than as an idiot that would never have any idea about what was happening around us.” KnowsWayIdeasCertainFatherDegreesHappeningsAppreciateTreatsIdiotSincerityPablo Escobar Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“It is history that has distorted our lives and complicated issues. The good thing is; whether we like it or not, a lot of us are still fighting. If there was no Nkrumah, there probably won't have been a Fela Anikulapo Kuti. I appreciate the fact that he stood and risked his life. I am proud of his courage, but if you asked if he was a conventional father who did homework with me and taught me music, he did nothing of this.” FightingFatherProudAppreciateGood ThingsComplicatedHomework Author:Femi Kuti
“Now that I'm a father of three kids, suddenly the whole world seems different. I don't want to take anything for granted. If you gaze on something and you appreciate it, you become a part of that circle. That seemed to me to be the only relevance I could understand. The space, the time and the vastness of it all was overwhelming. I needed to understand it or I just was lost.” WorldDifferentKidsFatherAppreciateGrantedOverwhelmingRelevance Author:Damian Loeb
“I think there was something started under my father that I appreciate that it's time to end, and I like the symmetry of me being the person who actually turns the clock back so that we can have a Prime Minister's Office and, indeed, a democracy, that actually respects what voters say and is open and transparent. Because, not only does it matter to gain people's trust, but it matters for quality public policy and governance, and that's why we're committed to open and transparent government.” ThinkingFatherQualityDemocracyPolicyOfficeAppreciateCommittedClockPublic PolicySymmetry Author:Justin Trudeau
“The more I've reflected on that and asked Iraqi friends, the more I realize that the corruption in Iraq has nothing to do with ideas - it has to do with the regime and institutional structures and power. There's no core to what Michel Aflaq has to say that results in this. That was a key to looking at Michel Aflaq as a sideshow. He's the intellectual father of an ideology that no one probably ever believed in. At that point I began to appreciate him in a funny way.” FatherRealizingIntellectualAppreciateCorruptionIdeology Author:Elliott Colla
“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.” KindFeelingsMotivationalFoundFatherIndividualLanguageWomenDifferencesMistakeFamilyKindnessCommunicationAppreciateMy FamilyAppreciationAtmosphereNurtureAppreciatedFlexibleNurturingFlourishingAbout FamilyInspirational Family LoveGreat FamilyInspirational FamilyIndividual DifferencesFamily TiesLoving Your FamilySpiritual FamilyOpen CommunicationBeing Appreciated Author:Virginia Satir
“The great thing that I appreciate - the fact that my godfather, William 'Sticky' Jackson, was a Tuskegee Airman because my father was first born in Ozark, Alabama. The sacrifices and the commitment of those men made it possible for myself and many others.” MenFirstsMadeFactsFatherBornSacrificeCommitmentAppreciateGreat ThingsMade ItAlabamaStickyAirmenOzarks Author:Allen West
“I'm aware of what you've done for me, and I'm not ungrateful. I appreciate that you actually showed yourself to be greater than your prejudices and have given me a chance here. But I don't want you for my lover, and you're not my father.” WantDoneFatherGivenChanceGreaterLoversAppreciatePrejudiceUngratefulMy Lover Author:Steig Larsson
“He's [Harry S. Truman] just your dad, and you love him. 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. My father was a great man.” HomeFatherGrowsStepsCareersGrowing UpGreatnessPrideDadDaughterAppreciateMy DadFatherhoodFathers DayFather SonYour DadGreat FatherHappy First Fathers DayBest FatherDaughter To FatherFathers Day InspirationalFunny Fathers DayInspirational FatherLove My DadDad LoveFather Daughter LoveI Love My DadChristian Fathers DayBest DadFatherhood Inspirational Author:Margaret Truman Daniel
“My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.” NeedsGivingChildrenImportantHelpingFatherTaughtDadAppreciateFortunateOur SocietyGiving Back Author:Dan Marino
“Cultivate your own capabilities, your own style. Appreciate the members of your family for who they are, even though their outlook or style may be miles different from yours. Rabbits don't fly. Eagles don't swim. Ducks look funny trying to climb. Squirrels don't have feathers. Stop comparing. There's plenty of room in the forest.” TryingLooksMayDifferentFatherRoomsStyleMembersAppreciateToleranceMilesForestsPlentyCompareOur FamilyClimbsSwimCapabilityDucksFeathersOutlookRabbitsEaglesSquirrels Book:Standing Out: Being Real in an Unreal World Source: Standing Out: Being Real in an Unreal World
“When I was younger, I thought LisaRaye sounded so country, but I've come to really appreciate my family-given name. I was named after my father, David Ray McCoy, and I'm totally a daddy's girl.” CountryGirlFatherNamesGivenAppreciateMy FamilyRaysDaddyGiven Names Author:LisaRaye McCoy-Misick