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“For me, I was given a great gift by my father and my mother in that I was never told any idea was bad. I was told I could explore any thought as long as I wasn't hurting someone else.”

Long Ideas Mother Father Given Hurt Great Gifts Hurting Someone

Author:Jennifer Lynch

“My father earned every penny he had, and I would have loved to have bought him a Rolls-Royce because his whole life was cars. Sadly, he didn't live to see the day when I could have done that for him, which still hurts.”

Stills Done Whole Father Hurt Car Whole Life Pennies Rolls Royce

Author:Bruce Forsyth

“The ultimate proof of total forgiveness takes place when we sincerely petition the Father to let those who have hurt us off the hook—even if they have hurt not only us, but also those close to us.”

Ifs Father Hurt Ultimate Proof Hook Sincerely Petitions

Book:Total Forgiveness: When Everything in You Wants to Hold a Grudge, Point a Finger, and Remember the Pain—God Wants You to Lay it All Aside

Source: Total Forgiveness: When Everything in You Wants to Hold a Grudge, Point a Finger, and Remember the Pain—God Wants You to Lay it All Aside

“My father told me never to take my foot off a ladder to kick at someone who was kicking at me. When I did that, I would no longer be climbing. While they are kicking, my father told me, I should keep stepping. They can kick only one time. If I continued to climb, they would be left behind. In trying to hurt me, to impede my progress, they would get left behind because they allowed themselves to get sidetracked from their agenda.”

Ifs Inspirational Should Trying Would Be Father Left Hurt Behinds Progress Feet Kicks Climbs Agendas Climbing One Time Ladders Left Behind Hurt Me Kicking

Author:Steve Harvey

“My experience creatively is different than my experience in life, for, as my father would say, the simple reason that you can't get hurt when everything goes wrong creatively.”

Different Reason Father Hurt Simple

Author:Woody Allen

“[On her father's death:] I didn't know his leaving would hurt so much.”

Knows Father Hurt Leaving Hurt So Much

Author:Erma Bombeck

“Our willingness to be used as God's vessels can make His Father-heart a reality to our hurting world.”

World Heart Reality Used Father Hurt Willingness Vessel

Book:The Father Heart of God

Source: The Father Heart of God

“At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet. I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.”

“I wanted to write something in a voice that was unique to who I was. And I wanted something that was accessible to the person who works at Dunkin Donuts or who drives a bus, someone who comes home with their feet hurting like my father, someone whos busy and has too many children, like my mother.”

Writing Children Persons Home Wanted Mother Father Voice Hurt Feet Unique Busy Coming Home Bus Donuts Dunkin Donuts

Author:Sandra Cisneros

“On the day we filmed the scene, a bee stung me. I screamed and cried so much they called a doctor, and my father said, "It can't hurt that badly!" But it wasn't the pain that upset me, it was the thought that I mightn't be in the film. Already the little professional.”

Littles Said Pain Film Actors Father Hurt Acting Scene Ambition Doctors Upset Bees Cried

Author:Natasha Richardson

“Fathers can seem powerful and overwhelming to their daughters. Let her see your soft side. Express your feelings and reactions. Tell her where you came from and how you got there. Let her see that you have had fears, failures, anxious times, hurts, just like hers, even though you may look flawless to her.”

Looks May Feelings Seems Father Sides Hurt Powerful Daughter Reactions Overwhelming Anxious Flawless

Book:Daughters: from infancy to independence

Source: Daughters: from infancy to independence