“It must be emphasized that as a father, you are always teaching. For good or ill your family learns your ways, your beliefs, your heart, your ideas, your concerns. Your children may or may not choose to follow you, but the example you give is the greatest light you hold before your children, and you are accountable for that light.” WayGivingHeartMayChildrenIdeasLightFatherBeliefTeachingExampleConcernOur ChildrenIllOur FamilyYour Children Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.
“Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.” MotherFatherTakenDiedIllMary Author:Desmond Dekker
“Persecution has come upon us, right honorable brethren, and persecution in the severest form. Shepherds are persecuted that their flocks may be scattered. And the worst of all is that those who are being treated ill cannot accept their sufferings in proof of their testimony, nor can the people reverence the athletes as in the army of martyrs, because the name of Christians is applied to the persecutors. The one charge which is now sure to secure severe punishment is the careful keeping of the traditions of the Fathers.” PeopleMayChristianFormSufferingFatherNamesAcceptingWorstTraditionArmyAthleteIllCarefulProofPunishmentTreatedSecureCatholicismReverenceHonorableSeverePersecutionTestimonyMartyrFlocksShepherdsBrethrenPersecuted Author:Saint Basil
“It is as the father of the Encyclopedia that Denis Diderot merits eternal recognition. Guilty as he was in almost every relation of life towards the individual, for mankind, in the teeth of danger and of infidelity, at the ill-paid sacrifice of the best years of his exuberant life, he produced that book which first levelled a free path to knowledge and enfranchised the soul of his generation.” YearsFirstsBookSoulFatherIndividualPathGenerationsSacrificeMankindDangerEternalRelationPaidIllTeethGuiltyRecognitionMeritInfidelityBest YearEncyclopedia Author:Evelyn Beatrice Hall
“I'm sure that my father becoming seriously ill when I was 14 had a lot to do with my going from chubby to fat.” FatherBecomingIllFats Author:Rafe Spall
“It is only reasonable to allow the administration of affairs to mothers before their children reach the age prescribed by law at which they themselves can be responsible. But that father would have reared them ill who could not hope that in their maturity they would have more wisdom and competence than his wife.” ChildrenAgeLawMotherFatherFamilyWifeResponsibleAffairIllAdministrationMaturityReasonableCompetenceBeing Responsible Author:Michel de Montaigne