“In my early years, my father was away as a soldier in the war. When he came back, work was very difficult to come by. Even though he was a highly skilled man, a maker of furniture, the payment for that work was very poor.” MenYearsWarFatherDifficultPoorSoldierMakersFurniturePayment Author:Trevor Nunn
“The Bible talks about how God uses difficult situations to develop our character and get us stronger. The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends. But out of that darkness, out of that disappointment in my life, that's what God used to push me into another level of victory or another level of ministry that I never knew I had.” CharacterUseUsedFatherDifficultLevelsSituationDarknessVictoryStrongerDisappointmentMinistryDaddyDifficult Situations Author:Joel Osteen
“He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.” IfsWantedRememberFatherDifficultBeatsAngryRunnersCatch Me Author:Haile Gebrselassie
“Getting my father to throw anything away was pretty difficult. He was not trying to hide who he was, and he said, you don't have to hide the fact that I'm manic-depressive. You can tell people that's who I am. It's - explains a lot about your situation.” PeopleTryingSaidFactsFatherDifficultSituationWho I AmManicDepressive Author:Maya Forbes
“Across a chasm of eighteen hundred years, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others difficult to satisfy; He asks for that which a philosopher may often seek in vain at the hands of his friends, or a father of his children, or a bride of her spouse, or a man of his brother. He asks for the human heart; He will have it entirely to Himself. He demands it unconditionally; and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful!” MenYearsHumansHeartMayChildrenHandsAsksFatherJesusDifficultChristWonderfulBrotherDemandHundredJesus ChristPhilosopherGrantedVainHuman HeartSpouseBridesEighteenChasms Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The father's life is surrounded by mysterious prestige: the hours he spends in the home, the room where he works, the objects around him, his occupations, his habits, have a sacred character. It is he who feeds the family, is the one in charge and the head. Usually he works outside the home, and it is through him that the household communicates with the rest of the world: he is the embodiment of this adventurous, immense, difficult, and marvelous world; he is transcendence, he is God.” WorldCharacterHomeLife IsFatherDifficultHoursRoomsObjectsHabitSacredCommunicateWork OutMysteriousOccupationHouseholdImmenseMarvelousTranscendenceAdventurousPrestigeEmbodiment Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director.” MenChildrenMadeFatherDifficultDirectorsAbsenceContraryFactorsDisturbing Author:Michael Haneke
“I was just studying with my father, a very difficult task for me since he was a great, great Qawwali singer.” FatherDifficultStudyTasksSingersDifficult Tasks Author:Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
“It's unbearable when someone changes around you. Just imagine that your life partner changes, then it is difficult to cope with. Or your mother. Or your father. They were strong and now they're like a baby - it's not so funny.” MotherFatherStrongDifficultImagineBabyPartnersImagine ThatUnbearableLife Partner Author:Michael Haneke
“Anyone who has ever been a mother or father and is at all honest knows from experience how difficult it can be for parents to accept certain aspects of their children. It is especially painful to have to admit this if we really love our child and want to respect his or her individuality yet are unable to do so.” IfsKnowsWantChildrenMotherCertainFatherParentDifficultAcceptingHonestAspectOur ChildrenIndividualityPainfulLove Our Children Book:For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence Source: For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
“My dad was a preacher. My relationship, for example, with my father -- very difficult, and very painful, and it took me 50 years to wipe the face of my father off the face of God.” YearsFacesFatherDifficultExampleDadMy DadPainfulPreacherWipe Author:William P. Young
“If you look at many of the women who find themselves with cold, distant, difficult, cruel men, it's because they had cold, distant, difficult, cruel fathers who made them feel that there was no alternative or, at a minimum, who made them choose someone like their father in order to change in this other man what they couldn't change in their fathers.” IfsMenFeelsLooksMadeOrderFatherDifficultColdAlternativesMinimum Author:Gloria Steinem